Chris Stirewalt

Chris Stirewalt is a contributing editor at The Dispatch, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, the politics editor for NewsNation, co-host of the Ink Stained Wretches podcast, and author of Broken News, a book on media and politics.

Chris Stirewalt

Putting Nikki Haley in Focus

Will GOP voters see her as a change of pace or as a known quantity?

Give That Man a Ham

Congratulations to our first-ever Cutline of the Year honoree.

Rust in Peace, United States Steel

Graveyards are full of indispensable corporations, but the end of the steel giant just feels different.

Master of Puppets

Vivek Ramaswamy is a lousy presidential candidate but he's feeding the base what it wants to hear.

Iowa Shrugs at 2024

No Democratic caucus and not much suspense for Republicans means Iowa’s clout risks being diminished.

You’ll Be Back, Dummies

How the former president outrages the media and wins over the anti-anti-Trumpers.

The Last Debate?

Wednesday’s contest marks the end of something.

DeSantis and Haley on Collision Course

The debate will tell us a lot about the Florida governor’s future.

An Increasingly Unsustainable Stalemate on Immigration

Democrats don’t want to talk about it. Republicans only want to talk about it.

Support for Israel Is Costing Biden. But for How Long?

One year from now, progressives might be more worried about Donald Trump than angry with the president.