2020 election
Biden offers no change and no hope
For too long, Republicans and the media refused to take Joe Biden seriously as a presidential candidate. It’s hard to…
How will Biden pick his VP?
This COVID-infected campaign season has brought more than its fair share of surprises. Virtual conventions, turnover at the top of…
Virtual insanity
This week was originally slated to be the week of the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, when presumptive nominee Joe…
A disturbance in the Trump campaign
Is the Death Star about to implode? Trump campaign manager (at least at this writing) Brad Parscale bragged some weeks…
How Trump wins
Donald Trump is trying to break through a 2020 wall. By January 2019, after over three years of failed efforts…
If only Kanye’s run were serious
It was June 2015. Bill Maher was holding court with assorted journalists to discuss the 2016 race. The Republican field…
The polling revolution
It’s a difficult time to be a pollster. For roughly 40 years, phone surveys have been the go-to polling method.…
Trump takes on anti-nationalism
Even the most ardent Trumpist must admit that it has been a bad few months for the President. The COVID-19…
Prodigal son-in-law
A friend in Washington saw Jared and Ivanka at a couple of smart DC dinner parties in the first year…
Trump’s African American ‘silent minority’ could swing the election
Donald Trump’s efforts to broaden his appeal to the African American community are bearing fruit. Rasmussen polling noted in early…
The Kushner conundrum
After a string of broken promises, policy disappointments and sinking poll numbers, the populist wing of the Republican party knows…
Fashion designer vs former rapper: the 2020 election you need to follow
Ola Hawatmeh, the Republican nominee for New York’s 19th congressional district, doesn’t bring many surprises to the table policy-wise. She’s…
Is Bannon back?
Has the Trump campaign finally grown desperate enough to bring back Steve Bannon? The double whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic…
Don’t write off Donald Trump
New polling this week spells more bad news for President Trump. Nationally, and in battleground states, former Vice President Joe…
Why Biden might be better for Brexit Britain
At the best of times, US presidential elections require the British government to walk a tightrope. In 1992, a Tory…
The right’s cannibalism problem
The right has a cannibalism problem. It gleefully attacks and eats its own. The left silently watches Republican after Republican…
The rioters and the rentiers
It was inevitable that the wave of destructive rioting and looting that has swept through cities that are almost all…
The Biden factor is difficult to calculate
The final stage of the election campaign and its result will depend on four factors: management of the balance between…
Neocons come home to roost
Dolphins returned to the canals of Venice during the COVID-19 lockdown, and neoconservatives are returning to the Democratic party. Bill…
Is change on the horizon in Baltimore?
Crime-ridden Baltimore finally dodged a bullet this week. The bullet, in this case, was former mayor Sheila Dixon, who nearly…
Can Trump appeal to America’s black silent minority?
One of the largest obstacles standing in the way of Donald Trump’s re-election is his weakness in every big city…
Lady Luck has deserted Trump
‘The crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end,’ said Donald Trump on July…
Amy Klobuchar’s VP prospects are over
Move over, Kamala — there’s a new bad sheriff in town. After the death of George Floyd at the hands…
The Real White House Housewives
Donald Trump views The View as if it were a spouse over the age of 60: with disdain. ‘Explain how…
Joe Biden’s campaign has set feminism back decades
As we inch closer to the Democratic National Convention in August, the question looms ever larger: who will Joe Biden…
