Yesterday we had a discussion on this thread about whether polls are gamed in order to help a certain candidate or party. It’s a question that’s interesting enough to devote a whole other post to it. Then answer is: it … Continue reading →
Ace points out the contradiction of it all. Read the whole thing, plus the links to pieces such as this one: If anything, in fact, the delegate-wrangling process should be a godsend for Trump. It moves the race out of … Continue reading →
Commenter “JuliB” remarks: Trump offers a poorly thought out idea [on how to make Mexico pay], then people analyze it and discuss it. Other people call it like they see it ”“ ”˜he’s just mouthing off, and it means nothing’. … Continue reading →
I’ve been thinking. It’s been a hard year. Actually, it’s been pretty hard ever since Tuesday, November 6, 2012, when I realized the American people had re-elected Barack Obama and that now he was free to really implement that “change” … Continue reading →
I’ve said many many times that I don’t like speeches, with the exception of Churchill and Lincoln. I don’t like them because I’m not an auditory learner and tend to mentally drift off during monologues, although I can pay very … Continue reading →
Here’s an informative article about an issue that’s currently being speculated about—delegates at the RNC and what they are required by the rules to do. How much leeway do they have? It depends on the state, but the basic idea … Continue reading →
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 →