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Dick Morris is a former adviser to President Bill Clinton as well as a political author, pollster and consultant. His most recent book, "50 Shades of Politics," was written with his wife, Eileen McGann.

President Donald Trump speaks at the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House on April 19, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

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Op-Ed

Dick Morris: Economic Collapse to Trump's Advantage

As the coronavirus recedes, we find ourselves focused intently on every statistic that might provide a clue about when it will abate.

By Dick Morris April 20, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with recovered COVID-19 patients in the Cabinet Room at the White House on April 14, 2020.

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Op-Ed

Dick Morris: Trump and U.S. Medicine Worked While Europe's Failed

As we go forward to reverse quarantines and reopen our countries, we must not lose sight of the enormous lessons the coronavirus teaches.

By Dick Morris April 14, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during the daily news briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force in the James Brady Briefing Room on April 10, 2020, at the White House.

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Op-Ed

Dick Morris: Fear, Once Our Friend, Is Now Our Enemy

To reopen the economy and schools without a foolproof way of protecting the public health is likely to be a losing proposition.

By Dick Morris April 10, 2020

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the Jacob Javits Convention Center on March 30, 2020, in New York City.

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Op-Ed

Dick Morris: Cuomo Could Beat Biden

A write-in campaign could sweep the country, harvesting not only delegates but enough of a popular mandate that the party elders couldn’t say no.

By Dick Morris April 2, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to a press gaggle

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Op-Ed

Dick Morris to Donald Trump: Calm Down

'Your ratings are at an all time high. Further flips and flops undermine your credibility and make it look like you are floundering, grasping at straws.'

By Dick Morris March 29, 2020

Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia stands after a signing ceremony for the USMCA trade deal on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 29, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

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Op-Ed

Dick Morris: Four Senators Put Their Greed First

Republican Sens. Richard Burr of North Carolina, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma and Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein of California each cashed in on the national disaster […]

By Dick Morris March 20, 2020

A sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratory with scientists in protective gear.

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Op-Ed

Dick Morris: Release Coronavirus Vaccine Before Efficacy Testing?

As soon as China published the genetic code for the virus, five or six major drug companies moved aggressively to develop a vaccine.

By Dick Morris March 19, 2020

President Donald Trump leads a meeting with travel and tourism industry executives to discuss the economic response to the coronavirus outbreak in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 17, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

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Op-Ed

Dick Morris: What's Causing the Change in Trump?

This challenge is different. Now Trump needs expert advice on epidemiology and a crashing economy. Nothing in his background prepared him for this crisis.

By Dick Morris March 18, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during a media briefing about the coronavirus alongside Vice President Mike Pence in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2020.

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Op-Ed

Dick Morris: Parties Come Together Over Coronavirus

Trump gives more emphasis to steps to prevent the spread of the virus while the Democrats emphasize mitigating the economic hardship it brings in its wake.

By Dick Morris March 16, 2020