The most important period in a presidency might be long before Inauguration Day.
Donald Trump
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Mike Pence Makes Zero Sense as Veep
If the speculation is true, this will further alienate Trump voters.
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An Opportunity for #NeverTrump Republicans to Save Face
Let’s face it: the #NeverTrump movement is an admission of embarrassment on the part of veteran Republicans, an acknowledgment that the Southern Strategy was suicidal, a concession that as a result of fifty years of playing to ignorant fears, the GOP base is largely comprised of people who think the term “animal husbandry” refers to […]
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Journey to the Center
Who knew that Bernie Sanders’s appointees to the Democratic platform committee were into self-mutilation? How else does one explain their willingness to cut off their noses to spite their faces? I don’t quite understand the logic of trying to force the platform to adopt every last one of the Vermont Senator’s preferred issues, in particular […]
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The Closing of the American Mind
Trump has convinced far too many Americans that their prejudices aren’t really prejudices.
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Has Trump Reached the Self-Sabotage Stage?
He nonchalantly brushes off the responsibility of being president.
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Will Gary Johnson Poach Clinton’s Voters?
A new California poll suggests Hillary could have a third party problem.
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Kushner’s Response to the Anti-Semitic Tweet is a Deflection
“My father-in-law is not an anti-Semite.”
