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If Biden steps aside, yes, he could endorse his veep. He could also make a far more dramatic and potent gesture. He needs to reach back to the country’s founding, to George Washington and the power of our commitment to the peaceful transfer of power.

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All Americans are impacted by attacks on democracy and can be rallied to work for imperfect Democratic candidates to block authoritarians like Donald Trump. While it’s tempting to cast our votes based on emotion it is too risky.

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These 90 minutes were anticipated as a defining moment of the 2024 Presidential campaign. They proved to be a bombshell that few expected. Here is a survey of editorial comment from quarters that have been broadly supportive of Biden.

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Benjamin Netanyahu's eye-rolling video, in which he accused the Americans of holding up an arms shipment and yet again evoked Winston Churchill, is him playing politics – it's the only thing he knows how to do.