The President’s choice for Labor Secretary withdrew his name from consideration yesterday, but this is just the latest example of what has been a transition that has largely consisted of fumble after fumble by the Trump team.
As with so many things, the President is demonstrating that he really doesn’t know what he is doing.
A surprising name is emerging as the likely pick for the nation’s top diplomatic position.
Even if you’re not sure who you should vote for, it’s obvious who you shouldn’t vote for.
Who knew Tim “The Toolman” Taylor was a columinist at NRO? (Will kids these days get that reference?).
A precursor to modern cable political news with an interesting past has passed away at the age of 89.
The latest desperation bid from anti-Trump Republicans is guaranteed to make a GOP civil war more likely.
Despite a year of utter failure, one group of Republicans apparently still thinks they can deny Donald Trump the Republican nomination.
Republican insiders are apparently still looking at ways to stop Donald Trump at a convention. It’s far too late for that, guys.
The relatively unknown candidate that Bill Kristol floated as the “Never Trump” alternative has announced he’s not running for President.
Bill Kristol’s plan to stop Donald Trump involves a long shot independent bid for the White House by someone most Americans have never heard of before.
Two Republicans who broke with their party to support hearings for Judge Merrick Garland have changed their minds and gotten back in line with the Senate GOP Caucus.
Donald Trump canceled his speech at CPAC, but it’s unlikely to harm his campaign at all.
Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio have won the endorsement of the Des Moines Register, but it’s unclear how much this will help their respective campaigns.
You can either be a partisan or a moderator.
The flagship of the American right is leading the charge against Donald Trump, but it’s not likely to work.
Marco Rubio’s campaign strategy depends on a lot of hope, and no small degree of ignoring reality.
Sarah Palin is back, and she’s endorsing Donald Trump for the Republican nomination for President.
CNN is taking over a late February Republican debate from NBC News, meaning it will host more Republican debates this election cycle than any other single network.
Jim Webb’s recent criticism of Hillary Clinton is renewing speculation about an independent bid for the White House, but he hardly seems like a viable candidate for such a run.
If Donald Trump is going to win in early states like Iowa or New Hampshire, he needs a ground game that will get voters to the polls. It doesn’t seem like he has much of one right now.
Marco Rubio has been getting a lot of love lately from both conservatives and so-called ‘establishment’ Republicans, but his seemingly meager ground game in early states is raising doubts about his campaign.
Sarah Palin has joined such luminaries as Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, and former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke in endorsing Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim immigration plan.
Donald Trump’s latest tirade has led to another round of speculation as to whether or not he’s ‘gone too far’ and reached the beginning of the end of his campaign. Don’t count on it.
In the wake of Wednesday’s debate, the Republican National Committee has suspended its partnership in a planned February debate with NBC News and Spanish language network Telemundo.
In the wake of yesterday’s shootings in Oregon, President Obama took the airwaves to offer the same empty rhetoric he has on this issue in the past, and to make the false claim that there are simple solutions to what is a very complex problem.
With notable exceptions, most of the Republican candidates for President are refusing to take a stand on the propriety of South Carolina flying the Confederate Flag. That’s called cowardice.
Thinking about comparative American struggles against tyranny.
Justice Ginsburg acknowledges the fact that, over the past nineteen years, same-sex marriage has gone from something that most Americans oppose to something that most Americans are willing to accept.
By refusing to stay the legalization of same-sex marriage in Alabama, the Supreme Court has sent the strongest signal yet that it is ready to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.
Conservatives finally seem to be waking up to the truth about Sarah Palin.
The House was set to vote on a ban on abortion after 20 weeks that never would have become law today but they pulled the bill. Conservatives are annoyed, but it was smart politics in the long run.
Russia’s own government is projecting that its economy will slip into recession next year. How that will impact Putin’s current belligerence remains to be seen.
Some on the right are suggesting that Congress retaliate against the President’s executive action on immigration by refusing to invite him to give the State Of The Union Address.
After the 2010 elections, several newly Republican state legislatures flirted with the idea of changing the way their state allocates Electoral Votes. The outcome of last weeks elections raises the possibility that this could happen again.
Despite the conciliatory language after Tuesday, it’s unlikely that much will change in Washington in the next two years.
The odds say that the GOP will end up with a Senate majority in the 114th Congress when all the votes are counted, but if it doesn’t happen then there’s likely to be quite a battle inside the GOP.
Early voting is a still new idea in the United States, but one that has quickly spread to a majority of states. But, is it a good idea?
A new report from the New York Times confirms the adage that, in war, the first casualty is the truth.
The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.
Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.
The South Dakota Republican Party has officially endorsed the impeachment of President Obama.
A supposed conservative calls for massive increases in taxes on alcohol.
A victory for Federalism and sanity in the War On Drugs.
Not every tragedy can be resolved with a military response.
Is the GOP headed down a road that leads to yet another doomed impeachment and trial?
A new set of emails is reviving the old partisan arguments about the attack in Benghazi.
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