Matt Mayer

Who will replace Rob Portman in the Senate?

27 January 2021 8:08 am

With Rob Portman’s announcement that he will not seek a third term in the US Senate, the two questions of…

ohio

Seven Ohio counties show why Trump lost as Republicans won

29 December 2020 4:27 am

At the end of the day, the votes cast and counted determine who wins and who loses. Though it might…

democrats swalwell

The Democrats don’t care what you think about their scandals

17 December 2020 2:00 am

I’ve watched with a mixture of amusement and surprise over the last few days as my right-wing friends have descended…

barack obama

Barack Obama, the real narcissist president?

8 December 2020 2:25 am

For four years now, Democrats and the media have droned on about how much of a narcissist Donald Trump is.…

swamp

Rise of the swamp creatures

25 November 2020 2:06 pm

It started a few weeks before Election Day. With the polling data almost universally showing that Joe Biden would win…

revenge republicans

Revenge of the Republicans

21 November 2020 8:59 am

The 2020 election has provided fertile ground upon which Republicans can spend the next four years doing to Joe Biden…

results

Five head-scratching election results

17 November 2020 6:01 am

The 2020 election has already kicked up myriad allegations of fraud. From dead people voting in key states to late…

trumpist agenda

The Trumpist agenda going forward

12 November 2020 5:25 am

While Donald Trump appears to have lost the 2020 presidential election, Trump’s agenda of populism focused on the working class…

concede

Trump should concede — with a caveat

8 November 2020 8:21 am

The networks have made official what seemed to have occurred when Georgia flipped from red to blue: Joe Biden won…

trump lost

Why Trump lost

7 November 2020 12:49 pm

With the last dominoes of Georgia and Pennsylvania falling, there is now clarity on the 2020 election cycle. Based on…

battleground

How Trump can win the election

4 November 2020 5:41 pm

As of 1:00 a.m. on Election Night, assuming Montana and Alaska go to Donald Trump and Nevada goes to Joe…

prediction

My final election prediction: Trump 305 to Biden 233

4 November 2020 3:39 am

I’m doubling down. In 2016, against virtually all of the polling data and sophisticated analysis, I predicted Donald Trump would…

momentum

Trump has the momentum in the final week

31 October 2020 12:05 am

I don’t believe in astrology, but, if I did, I’d have to say the stars are aligning for Donald Trump…

fracking

Why fracking matters

20 October 2020 6:42 am

Sigmund Freud famously noted that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. In the case of fracking, even Freud would…

economy

Do you want a Trump or Biden economy?

13 October 2020 5:06 am

It would be great if the President was an icon of virtue and goodness, but he isn’t. As much as…

trump

It’s far too early to write off Donald Trump

7 October 2020 8:09 am

Too many pundits are ready to call the 2020 presidential race with a month to go. Four weeks is a…

amy coney barrett

Amy Coney Barrett is the ultimate Walmart soccer mom

27 September 2020 10:01 am

The biggest takeaway from the 2016 presidential election was that Main Street America was so sick of elites in Washington…

ohio

It’s all about Ohio

25 September 2020 2:30 am

Dublin, Ohio Since the presidential election of 1944 when Ohio went with loser Thomas Dewey over winner Franklin Roosevelt, Ohio…

electoral college

In defense of the Electoral College

20 September 2020 10:35 pm

Though often lost in the debate over the Electoral College, Article II in our Constitution created a system in which…

biden

Why I’m not predicting a Biden blowout

14 September 2020 7:35 am

In 2016, I was one of the very few people who publicly stated the night before the election that, despite…

debates

What will happen in the debates?

11 September 2020 7:46 pm

From late September through to mid-October, Americans will get to watch Donald Trump and Joe Biden debate three times. Mike…

tax spending

Who will pay for a mega-spending Biden administration?

5 September 2020 3:51 am

Over the last month, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has proposed roughly $4 trillion in new tax hikes. That is…

trump demise

Predictions of Trump’s demise may yet again be premature

25 July 2020 1:13 am

Throughout the summer, various polls from the key battleground states indicate Joe Biden is in a very strong position. He…

america

Where can patriotic Americans find America?

21 July 2020 9:35 am

If we’ve confirmed anything in 2020, it is that liberal-progressives really do control the major influencers in America. This puts…

build

How the Supreme Court became the ‘most dangerous branch’

10 July 2020 1:48 am

From 1969 to today, presidents have appointed eighteen men and women to the U.S. Supreme Court. Of those eighteen justices,…