2016: A Repeat of the 1960s

One thing is abundantly clear: Neither political party will emerge from the 2016 nomination battle looking anything like they did when they began the marathon. Fundamental changes are now inevitable in both political parties. And they will be irreversible. These changes will not be so much in how the ethnic or geographic constituencies divide themselves […]

 


If Trump Implodes …

Episodic evidence suggests the possibility of a Donald Trump implosion during March. In the latest ABC/Wash Post poll, he wins 34 percent of the national vote — 4 points below his RealClearPolitics.com average of the last five polls — while Ted Cruz runs second with 25 percent — six points above his average Rubio runs […]

 

Trump, Clinton Not Inevitable

Amid the celebrations of the successful Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, saving most of the British and much of the French Army, Prime Minister Winston Churchill cooled the festivities by saying “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” […]

 

Barbarians at the Gate

The Republican Party has long been led by the rich and the powerful who win elections by persuading the lowly and powerless to vote for them. Ever since the early Roman Republic, when the Plebeians were pitted against the Patricians, the rich politician’s goal has always been to land the poor vote to win. They […]

 

Why Rubio Can’t Win

Now that Chris Christie has crashed, John Kasich has been ghettoized, Scott Walker self-destructed, and nobody bought the idea of Jeb Bush, all the king’s horses and all the king’s men — as well as Fox News — are trying to shove Marco Rubio down the throats of the Republican electorate. But they’ll never make […]

 

Coming: March Mayhem

On Tuesday, March 1, millions of Republican primary voters will likely cast wasted ballots, causing a massive wave of anger and discontent. In the March 1 primaries — choosing about one-third of the delegates in each party — most states will divide their delegates in proportion to the candidates who exceed a minimum threshold of […]

 

B-Team & Bill Vs. Bernie

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is falling apart. Bernie Sanders soared in New Hampshire and now two polls have him tying her nationally. It’s a disaster. Now she’s called in the B-team: The cynical, paranoid, and wacky twins — Sidney Blumenthal and David Brock — to bail her out. And here comes the elderly, diminished and livid […]

 

No Firewall for Clinton

As Hillary Clinton underwhelms in Iowa, barely eking out of a tie with Bernie Sanders — a thought that would have been ridiculous six months ago — her supporters cling to the hope that she has a firewall in the later primaries due to her preponderance of support from African-American voters. While Sanders has been […]

 



Hillary Clinton’s Email Scandal Turns Deadly

Two recent developments have transformed Hillary Clinton’s email scandal into a potentially deadly issue. Yesterday, the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community wrote to Senator Richard Burr, R., NC, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to inform him that he had received “two sworn declarations from one [intelligence community] element. These declarations cover several dozen […]

 

Is Bill Clinton a Sociopath?

As we revisit the exploits of Saturday Night Bill and listen to biographer Taylor Branch’s taped private rumination after his series of interviews with the former president, the obvious question arises: Was the 42nd president a sociopath? Sociopaths are often characterized as people who lack a conscience and never feel remorse about their actions, even […]

 

The Hillary Clinton Building

One thing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have in common — they both like to have big things named after them. The latest batch of emails released by the State Department uncovers a massive ego trip by the former secretary of state. Anxious to etch her name in glass, as well as in history, she […]

 


Hillary Clinton Loses Her Majority

The latest Rasmussen Reports poll, taken right after the third and most recent Democratic debate, shows that Hillary Clinton has lost crucial ground in the Democratic nomination battle. Before the debate, Rasmussen had her defeating Bernie Sanders by 50-29 (a margin of 21). Now her lead is down to 16 points — 46-30. Her four-point […]

 

Money Doesn’t Matter

Money doesn’t matter … much. In this year’s Republican nominating race, the standing of the candidates is in inverse relationship to the amount of money they have spent. Earlier this month, the front-runner, Donald Trump, had spent about $220,000 on television advertising. His runner-up, Ted Cruz, had invested just shy of $1 million. In third […]

 

Why Obama Spared ISIS Oil

Last week, on the Charlie Rose show, former Obama CIA Director Mike Morell dropped a bombshell that was little noticed by the media. He said that it seemed the reason President Obama did not bomb the oil fields now controlled by ISIS in Iraq and Syria was that he did not want to cause environmental […]

 



Trump Should Seize the Moment

Sometimes a candidate must fit his talents and image to suit the needs of the day. At other times, the dominant issue rises to demand just the skill set he already has. Who knows what the future holds, but America, the West and the GOP need Donald Trump’s leadership right now. The Paris bombings beg […]

 

Paris Attacks Could Impel Sanders

The Paris attacks could have the effect of empowering the Bernie Sanders campaign and confronting Hillary Clinton with an unsolvable dilemma. The vicious attacks will trigger demands by reasonable Americans for an increased commitment to defeating ISIS. Many, like me, will call for a Third Gulf War to battle for civilization. But the left wing […]

 

Now, We Must Send Troops

The attacks in Paris reflect what happens when a terrorist gang takes over a country. Just as with al-Qaida and the Taliban, if you put a nation at the disposal of fanatical terrorists, major acts of terrorism become almost inevitable. A terror gang is like an HIV virus. It swims into our bloodstreams, doing no […]

 

Who Won the Debate?

Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio strengthened themselves in the fourth Republican Party debate, which was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last night. Trump regained his former form — irreverent, blunt, feisty, fearless and strong. He dished out red meat all night. His best moments were in his dissection of the excuses for granting amnesty, […]

 


How Media Bias Works

What happened to the email scandal? Or the cost of Hillary Clinton’s and Bill Clinton’s speeches? Or the Uranium deal where President Putin got control of our mines? Or Hillary Clinton’s lie about Benghazi being caused by a video? Or any of the scandals the media pursued with such zest and vigor until last week? […]

 

Hillary Lied About DOMA on Maddow Show

On the Rachel Maddow Show, Hillary Clinton said that it was the threat of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage that led Bill Clinton to sign the Defense of Marriage Act.   This statement is totally untrue. I was there and there was never any discussion of a constitutional amendment on the subject. The president […]

 

Hillary Would Eat Carson Alive

I have all the respect in the world for Ben Carson. For only the second time in American politics, we would have a president who made his name outside of politics prior to his election if he won. (The first, for trivia fans, is Herbert Hoover as an engineer). He is humble, virtuous, honest, reliable, […]

 

Why Biden Didn’t Run

With apologies to Bob Dylan, you can’t tell which way the wind is blowing without a weather vane, particularly if you are indoors looking out. We had no way of knowing what was happening in the bowels of the Justice Department and the White House before Joe Biden decided not to run. Now, we know: […]