
John F. Harris
@harrispolitico
Founding editor, POLITICO. author of “The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House.” Writer of Altitude, a weekly (or more) column @politico
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http://politico.com 28-01-2011 22:43:42
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Worth re-reading this from John F. Harris from back in 2020. tinyurl.com/4nszc4h2

.John F. Harris on replacing “the dagger at the throat of democracy” for the irritating, grievance-obsessed buffoon — like “the neighbor who keeps running his leaf blower outside your window every minute of every day” politico.com/news/magazine/…

A smart (as always) John F. Harris read. and with a 2:43 am pub time stamp too politico.com/news/magazine/…

Column: Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz – who rose to power in Minnesota as a pleasant, sensible and stolid politician – has emerged as an improbably effective performer and pugilist, writes John F. Harris. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination with a fluent, forceful, tightly argued speech that aimed to dismantle Donald Trump’s caricature of her, writes John F. Harris in his latest column. 🔗 politi.co/4fOyqRo 📷 Kent Nishimura/Getty Images


We’ve got a new Power Play podcast out today- with the finest duo in political commentary John F. Harris and Eugene Daniels joining me in Chicago to talk about Kamala Harris’s big moment – and why she’s using an adept Trump impersonator for her debate prep. And why did she


JUST ANNOUNCED: POLITICO names Zach Warmbrodt Warmbrodt first Executive Producer for Congress. Read the exclusive scoop in Reliable Sources and full note from Executive Editor Joe Schatz, Global Editor-in-Chief John F. Harris and EVP Jonathan Greenberger ⬇️ bit.ly/3YIn2zV


Column: Trump has humiliated his foes and proved he's a force of history, writes our founding editor John F. Harris 👉 politi.co/3YuoRz6


"The Contempt Paradox: People are drawn to Trump & the contempt he expresses toward his opponents, especially liberal politicians & news media, precisely because of the contempt he draws in return. This is the through line of his politics" John F. Harris politico.com/news/magazine/…

“Much of his political energy comes from victimhood — the perception that he is valiantly fighting back against entrenched forces. How does that work now, in light of the reality that he has unambiguously bested those forces?” politi.co/3YuoRz6 via John F. Harris

CONGRATS: Rachael Bade will be taking on a new role as Capitol Bureau Chief & Senior Washington Columnist. She now has her own platform: a column built around her distinctive knowledge on Capitol Hill. Read the announcement from John F. Harris here: bit.ly/3VoT2r4

Some fantastic news here. Welcome Dasha Burns. Looking forward to great stories and a great adventure.

Here's John F. Harris on Jimmy Carter: He was the first president to replicate the experience of two fabled American literary characters, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, who snuck into their own funerals after being presumed drowned in the Mississippi. tinyurl.com/aw387bky


Column: What if other presidents lived as long as Jimmy Carter? An old man reminds us that the U.S. is a young nation, where events that seem long ago are just one or two degrees of separation from modern life, writes our founding editor John F. Harris. politico.com/news/magazine/…

John Harris on the arrival of Jack Blanchard to take the helm of Playbook. tinyurl.com/yeyu7uwe


Column: Trump is “a force of history,” writes our founding editor John F. Harris. And once his political opponents “gargle and spit... they may find something liberating about the moment,” John Harris says 👇politico.com/news/magazine/…

“He’s both a foreigner coming to Washington with fresh and curious eyes and, in some profound sense, he’s a native,” John F. Harris says of Jack Blanchard. “He inhales politics. The drama, the interplay of people and ideas, jostling for influence — that’s his native language.”

The Great Grovel: How Trump forced elite institutions to bend to his will politico.com/news/2025/03/3… Via John F. Harris
