There’s a GOP debate tonight
And Trump won’t be there. It will be interesting to see what dynamics emerge among the others.
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The pro-Trump forces are at it again with a truncated and misleading DeSantis quote
I’ve dealt with the phenomenon in this previous post: But what I detest – no matter what side does it – is the use of propagandist truncated quotes. I’m quite aware that waging war against that practice is a losing … Continue reading →
Vivek and Tucker
I haven’t written much about Vivek Ramaswamy yet, but I’ve paid some attention to him and watched short clips of things he’s said. For the most part, I’ve thought he seems pretty smart and – as a political outsider – … Continue reading →
The left’s goals for Trump
Commenter “Mike M” quotes me, and then wonders: [Neo quote] I’ve said many times that the left wants Trump to win the nomination and wants to face him in the general. [From Mike M] I think that theory is now … Continue reading →
Biden’s “no comment”
Biden had this to say about the disastrous Maui fires: Biden on Sunday morning, during a bike ride in Rehoboth, replied, “We’re looking at it,” when asked about whether he would go to Maui. Later on Sunday, following a stop … Continue reading →
Arguments for DeSantis over Trump – do they matter?
Commenter “Griffin” links to this Twitter page in which Steve Deace endorses DeSantis. Deace gives a host of reasons, and I agree with pretty much all of them. Here’s a small excerpt: DeSantis has done more damage to our enemies … Continue reading →
Oh, and by the way, in line with my post about truncated DeSantis quotes …
… here’s a comment I just noticed at Instapundit: Ron deSantis just effectively committed suicide with the Republican base (and independents as well) by endorsing the 2020 election theft. Which of course Ron DeSantis did not do, as I wrote … Continue reading →
Trump refuses to sign pledge to support the eventual GOP nominee
As soon as I heard a while back that participation in the Republican presidential debates for 2024 would require entrants to pledge to support the eventual nominee, I was virtually certain that Trump would not be participating and that he … Continue reading →
Will the Biden corruption news matter in the 2024 election?
Answer: very little. The first question is whether Biden will run in 2024. I am hereby going on record as thinking that he probably will be the Democrats’ nominee. That may be a somewhat unusual point of view on the … Continue reading →
Trump versus everyone else
Commenter “Molly Brown” writes in the DeSantis thread: There is a common assumption in many of these comments that if the GOP would just nominate a more ‘mainstream, likeable, whatever you want to call it’ candidate – that candidate will … Continue reading →
Is DeSantis a “failure” for 2024, and if so why?
On today’s open thread we have this question from commenter “Cornflour”: From the beginning of the campaign season, I thought that nobody stood a chance against Trump, but I preferred DeSantis, and I thought he’d do much better than he … Continue reading →
Another demonstration of two-tiered justice: more charges against Trump and a Trump employee
The two-tiered system is crystal clear at this point – and actually has been for quite some time. Here’s the latest example: Special Counsel Jack Smith, who turned a blind eye to Biden family corruption as head of the Department … Continue reading →