| She's ba-ack! Former Alaska governor, vice-presidential nominee and late-night TV punchline Sarah Palin is teasing running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Lisa Murkowski. At first, the move would seem to make some sense. After all, writes columnist Dana Milbank, "Palin was Trump before Trump. Can she be Trump after Trump?" "Doubtful," Milbank continues. "When she burst onto the national stage 13 summers ago, she was on the cutting edge of crazy." From attacking Joe Biden's age to accusing Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists," Palin maintained notoriety by saying and doing things that most elected Republicans feared to, but many Republican voters thrilled to. "But the problem with launching a crazy contest," Milbank concludes, "is that, once started, it never ends: There's always somebody willing to take things up a notch . … What was crazy in '08 is now the Republican norm."  (Brynn Anderson/AP) The former Alaska governor, 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee, reality TV personality and human gaffe machine is teasing the possibility of challenging Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's Republican Senate primary. By Dana Milbank ● Read more » | | | | Shortchanging pandemic preparedness funding would be disastrously short-sighted for at least three reasons. By Catherine Rampell ● Read more » | | | | We have a silver bullet that can end this crisis. Why are we afraid to pull the trigger? By Joseph G. Allen ● Read more » | | | | As individuals and as a country, we need to talk ourselves down from this ledge. By Michael Gerson ● Read more » | | | | Covid-19 infections are spiking again. But there are two big reasons to remain optimistic. By Max Boot ● Read more » | | | On top of rising seas, the moon's effect on tides will cause a massive surge in coastal flooding. The time to prepare is now. By Laura Lightbody ● Read more » | | | | The programs the D.C. Council wants to divert much of the mayor's emergency police funding request to are well-meaning. The question is whether they are working. By Colbert I. King ● Read more » | | | | President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer are showing that the party's establishment can stay in power while being open to the ideas of the left. By Perry Bacon Jr. ● Read more » | | | An Ohio special election reveals just how high the stakes each wing of the Democratic Party thinks the clash between their worldviews really is. By Eugene Robinson ● Read more » | | | | The shame is that, if not for the GOP's intraparty sour grapes, California's Sept. 14 election would be a good dry run for next year's congressional elections. By Bill Whalen ● Read more » | | | The host network amps up the hype — and the nationalism. By Richard Zoglin ● Read more » | | | | We're seeing dry runs at manufacturing uncertainty about election outcomes as we speak. By Greg Sargent ● Read more » | | | |
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