Republican Despite what the media might say, Ted Cruz did better than you think. Check out the provisional delegate count (click on it to embiggen): That’s Trump 253, Cruz 215, Rubio 100, Kasich 21, Carson 3, Unknown 3. The reason why Cruz is so high is that Texas delivered. The media seems focused on state wins, as if this was the … Read More
Trump The Unifier
At last night’s Super Tuesday presser, Trump insisted that he was a “unifier”, adding that being a unifier to his resume may surprise some people, and “believe me”. But… VALDOSTA, Ga. — There are different accounts of who made the decision to eject approximately 30 black students who say they were standing silently at the top of the bleachers at Donald Trump’s … Read More
Is Trump Knowingly Lying About His Immigration Position?
Mmmmmaybe. There’s a rumor going around, encouraged in no small part by this article, to the effect that Trump was talking off-the-record with a New York Times reporter, and what he said called into question whether he would stand by his views on immigration: Trump visited the paper’s Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday, Jan. 5, part of a round of editorial board … Read More
Trump’s Weekend Foray Into Fascism
“Fascism” is a word that rarely appears in modern political discourse, and when it does, it usually is in an Internet flame. It’s intended to be incendiary — it is hyperbole. But not this time. When I say that Donald Trump — GOP presidential candidate and likely nominee for the Republicans — flirted with fascism this weekend, I mean it. … Read More
The Correctest Thing Rich Lowry has Ever Written
This bizarre campaign season has made for strange bedfellows, and I find myself reading the most repugnant conservative pundits, and saying, “Yes! You’re right!” Consider Rich Lowry for National Review, the man who was wrong about virtually everything last decade especially and including the Iraq War: Republicans are outsourcing the vetting of their front-runner to the other party. At this … Read More
Breaking: Chris Christie Endorses Trump
Guess this explains why Christie (the other bully) never attacked Trump. This is a significant crack in the establishment vs Trump meme. I can’t look into Christie’s heart and mind, but I can’t help but see this as simply an attempt to grab the vice presidency. Or attorney-general. Trump/Christie 2016? Aaaaand once again, Trump does something to take the news … Read More
David Brooks Still Wearing Blindfold
New York Times columnist David Brooks is stupid: We live in a big, diverse society. There are essentially two ways to maintain order and get things done in such a society — politics or some form of dictatorship. Either through compromise or brute force. Our founding fathers chose politics. Politics is an activity in which you recognize the simultaneous existence … Read More
The Last GOP Debate Before Super Tuesday
Leightweight chocker Marco Rubio looks like a little boy on stage. Not presidential material! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 26, 2016 That is the tweet a few minutes ago from Trump who apparently cannot spell “lightweight” or “choker”. And that’s not a typo because earlier, he tweeted this: Lying Ted Cruz and leightweight chocker Marco Rubio teamed up last … Read More
People Begin To Wake Up To Trump
Like me yesterday, many are realizing that Trump might actually win the GOP nomination. A lot of this is spurred on by recent polls… New polls today: Georgia (Trump +9) Mass (Trump +34) Vermont (Trump +15) N Carolina (Trump +18) Michigan (Trump +18) Illinois (Trump +13) — Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 23, 2016 … from upcoming primary states that show … Read More
Trump No Longer A Clown
Ezra Klein wrote about Trump a couple weeks ago, and I dismissed him. But now, I think we need to listen: I’m not here to clutch my pearls over Trump’s vulgarity; what was telling, rather, was the immaturity of the moment, the glee Trump took in his “she said it, I didn’t” game. The media, which has grown used to … Read More
NV, SC Primaries Shake Things Out
The Democratic Caucus in Nevada today was won by Hillary Clinton. It wasn’t a landslide. Hillary won by only five points or so. But it wasn’t a nailbiter either. She’s expected to do well in South Carolina next week on February 27. After That comes Super Tuesday, where most of the states are in the south and expected to go … Read More
The Scalia Gambit
Without question, the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has set all sides of the political spectrum into a frenzy. Everybody is weighing, but the stupidest comments are coming from Republicans who say that Obama shouldn’t nominate a justice at all because there is an election coming up. Rand Paul, who supposedly loves the Constitution, says that Obama has a … Read More
South Carolina Primary Outlook
A the Republican debate last Saturday, which I didn’t see, this occurred: TRUMP: George Bush made a mistake. We can make mistakes. But that one was a beauty. We should have never been in Iraq. We have destabilized the Middle East. DICKERSON: But so I’m going to — so you still think he should be impeached? BUSH: I think it’s … Read More
Breaking: Scalia Dead at 79
Just coming over the news. Found dead at a West Texas “luxury ranch”, whatever that is. UPDATE: Very quick initial thoughts (I will “eulogies” him later.) The political implications of this are huge. For one thing, this Supreme Court term had many important 5-4 issues in front of the Court, or… what would have been 5-4. Immigration, climate change, even … Read More
Last Night’s Dem Debate
I didn’t see it, but in a way, if Kevin Drum is right, I have seen it before with these two: Here’s roughly how the first hour of tonight’s debate went: Bernie: Free health care for everyone! Hillary: Let’s not overpromise. Maybe we can get partway there. You know, one percent at a time. Bernie: When I’m president we’ll have … Read More