Dan Schnur is the U.S. Politics Editor for the Jewish Journal. He teaches courses in politics, communications, and leadership at UC Berkeley, USC and Pepperdine. He hosts the monthly webinar “The Dan Schnur Political Report" for the Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall. Follow Dan's work at www.danschnurpolitics.com
In politics, you don’t win a debate by actually winning a debate. Rather, you win a debate by producing a moment, some type of face-to-face encounter or memorable declaration that will be repeated in news coverage and in digital media.
For those of you who are more than ready for the 2020 presidential election to be over, I’m afraid I have some unpleasant news. It seems the 2024 campaign is now underway.
Is Donald Trump contagious? Is he immune? Is he in danger? Are we?
So many questions. So few answers. And so little time left before an Election Day that may or may not conclude this extraordinary and unprecedented presidential campaign.
While expressing his strong support for the importance of ethnic studies courses for California public school students, he also cited concerns and urged additional negotiations to promote a more inclusive approach.
Who will be more motivated in the closing weeks of a presidential campaign taking place with the backdrop of a historic Supreme Court nomination debate?
The first presidential debate was the loudest and most raucous “absolutely nothing” in American political history.
The stakes involved in selecting her successor are colossal.
Newsom is likely to make an unnecessary but predictable mistake by formally authorizing this version of ethnic studies legislation.
President Donald Trump dragged criminal justice and law-and-order issues back to center stage.
I also believe that if our children are being taught about Arab Americans, then they also should learn about Jewish Americans.
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