October 2, 2015
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s boast that the Select Committee on Benghazi has weakened Hillary Clinton as a presidential candidate confirms what most Americans think goes on in Washington — and it’s exactly why they have so little respect for our political leaders.Please click here to read the full article.
September 17, 2015
Lindsey Graham had a very good night. The foreign-policy subject matter of Wednesday night’s early debate played to the senator’s strengths. Whether he was using humor or talking tough about terrorism, Mr. Graham made the most of his opportunity to snag a lot of air time as one of only four on stage for CNN’s early debate.Please click here to read the full article.
September 16, 2015
Probably the biggest winner in the Republican debates Wednesday night was Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, whose name was barely mentioned. She did come up when Gov. John Kasich said, “I’m from Ohio, she will not beat me there.” Mrs. Clinton appeared on “The Tonight Show” after the CNN debates and participated in a skit in which host Jimmy Fallon, dressed as Donald Trump, mock-interviewed her. (There were, not surprisingly, jokes about Mr. Trump’s hair.)Please click here to read the full article.
September 16, 2015
Republican rivals seeking to take on Donald Trump and wanting to know what to expect from him in Wednesday night’s debate might check out his book “Time to Get Tough” (which, conveniently, has been reissued in paperback with a new subtitle to match his campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again”).Please click here to read the full article.
September 14, 2015
It’s not clear how many minds Sen. Bernie Sanders changed on Monday or if he picked up a single vote speaking at Liberty University. But garnering voters wasn’t the point of his visit, and the senator’s willingness to take his message to a bastion of conservatism underscores why his long-shot campaign has gained “Bernmentum” and is now leading former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire among Democrats.Please click here to read the full article.
September 11, 2015
After saying for months that she had nothing to be sorry about in the handling of her emails as secretary of state, Mrs. Clinton apologized Tuesday. “That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility,” she said. Sorry, responsibility, mistake–the idea was contrition, but like much of the Clinton campaign, this sounded scripted and poll-tested.Please click here to read the full article.
September 4, 2015
It’s not known whether Donald Trump is a fan of Ralph Waldo Emerson, but there seems little doubt he would be in total agreement with one of Mr. Emerson’s most famous essays “Self-Reliance.” — “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen…Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day.”Please click here to read the full article.
August 7, 2015
Only time will tell how much Donald Trump will appeal to voters the more people see and hear him interact with other presidential candidates. In Thursday night’s debate, whether Mr. Trump was defending his remarks about women or immigrants, his corporate bankruptcies, or his past positions on health care and abortion, his statements showed that his view of the world–and the U.S. role in it–is angry. “Our country is in trouble,” he said in his closing statement. “We can’t do anything right.”Please click here to read the full article.
August 6, 2015
According to Gallup editor Frank Newport, these are the top five questions Americans think should be asked of Republican presidential candidates in Thursday’s debates, based on polling about the country’s most important problems: 1. “How do you propose to fix the U.S. economy?” 2. “How do you propose to deal with the people’s record-low confidence in Congress and the elected representatives they send to Washington?” This question is all but tailor-made for Donald Trump, who has been rising in the polls thanks to voter dissatisfaction with politics as usual….Please click here to read the full article.
August 1, 2015
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are tapping into the same dissatisfaction that helped Ross Perot capture 19% of the vote in 1992. Many of those dismissing Mr. Trump’s candidacy suggest that he appeals only to ill-informed voters looking for a thrill. But polls indicate that Mr. Trump’s appeal is widespread, running well beyond the ultra-conservative wing of the GOP.Please click here to read the full article.
