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Harrop: Want to win in 2020? Use good manners, moderation

You don’t have to be a moderate to be well-mannered, but it comes easier to those in the…

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Rubin: Republicans losing grip on suburban strongholds

The Trumpized GOP — vulgar, anti-intellectual, racist and reactionary — fared poorly in Tuesday’s elections.

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Robinson: Biden’s odds against Trump keep him atop pack

Despite predictions others will win the nomination, Biden still is the pick of most in early polls.

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Harrop: Debate why, but Democrats’ records best on economy

Even if all you care about is your stock portfolio, you’ve done best under Democratic presidents.

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Rubin: The silliest defense of Trump since, well, the last one

Even Republicans’ best articulation of the ‘Oh, what’s a little quid pro quo?’ sounds daft.

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Downie: Age of Democratic voters, not candidates, major issue

More older voters are backing Biden, while younger voters are backing Sanders, Warren and others.

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Saunders: Harris botched message, shunning college over Trump

The Democratic presidential candidate’s protest snubbed bipartisan criminal justice reformers.

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Schwab: On a hobby horse of popularity, directing a whirlwind

Alexander Hamilton saw Trump coming, or at least someone very much like him. When will Republicans?

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Petri: Joke’s on you Democrats for seeking impeachment vote

You thought we were serious about our ‘procedural’ demands? Ha! Fooded you, suckers.

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Ignatius: Trump’s Ukraine involvement goes beyond a phone call

As impeachment effort begins, more is being unearthed that involves the president’s past dealings.

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Rampell: Even cooking books can’t make case for deregulation

Looser industry rules has helped only a few, heaped on social costs and been a bust for the…

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Ignatius: After ISIS, hope for secular change in Arab world?

Another extremist could rise in Baghdadi’s absence, but protests for change may challenge fundamentalism.

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Harrop: Klobuchar might be heartland moderate Democrats need

There’s nothing wrong with a moderate tack. It certainly worked for Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

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Robinson: Boos at a D.C. ballgame? What was Trump expecting?

This wasn’t one of his rallies. He should have expected the same vitriol he’s heaped on many others.

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McArdle: Cold comfort in who WeWork ‘mastermind’ victimized

Venture capitalists, such as SoftBank, were taken for billions; maybe they’ll learn from their losses.

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Burke: Character indeed counts, Mr. President; let us recount

The president declared last week Character Counts Week. It was also Unintended Irony Week.

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Saunders: Field of anonymous Trump accusers getting crowded

Can we expect that those with allegations will see their names on the cbecks for their book deals?

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Dionne: Democrats needs short-, long-term view on impeachment

Democrats have two tracks to follow: impeachment and defeating Trump in 2020 election.

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Robinson: The difference that Rep. Cummings invoked

Contrast the life of public service he led with the foolishness of the staged storming of a deposition.

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Schwab: What future holds for health care, science and roads

For a society that depends upon all three, we seem little concerned with those who have no concern.