No Space in the Race 

Project Coordinator: Gedalia Guttentag

Our panelists:

BINYAMIN ROSE
is former news editor and current editor at large for Mishpacha, and a popular commentator on US and Israeli political affairs.

MAURY LITWACK
is the founder and CEO of the Teach Coalition, one of the nation’s largest faith-based lobbying organizations in education funding advocacy, and writes Halls of Power, a semi-monthly column in these pages.

STU LOESER
is a Democratic communications strategist who has worked on three presidential campaigns as well as congressional and gubernatorial campaigns. His media strategy firm helps companies in crisis.

TEVI TROY
is a presidential historian and former White House aide, currently a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. His latest book is The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry.

British prime minister Harold Wilson’s oft-quoted truism about political time frames — “A week is a long time in politics” — has never looked truer than over the last few weeks.

Entire eons of political and public life have passed before our eyes at breakneck speed, with conventional wisdom enjoying the lifespan of amoeba.

Remember when Joe Biden enjoyed wall-to-wall support from Democrats and media allies? His very public meltdown was thought to have doomed the Democratic Party to defeat. That narrative was reinforced by the stunning imagery of former president Donald Trump surviving an assassination attempt. Next came a triumphant Republican National Convention, as Trump unified the party underneath him and cemented his legacy by picking J.D. Vance, a critic turned MAGA star.

Mere weeks later, that outline is too outdated even to serve as fish-wrapper. Kamala Harris, who has garnered record-low approval ratings as vice president, has taken center stage, seemingly remade as an assured campaigner dominating news coverage, and picking a running mate who has sent Democrats into a delirium of joy.

For some wisdom among the upheaval, and to get a sense of what’s in store going forward, we’ve turned once again to the A-team of pundits.