Independent voters, like the two of us, played a powerful role in the New Hampshire primary, driving support for Nikki Haley and Dean Phillips. Neither won. But both overperformed and showed the challenges both Trump and Biden will face this November if they are indeed the Democratic and Republican nominees. Could 2024–finally–be the year in… Continue reading The Michael Smerconish Program: Paul Rieckhoff on 3rd Party Candidates After New Hampshire
Category: OP-ED
CNN Opinion: Combine Election Day with Veterans Day and give democracy a boost
Veterans Day has been recognized as a federal holiday each November 11 since 1938, but it means little for most Americans beyond a day off from work. Attendance at Veterans Day events is regrettably low—and declining rapidly. And so is the veterans’ population in America. World War II’s “Greatest Generation” is almost entirely gone. And… Continue reading CNN Opinion: Combine Election Day with Veterans Day and give democracy a boost
Someone Finally Steps Up To Stop Tuberville. And It’s a Veteran.
by Paul Rieckhoff Finally someone in Congress has stepped up to do something about radical Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville and his political assault on our military. And no surprise, it’s combat veteran, West Point graduate, former IAVA Board member, my fellow New Yorker and friend, Pat Ryan. As first reported by NBC, this week Ryan… Continue reading Someone Finally Steps Up To Stop Tuberville. And It’s a Veteran.
MSNBC: This is Israel’s 9/11. Here’s how it can learn from America’s mistakes.
There is no harder time to have discipline than in the face of atrocity. And yet that is when it is required most. Oct. 11, 2023, 9:56 PM EDT By Paul Rieckhoff, political and national security analyst and U.S. Army infantry combat veteran In 2009, I was honored to lead a group… Continue reading MSNBC: This is Israel’s 9/11. Here’s how it can learn from America’s mistakes.
14th Amendment Push a Bad Move for Democrats, America
by Chris Rosenthal There’s been a lot of recent buzz on cable news and podcasts and discussed in articles and columns, primarily on the liberal side of things, about the idea of Trump being disqualified automatically under section 3 of the 14th amendment. The concept was advanced by Professor Lawrence Tribe and received the backing… Continue reading 14th Amendment Push a Bad Move for Democrats, America
