He’s too bigoted until the polls shift his way.
John Stoehr
Follow John on Twitter @johnastoehr . John Stoehr is a Washington Monthly contributing writer. This piece originally appeared in The Editorial Board.
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Some reporters are undermining the stakes of the election.
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The media shouldn’t be lowering the bar for him.
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Now that Donald Trump is the apparent nominee for the Republican Party and Hillary Clinton has a nearly insurmountable lead over Bernie Sanders for the Democratic Party’s nomination, we can expect to see in the near term an explosion of commentary by pearl-clutching pundits lamenting the moral impossibility of choosing between the lesser of two […]
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It’s not every day news events follow the contours of a new book’s prevailing conceit. That’s what’s happening with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ insurgent campaign for the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party. His populist message is that the party of the people has failed the people, and that one of those most emblematic of […]
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Over at The American Conservative, I made the argument this week that all things considered, it’s probably best for Republicans up and down the party to get behind Donald Trump. I didn’t make the argument because I think Trump is the best candidate. I made it because getting behind him makes the most strategic sense. […]
