I will be very relieved when the last debate is over. Are you planning to watch? I am doing something different than usual—going to visit a conservative friend of mine and watching it with her. I may or may not … Continue reading →
Yesterday commenter “T” wrote: One of the things that attracted me to this site years ago was the ability to agree to disagree and to use that disagreement to sharpen and refine my own thinking on a topic. Quite frankly, … Continue reading →
You’ve probably noticed that a lot of people are writing what looks like post-mortems for the Trump campaign when there are still about three weeks left. Trump himself is even doing it, albeit in a sort of backwards way, in … Continue reading →
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I think that Trump’s chances of winning the presidency—never very good in the first place—are now vanishingly small. Here’s someone who agrees, and has this observation to make: When a man whose … Continue reading →
Here’s a piece about how brilliantly orchestrated the “Trump the sexual harasser” news drop was. A careful drip, drip, and then a flood. Wouldn’t it be nice if the right could learn how to do this? There’s a little problem, … Continue reading →
You can read what he has to say at his blog. Those of you who read the comments here already know much about Cornhead’s thinking on the 2016 race. But he lays it all out in that post, which begins: … Continue reading →
An October surprise timed to maximally hurt the Republican candidate is no surprise at all. It is so predictable that the term “October surprise” has become commonplace. In is no news, either, that the MSM tries to elect the Democrat. … Continue reading →
The answer is “maybe, but probably not.” Very worrisome, though—except to the Burn It Down crowd, and of course the Democrats.
Continue reading →You see it on this blog among some commenters, and you see it from highly esteemed conservative bloggers such as John Hinderaker at Powerline: the argument that the current attacks on Trump are much like attacks on previous GOP candidates … Continue reading →
Boy, that’s one title I didn’t think I’d be typing in this lifetime. But politics makes strange—bedfellows. And so I’ll briefly deconstruct the phrase. First, the actual quote by Trump: Yeah, that’s her. With the gold. I better use some … Continue reading →
I have watched this tragedy unfold for several years now. By using the word “watched,” don’t think I mean I’m some sort of disinterested, Olympian observer. It has been very difficult, and this year it’s reached a crescendo, although I … Continue reading →
Since the firestorm erupted around the release of the audio of Trump’s remarks to Billy Bush in 2005, there have been a number of arguments advanced to counter it. One very popular one involves comparisons to Bill Clinton’s misbehavior and … Continue reading →