Carl P. Leubsdorf
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Washington, DC, United States
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Carl P. Leubsdorf: The GOP's war on woke
From the commentary: In a broader sense, its critics are signaling to the more conservative elements within the country’s shrinking white majority that they want to roll back the clock to an era where these issues were neither openly discussed nor accepted as valid influences. → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Why Biden is unlikely to replace Harris
One of Washington’s quadrennial parlor games is well under way: Will the president (Joe Biden) bolster his re-election prospects by dumping his vice president (Kamala Harris)? → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Will Joe Biden's opening pitch for a second term work?
From the commentary: Because of his age, how Joe Biden looks and speaks could well determine his 2024 success as much as his policies. → Read More
A bipartisan effort focused on solutions for immigration
A day after President Joe Biden’s much-publicized, long-delayed visit to the U.S.-Mexican border, a bipartisan Senate group made a less publicized visit that... → Read More
Predicted headlines in 2023
Last year’s version of this column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is my not-totally-... → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: My forecast for 2023
Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023: JANUARY — Rep. Kevin McCarthy falls six votes short of 218 in House speaker election as 10 Freedom Caucus members vote for challenger Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs. As deadlock persists, Newt Gingrich offers to return as speaker.… → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Has Trump finally gone too far?
From the commentary: Republican chances in 2024 could be affected by the degree to which Trump helps the ultimate nominee in the general election. In a worst-case scenario, a Trump independent candidacy would almost certainly drain off enough GOP votes to cost Republicans the presidency. → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Will Biden run again? Should he?
From the commentary: Still, as Biden quietly marked his 80th birthday on Nov. 13, the basic Democratic dilemma remained: Will it be best for the party — and the country — to renominate the nation’s oldest president, even if the alternative is chaos? → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Rocky road ahead for McCarthy
From the commentary: Those kinds of cross-party relationships don’t exist in today’s hyper-partisan world, so McCarthy will be pretty much flying solo. → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Good news for Democrats at state level, too
From the commentary: But Election Day’s results in most key states will likely strengthen the Democrats for 2024 and reduce the chances that a repetition of Trump’s anti-democratic 2020 effort would succeed. → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Some election deniers are going to win next week. How much damage will they do?
From the commentary: If enough 2020 election deniers win next Tuesday, measures restricting mail voting and enacting other curbs on voters could again be major issues when state legislatures meet next year. And the margins in three of the last six presidential elections have been razor thin. → Read More
A brief history of executive orders
Like other recent presidential candidates, Donald Trump was highly critical during his initial campaign of the increasing presidential use of executive orders, ... → Read More
Is John Cornyn’s U.S. Senate seat safe?
Some people outside Texas may have been less surprised by the recent report that the state’s respected senior senator, John Cornyn, may be facing a 2026... → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: 2024 election could be shaped by these races
From the commentary: On the night of Nov. 8, the focus will be on whether Republicans overturn Democratic control of the House and Senate — and the resulting impact on the Biden administration and Biden’s political future. ... But those secretary of state and gubernatorial races in the six states that decided the 2020 presidential contest may ultimately have a greater impact. → Read More
Judge’s ruling in Trump’s documents case is a reminder of the executive’s reach
The controversial rulings in the Trump documents case by a Florida federal judge nominated by the former president – and the prospect a Trump-dominated... → Read More
Point/Counterpoint: Liz Cheney really only has three options now, none of them great
From the column: "Any effort to draw conclusions from the current political landscape about what might happen in 2024 is almost certainly premature." → Read More
Liz Cheney is just getting started
Routed in her bid to retain her Wyoming House seat, Rep. Liz Cheney made clear this is only the start of her battle to keep Donald Trump from returning to the... → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Things looking up for Biden?
Bob Strauss, the venerable Dallas lawyer-lobbyist and longtime Democratic Party leader, used to say that, in politics, things are never as good as they see → Read More
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Will Trump hand Senate to Democrats again?
Nineteen months ago, Donald Trump’s fixation on unproven allegations of election fraud played a major role in the Republicans’ loss of two U.S. → Read More
Carl Leubsdorf: The most important things we’ve learned from the Jan. 6 hearings – Twin Cities
Trump continues to lie about the 2020 election. → Read More