Published Articles by Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfield
In addition to being one of America's most respected political analysts, Jeff Greenfield is an accomplished writer whose work has appeared in many distinguished publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Newsweek - The Daily Beast, National Lampoon, and Harper's Magazine. Over the past 30 years, Greenfield has covered a wide array of topics, from history and politics to violence and the media. "Wonder How Trump Will Handle Defeat? Don't Bother With History."
"Mega Millions Is a Scam That's Totally Worth It"
"Two Tight Races in New Jersey Could Help Democrats Flip the House"
"Ruth Bader Ginsberg Levels With Us On Why She's Not Retiring"
"Kavanaugh Just Played 'Checkers' On Fox"
"Family Ties Are No Match for Trump's Divisive Politics"
"Why Woodward's 'Fear' Flopped in Washington"
"Bernie Sanders Just Tried to Kill the Superdelegate. Will Democrats Regret It?"
"What Brett Kavanaugh Really Thinks"
"Is socialism having its moment in U.S. elections?"
"Why Liberals Should Stop Whining About the Senate"
"The Justice Who Built the Trump Court"
"Trump Is Nothing Without the Senate"
"How RFK Could Have Become President"
"Dick Goodwin, the Kennedy-LBJ Speechwriter Who Changed the '60s—and the Country"
"Thinking the Unthinkable: What If Trump Succeeds?"
"The Left's Year of Magical Thinking"
"The Hollywood Hit Movie That Urged FDR to Become a Fascist"
"Pollock Theater Screens 'Gabriel Over the White House'"
"When Richard Nixon Used Billy Graham"
"Midterm Limits: Why Democrats Shouldn't Get Too Confident About November"
"Not All State of the Union Addresses Are Terrible"
"Oprah Could Be Great for the Democrats. In 2018."
"John B. Anderson: The Great Independent Hope"
"Republican Control of the Senate Hangs by a Thread"
"Why the Russia Scandal Is Nothing Like Watergate"
"Has Trump Made Approval Polls Meaningless?"
"How Roy Moore's Misdeeds Are Forcing an Awakening on the Left"
"The Deafening Silence of the Republican Lambs"
"Does it Matter If the President Is Smart?"
"The Democrats' Gerrymandering Obsession"
"The Strange Authenticity of Hillary Clinton"
"Mad About DACA? Win Some Elections."
"Don't Judge Trump on How He Handles Harvey"
"What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted Trump Fans?"
"When Aides Worry Their President Is Unhinged"
"The Ugly History of Stephen Miller's 'Cosmopolitan' Epithet"
"Why Health Care Drives Presidents Insane"
"Russia developments have little effect on Trump's base"
"How to Make the MLB All-Star Game Great Again"
"Is All the Russia Talk Helping Putin?"
"Untangling politics of health care, Russia Interference"
"What Game Six of the '86 World Series Can Teach Us About Russiagate"
"Hey Corporate America, Please Sponsor This Column!"
"Looking at JFK's legacy in the shadow of his death"
"The 'Grownups' Won't Save Us From Trump"
"The Secret of Roger Ailes' Billion-Dollar Bubble"
"New FBI director scrutiny will be 'very intense'"
"Is This Trump's Saturday Night Massacre? Don't Count On It."
"What if America Voted Like France?"
"Why the First 100 Days Concept Is Bogus"
"A Father Keeps His Spring Training Promise"
"Trump's No-Win Health Care Debacle"
"Gorsuch confirmation hearings set to begin"
"What the Senate Should Ask Judge Gorsuch"
"Washington reacts to Trump's claims of secret surveillance"
"Why Sessions Recused Himself"
"Does Trump's Speech to Congress Matter?"
"The Laws of Gravity Catch Up to Trump"
"What Happens When White House Aides Get Too Famous?"
"Who Will Ever Tell Trump No? And if Someone Does, Will He Listen?"
"A look at the first two weeks of Trump's presidency"
"The 4 Rules That Will Explain Neil Gorsuch's Confirmation Fight"
"Takeaways from Inauguration Day"
"Do Press Conferences Still Matter?"
"JFK's Dangerous Playbook for Trump"
"The Faithless-Elector Fantasy Is Fun, but It's Just a Fantasy"
"How similar are Trump and Reagan?"
"John Glen, Hero and Political Cautionary Tale"
"How Trump, With No Mandate, Could Change Washington More Than Reagan Did"
"Trump begins building team for transition"
"Voters Gone Wild: the Story of Election 2016"
"President-Elect Trump's Stunning Victory"
"How The Election Could Get Even Crazier on November 9"
"Can't Wait for It to Be Over? Don't Kid Yourself"
"Tom Hayden, the Complicated Radical"
"Trump Looked Presidential - for About 30 Minutes"
"Comeback or Train Wreck? Why the Town Hall Format Is So Perilous for Trump"
"Where Donald Trump's Keystone Dream May Die"
"A Taxing Lesson for Trump From 40 Years Ago"
"This was the Trump Hillary Wanted America to See - But Did It Work?"
"Is Hillary in a No-Win Situation?"
"What to expect from the first presidential debate"
"North Carolina and Maryland challenge gerrymandering"
"The Myth of a Democratic Electoral Lock"
"How Hillary's Very Bad September Could Be Very Good for Her in November"
"Trump Is Pat Buchanan With Better Timing"
"Looking beyond the polls in this year's election"
"Why the GOP Will Never Accept President Hillary Clinton"
"Doubts Start Creeping In for Democrats"
"How effective were the DNC and RNC?"
"Hillary's Acceptance Speech Was True To Her - And That's the Bad News"
"Bill Clinton Tries to Rebrand Hillary"
"Has Bernie Bridged the Democratic Divide?"
"Jeff Greenfield - The DNC, Day Three"
"How Democrats have changed since the Bill Clinton years"
"How will leadership changes affect the DNC?"
"Tim Kaine joins Clinton on the Democratic ticket"
"Is Tim Kaine Boring? The Dems Should Hope So."
"Donald Trump's Caesar Moment"
"Why Trump Is Winning Over Ohio's Blue-Collar Dems"
"Time for Donald Trump To Be Presidential, Whatever That Means"
"The Craziest Convention Moments You've Never Heard Of"
"Is This Why Hillary Clinton Is Trusted By So Few Americans?"
"Is Lewandowski's Firing the Start of Trump's Rebranding?"
"GOP has nominated an 'outsider' for president before"
"Donald Trump Turns 70 Today. Hillary Clinton is 68. This Is America's Senior Moment."
"Why We Need Those 'Anti-Democratic' Superdelegates"
"The Vice Presidency No One Should Want"
"How Dennis Hasert Could Elect Donald Trump President"
"Sorry Gov. Kasich, 'Electability' Is Bunk"
"James Thurber's Game Plan for the GOP"
"Is the GOP presidential nomination process fair?"
"Can GOP Elites Really Turn Back the Clock in Cleveland?"
"What we can learn from our history of political discontent"
"A Brokered Convention Meant to Block Donald Trump Could Result in the Opposite"
"Can Anyone Beat Trump in the Primary? History Says No"
"The rocky road to the GOP nomination is paved with complex delegate math"
"Has the U.S. motto become 'In Nothing We Trust'?"
"The Expectations Game: How the Media Pick a Political Winner"
"How Iowa Hijacked Our Democracy"
"Please, Someone Sue Ted Cruz, and Hurry!"
"Why Are the Media Rooting for GOP Chaos?"
"Will the GOP Mount a Third-Party Challenge to Trump?"
"Chinese Takeaway: The U.S. Could Use an Order of Order"
The New York Observer
"What We Lost When Bobby Kennedy Died"
The Daily Beast
"Why the GOP Candidates Are Hooked on Addiction Stories"
POLITICO
"How Cruz Wins Debates: An Inside Look"
POLITICO
"From Wasteland to Wonderland: TV's Altered Landscape"
The New York Times
"Inside the battle over North Carolina's voter ID laws"
PBS Newshour
"Biden's Winning Argument Against Hillary"
The Daily Beast
"How the GOP Loses the Abortion Debate"
The Daily Beast
"Who Will Win the Media's Sweet Kiss of Death in 2016?"
The Daily Beast
"Why GOP-Appointed Justices Jilt Conservatives"
The New York Observer
"Donald Trump's Birther Strategy"
POLITICO
"Jim Webb's Long War With His Own Party"
The Daily Beast
"2016 Needs a Third Party"
The Daily Beast
"Jeb Bush's Wealth of Money Problems"
The New York Observer
"The Risks of Hillary's Democratic Rivals Challenging Her on Character"
The Daily Beast
May 16, 2015
"Could Jeb Pick Fellow Floridian Marco Rubio for VP?"
The New York Observer
"Was I a CIA Spy? 50 Years On, I Still Don't Know"
The Daily Beast
"Hire Gang Members to Enforce NYC's Traffic Laws"
The New York Observer
March 12, 2015
"How Big City Mayors Eat Crow"
The Daily Beast
"Say It Ain't Joe: Will Hilary Pick Biden?"
The Daily Beast
"What Brian Williams' Chopper Whopper Says About Modern News Media"
The Daily Beast
February 8, 2015
"Obama's Biggest Problem: Timing"
The Daily Beast
"How FDR, Reagan, and Ike Almost Lost"
The Daily Beast
January 25, 2015
"The World's Toughest Political Quiz."
The Daily Beast
December 31, 2014
"Is America Ready for a Woman President?"--Revisiting a 40-Year Old Question"
Glamour Magazine
"Want President Hilary? Then Primary Her"
The Daily Beast
November 24, 2014
"Political Mythbusting: Third Term's the Charm"
"Going Back to Vietnam Is Sometimes Amusing, Often Fraught, And Always Surreal"
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