Libby Watson

@libbycwatson

His political narrative was shaped by personal heartbreak, and it took a catastrophic administration to finally win him the White House. But voters have also deprived him of the means to save America.

Liberals lined the campaigns of Senate hopefuls with mountainous piles of campaign loot, only to watch it all burn up on election night.

It’s not that he doesn’t have a plan. It’s just not clear how it would work—and the media hasn’t pressed him on it.

The only thing that Trump’s rallies are accomplishing in the last days of the campaign is to reinforce his supporters’ delusional beliefs about Covid-19.

If the best prospects he can dig up are reclamation projects like John Kasich and Meg Whitman, then just recruit Democrats.

The hard-line Republican senator wants us to believe he’s a Never Trumper again, after making peace with the president last year.

Despite eye-popping hauls from small-dollar donors in 2020, they’re showing no signs of disavowing big-money super PACs if they sweep the November election.

Two ratings-hungry news networks are determined to rescue a farce from the tragedy of a lost presidential debate.

Our corporate care providers may be failing America during this crisis, but that hasn’t stopped them from raking in the profits.

If only someone had warned the president that he should actually take the Covid-19 pandemic seriously.

The president’s recent health care antics make a mockery of all the ordinary Americans who’ve died in this pandemic.

Trump has no debate strategy other than submerging himself in the riptide of his own chaos.

He says his executive order will protect people with preexisting conditions, no matter what happens to Obamacare. That’s not true.

Some in the party believe the 87-year-old senator is ill-equipped to lead the opposition to Trump’s Supreme Court nominee—so why won’t they do anything about it?

The rough patchwork of Covid-19 data will leave the poorest among us forgotten.

The White House’s most cynical opportunist can’t even get amorality right.

The Covid-19 pandemic serves as a reminder that even in an election year, our politics are ideologically predisposed to a malign neglect.

One talks of an “FDR-size presidency,” the other works to calm Wall Street nerves. Which one will create the post-pandemic future?

There’s no inoculation for what this election season might do to the vital science of ending the pandemic.

His plan to help with hospital charges is poorly designed. But even a well-crafted plan would have been no match for our inept health care system.