Joe Biden
A serious debate that leaves Biden with lingering bruises
Thursday night’s debate was far calmer and more substantive than the street brawl that preceded it. If we score it…
The debate commission’s new rules were a gift to Trump
Donald Trump had arguably his best debate performance ever on Thursday night, and for that he owes a big ‘thank…
The final 2020 presidential debate — live blog
8:30 p.m. ET — Matt McDonald: Hello and welcome to The Spectator’s live blog for the second and final debate between…
Will Trump refuse to leave?
At a drinks party in Washington DC just after Donald Trump was elected, someone from the old regime told me: ‘This…
Pompeo: no reason to believe Hunter Biden story is Russian disinformation
Mike Pompeo has ‘every reason to believe’ director of national intelligence John Ratcliffe’s assessment that the recent story about Hunter…
Get ready for Russiagate 2.0 if Trump wins
If Trump is reelected, prepare for Russiagate 2.0. This time it’ll be even crazier. The Hunter Biden story has given…
Why isn’t the germaphobe President afraid of coronavirus?
The weird thing about Donald Trump’s handling of Covid-19, alongside all the other weird things, is that he has always…
Americans don’t seem to care that Biden is past it – they want Trump gone
Americans don’t seem to care that Biden is past it – they want Trump gone
Why this lifelong Republican has to vote for Biden
Why I’m voting for Biden
Behind the social-media blackout of Biden family corruption
Hunter Biden is now the subject of multiple stories involving serious corruption. Whether he committed any crimes is a question…
Battle for the boomers
This year’s presidential election may see a new pattern that may prove disastrous for the GOP. Former vice president Joe…
If Biden wins, who will govern?
Joe Biden started spouting nonsense about his background again this week. Trying to sound all man of the people, he…
Oh, there’s Hunter…
Res ipse loquitur. What a card Joe Biden is. Here he is to Fox News a year ago: ‘I have…
Veeps shall inherit the earth
In Pence and Harris, we are looking at the future of the Republican Party
Retire the Commission on Presidential Debates
Two-hundred-and-thirty-three. That is the combined age of the three co-chairs of the Commission on Presidential Debates, an organization which has…
The Democratic art of magical thinking
I should clear up one thing straight away. I do not believe that Joe Biden is guilty of magical thinking.…
COVID-positive president won’t debate online
The droplets had barely settled after Wednesday’s vice presidential debate when next week’s head-to-head between Donald Trump and Joe Biden…
Why Harris vs Pence could be 2020’s most significant debate
‘Who am I? Why am I here?’ That was how Vice Admiral James Stockdale began the 1992 televised vice-presidential debate.…
Pence takes Harris to the cleaners in VP debate
Vice President Mike Pence emerged from the 2020 vice presidential debate Wednesday night with a sound victory over challenger Sen.…
The US election is Joe Biden’s to lose
Donald Trump is back at the White House after a scary three-day stay at the Walter Reed medical complex. For…
It’s far too early to write off Donald Trump
Too many pundits are ready to call the 2020 presidential race with a month to go. Four weeks is a…
Godforsaken: religion is vanishing from American politics
The United States has always been the world’s leading religious marketplace. Even before independence, the American colonies were more fervently…
American meltdown: a democratic disaster
What if no one accepts the election result?
Trump won the debate — but it was no disaster for Biden
A couple of days ago, Powerline’s Paul Mirengoff observed that ‘Going back at least as far as Ronald Reagan, incumbent presidents…
Trump was his own worst enemy in the first debate
The first presidential debate in Cleveland was a disaster, to put it bluntly. After 90 minutes of crosstalk, petty jabs,…
