John Avlon is political director for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. A CNN contributor, he won the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ award for best online column in 2012.
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The Democrats’ Tennessee Mess
The disavowal of U.S.... MORE
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Another Vacation? Seriously?
John Avlon on why we need to fire the jokers who’d rather take a break than fix problems. MORE
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Why Palin’s Down and Clinton’s Up
The reassessments of Sarah Palin's and Bill Clinton’s reputation show the perils of... MORE
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What Nixon Taught Romney
Romney seems instead to have adopted the comparatively successful Nixon ’68 campaign’s press... MORE
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GOP's Transparency Double-Cross
The Citizens United ruling didn't count on Republicans killing the bill that would allow for... MORE
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The 1-Percent Presidency
In 1987, Dukakis made four times as much as the average American.... MORE
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Give Romney Team Credit!
Calls for shaking up Romney’s top campaign staff ignore their successes—and blame them for Mitt’s... MORE
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Bloody Chicago
As New York’s murder rate is on pace to set a record low, Chicago s going in the wrong direction,... MORE
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Mitt’s Empty Repeal Rhetoric
Romney merely threw out the usual Medi-scare, deficit-bomb, and ‘government takeover’ bromides... MORE
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Incumbents Storm Back
John Avlon on what convincing wins by embattled Rep. Charles Rangel and Sen.... MORE
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The Policy-Free Campaign
When it comes to offering specifics, Mitt Romney prefers not to.... MORE
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Who’s Afraid of the Big Black Panther?
The Daily Beast’s John Avlon talks with former Black Panther, current radical, and surging... MORE
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Who is Marco Rubio?
Florida’s senator is on the short list to be Romney’s VP pick, but how has he risen so fast?... MORE
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Romney Writes Off His Home States
The Republican with roots in three blue states gives up on all of them, writes John Avlon. MORE
