Well, according to highlights and conventional wisdom, the two winners of last night’s debate were Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. Rubio because he bested Bush in a scuffle, and Cruz because he bashed the media. As for Rubio, he clearly saw the Bush attack coming and was prepared for it. Bush should have known better. It’s not like the comedy … Read More
GOP Debate #3 Preview
On CNBC tonight. I will not be watching. Ratings will be lower than the others I expect. Trump is already complaining that the debate is unfair, even though it hasn’t happened yet. I expect him to be more Trumpian than ever because of the recent polls showing that Ben Carson has passed Donald Trump as the top choice among the GOP electorate … Read More
Palin Started It
Light blogging as things are busy, but I had to draw attention to this op-ed by William Paley in the Washington Post, entitled “The GOP’s dysfunction all started with Sarah Palin” because I think it is right on the money, i.e.: Once McCain put Palin on the ticket, Republican “grown-ups,” who presumably knew better, had to bite their tongues. But after … Read More
Monday Presidential Outlook
Slow news day but it is well worth mentioning that the sheen has come off the Trump, at least in Iowa. Now we have three polls showing a substantial lead by Ben Carson over Trump: Ben Carson has overtaken Donald Trump in Iowa, surging to a 14-point lead, according to a new poll. A Monmouth University survey released on Monday found Carson … Read More
And Another One Gone
Guess nobody was “feeling the Chafe”. Via Political Wire: Lincoln Chafee said he is ending his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. There are now three Dem candidates, and none of them is Biden.
Benghazi Committee/Clinton Testimony Wrap-up
Well, to watch to Fox News last night, you would think Hillary got pilloried by the committee. Not surprising, but I wondered if they heard the same things I did. The common theme was that “Hillary lied” about Benghazi, although I listened really hard (on Sirius radio) in the hopes that someone would explain exactly what she lied about. And on … Read More
Hillary Clinton vs. Benghazi Committee
Before I get into this, if you’re not up to speed on what the whole Benghazi controversy is about, Vox has a really great primer on the issue. As the primer states, the number of investigations and hearings into the Benghazi incident is unprecedented. Check out these graphs: Today, Hillary Clinton is appearing before the House Benghazi Committee to testify, … Read More
Biden Announces He’s Not Running
Like I said. You should all listen to me. Now will you believe me when I say Rubio will be the GOP nominee? UPDATE: Yup to this…. “With Biden out of race will Elizabeth Warren jump in?” – Beltway journalists begin looking for “sources” to support their new narrative — TBogg (@tbogg) October 21, 2015 But seriously, for the last … Read More
Benghazi Committee Gets Laughable
The House Benghazi investigation committee was supposed to be Hillary’s downfall, but it’s just turned out to be a huge ugly albatross around the GOP and the neck of the committee’s chair, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC). Here’s the latest screw-up: Benghazi committee Chair Trey Gowdy (R-SC) is now returning $6,000 in political donations that are indirectly tied to a PAC that … Read More
2016 Election Tidbits
1) Biden His Time. I have written much about Joe Biden entering the Democratic race because I think it is a news story ginned up by the media. Oh, I’m sure he has considered it, but I took him at his word that he was wiped out by his son’s death and that he might not have the emotional energy … Read More
Dumbest Man Ever Still Leading The GOP Polls
It’s really cold outside, they are calling it a major freeze, weeks ahead of normal. Man, we could use a big fat dose of global warming! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 19, 2015 Holy Mary Mother Of God, the man doesn’t know how seasons work! Chris Mooney tackled this subject last year in a blog post aptly titled “Dear … Read More
Fourteen Years Later
It took fourteen years, but a major player in the Republican Party has finally acknowledged that 9/11 happened during George Bush’s presidency and that the former Bush cannot really own the claim that “he kept us safe”. The most amazing thing is the person saying that is in the lead for becoming the next GOP nominee. Yeah, Trump went … Read More
Dem Debate Highlights Re-enacted By Kids
Little Democrats: 1st Democratic Debate from Funny Or Die
The Rude Pundit On Clinton’s Debate Win
He’s not endorsed anyone yet, and yes, he’s rude, but he’s a great writer too: See, after nearly three decades in the public spotlight, a good chunk of that spent in the cross-hairs of every scandal gun Republicans could load, nothing you can throw at Hillary Clinton is gonna dent her. She ran out of fucks sometime in 2008, and … Read More
Trump Draws Analogy Between Black Protesters And Isis
We need a strong leader- and fast! https://t.co/UVhbC0JNxD — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 14, 2015 And here is what he linked to… We need a strong leader- and fast! A video posted by Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) on Oct 14, 2015 at 8:29am PDT Trump is saying, in no uncertain terms, that if Sanders can’t stand up to black … Read More