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Bob Beckel leans on his decades‑long campaign experience to parse Trump’s tactics, offering a blend of insider knowledge and candid criticism. His commentary cuts through the noise, spotlighting the strategic underpinnings of the former president’s moves.

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Trump is going to be around a while.

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Ideological purity does not now, nor has it ever, produced results.

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Most voters assume because these political 'pros' are on TV or write for national papers, they know politics. Sadly, most don't have…

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Some credit is due to Trump for seizing the anti establishment mood of the country, but most of his success can be…

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Asking politicians to vote themselves out of power is like asking rabbits not to multiply, it ain't natural.

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Unfortunately, some politicians think they are immune from allegations of ethics abuse.

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I always say if anybody is running for president, for office, I always take them seriously.

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If politicians of both parties would spend more time legislating and less time attacking each other, we would all be better off.

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Always taken Donald Trump seriously. I think people have underestimated him.

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Mitt Romney had a fundraiser in Israel with a bunch of diamond merchants, we don't know the names of them.

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A few states have taken redistricting out of the hands of partisans and put them in the hands of fair-minded committees. Every…

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Both parties are so entrenched in their ideologies and a desire to score political points and hold on to power that we…

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Republicans need to stop complaining about blacks voting over 90% for Democrats. If they're not willing to compete in those neighborhoods, they…

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What I have learned over hundreds of campaigns is if you have lost voters who have supported you in the past, you…

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The fact of the matter, it's that Trump is getting money from blue-collar workers who send him checks for $250. Why? Who…

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In 2016, Trump, with his outsized ego, his anti-immigrant and anti-trade positions, coupled with barely disguised racism and deep-seated sexism and a…

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Trump has predicated his whole campaign on the unfairness of the playing field. Big corporations, rich donors, big media, and trade deals…

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Rural voters believed the Democrats traded millions in campaign cash at their expense. Along came a guy named Trump to give these…

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Hillary Clinton is in political trouble and perhaps even legal trouble over her use of private e-mail accounts and bypassing government-issued accounts…

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Politicos talk a big game about bringing jobs to devastated cities like Detroit, but rarely succeed.

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I've been involved in five presidential campaigns, once as national campaign manager for Walter Mondale.

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As a survivor, you learn how to talk fast, cut deals, lie when you have to - perfect training to be a…

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Many good journalists have attempted to confront Trump about his many lies and failures, and have failed.

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Trump is part of the reason you are suffering. Trump is the one playing on the not-so-level playing field where he wins…

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I have never analyzed a presidential election as much as I did the Trump-Clinton race of 2016.

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In the black community, Trump's history of racial discrimination is deeply embedded.

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Congress continues to pass laws to limit lobbyists' influence, but people find ways to get around them.

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I understand why foreign government contributions to the Clinton Foundation could raise ethical issues should Hillary run for president.

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Republicans just don't get that their idea of scandal is not what the average American thinks is a serious scandal.

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When issues emerge that might harm a campaign, like the Clinton e-mails, you have to get all the facts out right away,…

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It is Trump who plays with the tax code to pay no taxes; it is Trump whose Trump-brand products are made overseas…

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On the road to the GOP nomination, Trump earned the reputation as a good debater by slandering and bullying his opponents, knocking…

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Where most politicians would have abandoned a supporter like Jeremiah Wright and the community he served, Obama, while strongly criticizing him, did…

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When I worked in the White House in the 1970s and '80s, I was often stopped within the White House by agents…

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I do oppose repealing Obamacare, because it's working for growing numbers of previously uninsured Americans.

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Anger in the black community towards Republicans is established and immutable.

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The hardest-hit taxpayers in our disgraceful tax system are those folks who pack Trump's rallies, especially in hard-hit Rust Belt states like Ohio and…

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Some days I feel like I'm only the fire hydrant to Westminster dog show.

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We've come a long way from the days of Jim Crow, and yes, we elected a black president, but racism lives.

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Charter schools are not a panacea.

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Jim Crow laws stripped blacks of basic rights. Despite landmark civil rights laws, many public schools were still segregated, blacks still faced barriers to…

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Like many other Americans, I'm tired of the U.S. taxpayer paying for foreign wars, especially when the countries we defend have raked in huge…

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It should be mandatory that any tax breaks go through appropriate committees and be voted on separately by both the House of Representatives and…

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Where most politicians would have abandoned a supporter like Jeremiah Wright and the community he served, Obama, while strongly criticizing him, did not throw…

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I came from a dysfunctional family - very dysfunctional. And my father used to find great humor in throwing me down the stairs.

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As a former presidential campaign manager, I remember the final week of the campaign as being the longest and most important week of the…

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