Activists measure progress against the standard of perfection, or at least the most perfect possible choice. Historians gauge progress against what c…

- Jonathan Chait

Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomati…

- Jonathan Chait

It's pretty clear that Hillary Clinton was a deeply, deeply flawed alternative. She had the wrong combination of the internal political chops to musc…

- Jonathan Chait

Barack Obama is an intellectual.

- Jonathan Chait

I never thought Hillary Clinton was a very good politician.

- Jonathan Chait

Trump's not the future; his ideas and his coalition are a dead end.

- Jonathan Chait

At best, Trumpism will be a more right-wing version of the same old Republican Party.

- Jonathan Chait

The story of the Republican Party is of a far-right that has moved from the fringes of the party to a complete domination of the party. The moderate,…

- Jonathan Chait

Trump is what Obama critics think Obama is: Someone who's focused on symbolism rather than substance.

- Jonathan Chait