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Tara Palmeri

Washington’s most feared and fearless politics reporter, covering what people are really talking about inside the White House, on the Hill, on K Street, and within the media companies who cover it all. Tara was previously a lead author of Playbook and White House correspondent at ABC News.

THE LATEST ARTICLES
NEWSLETTERS
What exactly is Pence’s lane, and is there really any constituency clamoring for his candidacy?
Tara Palmeri • March 16, 2023
Pence & Sensibility
Absent a coalition or a lane or movement, Mike Pence’s putative presidential campaign seems unclear. Is he just running to reclaim his dignity?
On the Hill, which is filled with gossips and more gossips, observers are trying to decipher A.O.C.’s strategy.
Tara Palmeri • March 13, 2023
The Remaking of A.O.C.
Five years into her legislative career, a more subdued and party-line-toeing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is inciting all kinds of curiosity. She’s either playing three dimensional chess en route to the Senate and beyond, or she’s diligently earning her stripes on the Hill. Which is it?
Mitch McConnell and new N.R.S.C. chairman Steve Daines have been rushing to consolidate support around strong MAGA-enough candidates whom they can put forward before Trump offers his own batshit crazy alternative.
Tara Palmeri • March 10, 2023
McConnell’s Olive Branch & Fox’s New D.C. Headache
News and notes around town: Republican senatorial rapprochement and a media scrum for our times.
Outgoing Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, likely hoping to avoid Democrat-on-Democrat violence, has suggested to Hill Harper that he run for mayor of Detroit instead.
Tara Palmeri • March 7, 2023
Hill Harper Against the Machine
Outgoing Senator Debbie Stabenow has been trying to stage manage her succession, playing cruise director of the state party. Harper, who is expected to challenge Elissa Slotkin in April, is going for the Wes Moore playbook instead.
In many ways, Ron DeSantis’s inner circle is really only composed of himself and his wife, Casey.
Tara Palmeri & Peter Hamby • March 7, 2023
Jeff Roe’s Declaration & The DeSantis Inner Circle
News and notes on the G.O.P.’s early ’24 arms race, the dark horse beneficiaries of the Trump-DeSantis cage match, Glenn Youngkin’s MAGA playbook, and more.
Hill Harper, the multihyphenate who starred on CSI: NY and Good Doctor, plans to challenge Elissa Slotkin for outgoing Senator Debbie Stabenow’s Senate seat in Michigan, according to a senior advisor.
Tara Palmeri • March 3, 2023
“CSI” Actor Hill Harper Readying a Senate Run
Hill Harper, the Harvard-trained lawyer-turned-actor-turned-aspiring politician is planning to take on Elissa Slotkin in Michigan.
New Hampshire Chris Sununu led Mitch McConnell and the N.R.S.C. on for over a year with the false hope that he would run for Senate. That little maneuver didn’t make him many friends in D.C.
Tara Palmeri • March 2, 2023
The Sununu Tease, Hakeem’s Burden & Fettermania
News and notes on the talk around town: Is Chris Sununu a serious 2024 contender, or just a master brand builder and hype man? Can Hakeem Jeffries keep his most senior colleagues in office through the summer? And is there any truth to the right’s Gisele Fetterman bogeymania?
After being endorsed by Liz Cheney, Elissa Slotkin is already being branded by rivals as the next Kyrsten Sinema.
Tara Palmeri • February 28, 2023
Michigan’s Senate Battle Royale
Elissa Slotkin is a veritable money-raising machine. But there’s a sneaking suspicion among Democrats that she could be headed for a brutal primary.
As Joe Biden prepares to embark on a re-election campaign, Kamala Harris will enter uncharted territory.
Tara Palmeri • February 28, 2023
Can Harris Re-Write Her Narrative in Time for ’24?
Democratic strategist Karen Finney makes the bull case for Harris’s vice presidency, for keeping her on the 2024 ticket, and what her many critics get wrong.
Joe Manchin has yet to decide whether he will run for re-election in West Virginia, where he may battle centi-millionaire governor Jim Justice.
Tara Palmeri • February 23, 2023
Manchin’s Senioritis & Gallego’s Silicon Valley Swipe
News and notes on a series of professional machinations in the upper chamber.
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