By now you’ve probably heard that president-elect Trump has announced some appointments: The president-elect announced Sunday that he has selected Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus to serve as chief of staff in his incoming administration. In the same announcement, … Continue reading →
Almost as soon as the Trump win had occurred, I began noticing that, among former Trump opposers left and right, it was shaking down into two camps: the optimists and the pessimists. The optimists were saying some version of “wait … Continue reading →
Financial markets were shaky last night with the news of the Trump victory, but guess what? At least for today, all is well and the Dow is up 200 as I write this. This is just the beginning for Trump, … Continue reading →
My first thought: wow, what a ride. My second: boy, am I tired. I was up till 7 AM although I went to bed quite a while before that. Just too much “seething cranium” to sleep. So whatever thoughts follow … Continue reading →
After I wrote yesterday’s post criticizing the idea that it is Trump’s “uncouthness” that constitutes the major objection of Trump opponents to electing Trump as president, I got to thinking about why this “they hate him because he’s uncouth” type … Continue reading →
Like many Trump-boosters, Victor Davis Hanson misses the point in this description of the motivations of people on the right who won’t vote for Trump. It’s an error I’ve seen over and over again from Trump supporters, including even relatively … Continue reading →
James Comey’s letter informing Congress of new and possibly relevant emails in the Hillary Clinton investigation was most likely at least one of the reasons the polls have tightened during the last few days. Polls usually tighten anyway close to … Continue reading →
I often forget that not everyone here has perfect recall of everything I’ve ever written. That’s meant to be humorous, because of course they don’t. I don’t even have perfect recall of everything I’ve ever written, and I’m the one … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I’ll probably be writing a bigger post on the topic tomorrow, because I have quite a few things to say about it. But here are some quick thoughts.] James Comey is now the center of an even hotter firestorm … Continue reading →
In the third debate, there was a moment when Trump muttered “nasty woman” in response to Hillary. Let’s not even worry about what she had said or done prior to that, or whether his remark about her was justified. For … Continue reading →
Yesterday Trump outlined a policy to help black Americans. Here’s his speech on the subject. Too bad few people are listening. And, as I’ve said before, they’re not listening because Trump is not trusted. And not just not trusted by … Continue reading →
You can have a lot of fun with statistics. At Gateway Pundit, an extremely pro-Trump blog, there’s a post entitled, “YUGE! Trump Leads Early Voting in Florida By 120,000 ”“ A First For Republicans in The State” [hat tip: Artfldgr]. … Continue reading →