Trump supporters remind me of the Osgood character in “Some Like It Hot.” You remember: Point out Trump’s manifest and myriad flaws? Trump supporters always have an answer. All the other candidates who have held public office have a political … Continue reading →
Hmmmm. Sign of something brewing? Or just blah-blah-blah? Allahpundit at Hot Air says that no such candidate could win. I’ve heard that before, but I don’t see that it’s true. Yes, this move would alienate Trump’s supporters. But most of … Continue reading →
I wish. But despite rumblings that there’s still time to choose someone other than Trump, I don’t think it will happen. If the RNC had the guts to engineer this, they would have done it a long time ago. And, … Continue reading →
My “note” at the end of this post has engendered quite a bit of discussion about Trump’s remarks accusing Judge Gonzalo Curiel of bias. First, let me repeat a bit of what I wrote there: Trump’s “racist” comment about the … Continue reading →
…and says he will not run for president. Perhaps you missed the original story, which was that Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol had supposedly suggested French as a conservative 3rd party candidate. I never posted about the story for the … Continue reading →
Paul Waldman, a journalist on the left, has noticed something. He has a piece in today’s WaPo describing the fact that Trump coverage in the MSM has mysteriously changed: The news media have come in for a lot of criticism … Continue reading →
Every day there’s some new outrage from Donald Trump and/or Hillary Clinton. That’s almost a given, and it’s something we have grown used to. “Grown used to” can segue into “grown complacent about.” But I’m not complacent—nor do I think … Continue reading →
Much has been written about the fact that the 2016 election is shaping up as an unpopularity contest rather than the more ordinary popularity contest. That is, the candidate who has managed to offend a bit less is likely to … Continue reading →
This post at Red State by Brandon Morse points out something Donald Trump said recently that is both troubling and Obama-like (is that redundant?): Politicians have used you and stolen your votes. They have given you nothing. I will give … Continue reading →
This post is not about Donald Trump. It’s about coverage of Donald Trump. Remember last summer, when his candidacy was new? Pundits, bloggers, and commenters kept using the phrase “Trump sucks all the air out of the room” to express … Continue reading →
Until the Indiana primary revealed that the GOP nominee in 2016 would be Donald Trump, I fought that prospect tooth and nail. I did what I could to write about his flaws, and why I saw so many of the … Continue reading →
…the GOP nomination—which is not really news, is it? We’ve known this was pretty much inevitable ever since Indiana. What a long strange trip it’s been. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton’s email troubles seem to be deepening. The weaker she becomes as … Continue reading →