Nikki Haley’s supporters in Iowa are Biden-friendly (or Biden-adjacent): nearly half of [Haley’s Iowa voters] — 43% — [said] they’d vote for Democratic President Joe Biden over Trump. These new findings from the latest NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of … Continue reading →
“Asa Hutchinson Calls It Quits”. I had forgotten he was in the race. Vivek, on the other hand, was definitely a presence, and his dropping out is more newsworthy. I think he’s eager for a Cabinet post if Trump is … Continue reading →
So, let’s see. Were there any surprises? If you look at the poll averages and then at the results, the only real surprise was that DeSantis did better than expected and came in second. Does it matter? Because DeSantis and … Continue reading →
The outcome seems to me to be a foregone conclusion. But you can talk about it all here. Or the weather, which is very cold in Iowa today. Or this song: I saw the original Broadway production as a very … Continue reading →
Guess what? The gloves are off!: This time it’s personal. On Friday Joe Biden tore into his predecessor Donald Trump as never before. He brimmed with anger, disdain and contempt. “As never before”? If you’ve been hiding under a rock, … Continue reading →
Some things Trump: (1) The Trump campaign has released an interesting document: The Trump campaign team has released what it says is documentation of election fraud in 2020 in the swing states of Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Michigan. A … Continue reading →
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has removed Trump from the 2024 primary ballot – sort of: “I do not reach this conclusion lightly. Democracy is sacred,” Bellows wrote in her 34-page decision on multiple complaints challenging the 77-year-old Trump’s … Continue reading →
Here’s the brouhaha du jour – when asked by a questioner what the cause of the Civil War was, Nikki Haley inexplicably failed to mention slavery: I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the … Continue reading →
Yes, I’m well aware that Jack Smith wasn’t meaning this filing as a joke. But it certainly reads like one: The 20-page motion also argues that Trump shouldn’t be allowed to complain that the trial would interfere with his presidential … Continue reading →
There have been a lot of stories (for example, this one) about how Trump is mulling over the possibility of Nikki Haley as his VP. Perhaps they’e even true; who knows? Haley wouldn’t be such a bad choice in the … Continue reading →
And although the justices don’t explain themselves, this is the situation: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan paused almost all proceedings concerning former President Donald Trump’s election interference case in D.C. as the courts above her decide on his claim that … Continue reading →
Commenter “Cornhead” (aka Dave Begley) is a huge Vivek fan. He’s said as much in many comments here. And I’m not. I think Ramaswamy is callow, arrogant, and unaware of the many things he doesn’t know and yet thinks he … Continue reading →