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Two tragedies, 43 years apart, have defined Joe Biden’s life. Have they also made him a more formidable presidential candidate?https://politi.co/2ZEHbGz 

One San Francisco strategist likens Kamala Harris’ emergence from the city's political scene to Andy Dufresne, the Tim Robbins character from The Shawshank Redemption “who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.”https://politi.co/2XOSDxQ 

Analysis: Democrats should leave McGahn alone — at least for nowhttps://politi.co/2ZA59CR 

An ambitious young prosecutor. A mayor with a machine. And a political crucible for a future presidential candidate. The inside story of Kamala Harris' first campaign for office:https://politi.co/2ZE1fco 

An ambitious young prosecutor. A mayor with a machine. And a political crucible for a future presidential candidate. The inside story of Kamala Harris' first campaign for office:https://politi.co/2XMZuYu 

Buttigieg’s rise from unlikeliest of contenders to actual top-tier presidential candidate has been fueled in part, maybe in large part, by his astonishing success courting the press. Here's how it happened:https://politi.co/2GICN0C 

How hard-charging New York operative Lis Smith helped turn an obscure Indiana mayor into a national name:https://politi.co/2ZLBpTU 

‘I Want Him on Everything’: Meet the Woman Behind the Buttigieg Media Frenzyhttps://politi.co/2ZJaMP7 

The story of American presidential politics is in part the story of the consiglieres who steer the candidate along the path:https://politi.co/2GLtrRH 

“My observation,” says David Axelrod, who worked with Lis Smith on Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, “is that she is the quiet hero of [Pete Buttigieg’s] emergence.”https://politi.co/2GHHisk 

The speed with which Buttegieg emerged has been astonishing, which happens to be the speed at which Lis Smith works:https://politi.co/2GMvXr5 

There may be no political couple odder than that of Pete Buttigieg and Lis Smith, his hard-charging media strategist:https://politi.co/2ZIBdVj 

In the past few years, and especially in the aftermath of the 2016 campaign, the Intercept has taken a sharp turn into party politicshttps://politi.co/2XOSZVc 

“Overall, and over time, Biden has managed to turn his grief into a sort of interpersonal gift," writes @michaelkruse:https://politi.co/2ZDSBdR 

Opinion: Bernie Sanders is right. We should let prisoners vote.https://politi.co/2ZGO2j5 

"If Biden is to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, he will need to square these two narratives in a single story."https://politi.co/2ZA5421 

The long arc of Biden’s career is all but bracketed by tragedy:https://politi.co/2XOSKtg 

Ukraine’s New President Just Won the First Ever Successful Virtual Campaignhttps://politi.co/2ZDDdhF 

There is no person in American politics today whose life has been so shaped by loss and grief.https://politi.co/2ZA56qF 

The #WHCD “certainly is not the glamour place to be in Washington anymore,” says writer and long-time Washington observer Sally Quinnhttps://politi.co/2ZDFhpN