From David Brooks’ recent NY Times column: Trump voters are a coalition of the dispossessed. They have suffered lost jobs, lost wages, lost dreams. The American system is not working for them, so naturally they are looking for something else. … Continue reading →
The GOP won control of the Senate in the 2014 election. This meant that the party controlled both houses of Congress for the first time since the earlier years of the Bush administration, when they also had the presidency. But … Continue reading →
Asked Daniel in Brookline: I have often wondered what it would take to get a President impeached. Granted, the Constitution deliberately set a very high bar ”” which is why all of three Presidents in U.S. history have been impeached, … Continue reading →
…they would be great, they would be beautiful. Or, at least better. I think. These would be the rules: (1) Only Republicans vote. A voter’s party has to be declared some fixed amount of time before the primary in each … Continue reading →
Commenter “physicguy” has this to say: Just released over at American Thinker: the article deals with the death of the GOP. I agree, and I think the last paragraph sums it all up very well: “The real blame rests on … Continue reading →
Another day, another primary. This primary season has felt like a runaway train to me, hurtling down the tracks with no brakes on. Another thing that’s become clear this year is that the members of the GOP “establishment” are not … Continue reading →
I don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh—or to any talk shows, actually—often. But I’ve listened now and then, often enough—to Limbaugh and also to Mark Levin—to get a basic feel for both of them. For example, I’ve noticed that for about … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Although I already speculated somewhat about this question in the addenda to the previous post, I felt the issue is so important it needs a post of its own.] What will happen now? To set the scene: it’s nine … Continue reading →
A lot of energy. As an example, I just want you to take a look at the pace most of these candidates maintain in the final push in New Hampshire. And they’ve been doing this since last summer, including a … Continue reading →
A lot of Trump supporters argue that they trust him because Trump can’t be bought. But he can buy, and he’s been doing that his whole life. And, since he’s got more money than anyone running for political office [*see … Continue reading →
I’ve long been troubled by the primary system, which has a number of flaws. Of course, the “smoke-filled room” system that preceded it had a number of other flaws. If it were still in place, people would be railing against … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP: Even though it’s Sunday and I don’t often blog on Sunday, I have some new posts below for today. I’m bumping this one from yesterday up, though, because I want people to read it if they haven’t already.] … Continue reading →