Year: 2016

Can Trump really win the White House?

People who know I am interested in politics often ask me things like “Can Trump really win the Presidency?” while at the same time shaking their heads in disbelief that such a thing might be possible.  To those...

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Sen. Bob Corker Gets Veep Consideration

It’s probably not a good sign that Donald Trump’s running-mate vetting process doesn’t appear to be any more sophisticated than looking on Twitter to see who might have said something positive about him. Simply...

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Why I am a Bull on This Election

Steve M. makes a prediction: I think Democrats still haven’t unified. I think rank-and-file Democratic voters — not the most politically engaged people, but average voters — focus on politics later in a typical...

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Obama and Kissinger

Cripes!  Is all this fondness for the FDR era of can-do government getting up the noses of our neoliberal leaders, who think govt cannot? Some hippy-punching, indeed.   The Obama administration is honoring Henry...

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