The Internet's Verdict on Last Night's Debate: It Was All About Trump and...
There are any number of ways to measure victory in a debate — pundits grade the candidates, Frank Luntz’s focus groups weigh in, Drudge polls his vast public (and more people vote than in many states’...
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Did Scott Walker Run Over CNN's Cat or Something?
Scott Walker’s campaign can’t help but notice that not only did their man get just three questions last night, about eight minutes of air time… he’s not even on CNN’s chart of who spoke the longest, at...
View ArticleL'Esprit de l'Escalier, Debate Edition
A few debate answers I would have changed last night.RAND PAUL: “Well, I suppose my code name could be ‘Aqua Buddha,’ but on second thought that’s a really dumb question, Jake, and I’m not going to...
View ArticleSpot the Contradiction in Trump’s Answer on Vaccines
Spot the contradiction in Trump’s answer on vaccines:TRUMP: Autism has become an epidemic. Twenty-five years ago, 35 years ago, you look at the statistics, not even close. It has gotten totally out of...
View Article'NFL-Level' Ratings for Republican Debate
The early numbers are in, and it looks like Trump drew yet another massive audience to the GOP — the highest in CNN’s history:Wednesday’s GOP debate appears to be the highest-rated event in CNN’s...
View ArticleJeb Bush Is Right -- Invoke the Reagan Rule in the Fight Against Planned...
Perhaps lost in the three hours of last night’s debate was this Jeb Bush reference to the so-called “Reagan Rule” in the battle to defund Planned Parenthood:So I defunded Planned Parenthood we created...
View ArticleSplit Up the Debates
It seems to me that the Republican candidates should be split up randomly into groups of seven or eight for two debates of, say, two hours. The case against doing this is as far as I can tell is (1)...
View ArticleWhat about Obamacare?
As no one has been reticent about pointing out, last night’s debate was long — Peter Jackson-in-Middle-Earth, Peter O’Toole-in-deep-eye-shadow long. And while we heard plenty that was instructive (and...
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A Skinny Bear, and People of Very Little Brain
Wildlife photographer Kerstin Langenberger snapped the following now-viral picture in August — — and posted it to her Facebook page with an impassioned plea for, you guessed it, action on climate...
View ArticleThe 'Tier One' Debate and the State of the GOP Campaign
The night belonged to Carly Fiorina. It was too crowded, unwieldy and tediously Trump-focused a forum for there to have been more than a few memorable moments; in retrospect, she got all of them. Mrs....
View ArticleFormer Ex-Im Beneficiaries Are Desperate to Keep Their Subsidies Alive
Since the Export-Import Bank’s charter expired, the agency’s two largest beneficiaries, Boeing and GE, have been acting like bullies. They have threatened to leave the country, cut jobs, withhold...
View ArticleRick Santorum's Terrible Columbine Analogy
Last night, during the undercard Republican debate, Rick Santorum said this:Sixteen years ago this country was tremendously inspired by a young woman who faced a gunman in Columbine and was challenged...
View ArticleTrump May Get Bored with Politics Before Voters Get Bored with Him
I don’t have much to add to what others have said about last night’s debate, with one exception. I think there’s a chance that Donald Trump will get bored by this race before voters get bored with him....
View ArticleFor Constitution Day, an Attack on the Constitution
Certain elementary concepts about the US Constitution seem to be poorly grasped in Washington at the moment. At the heart of these is the relative roles of the Legislative and Executive branches. A new...
View ArticleAnn Coulter Panders to 'Cuckservative'-Obsessed White Nationalists -- While...
Last night, Ann Coulter caused a stir with this tweet, sent during the GOP debate:How many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) September 17,...
View ArticleFamous Study Showing Immigration Doesn’t Depress Wages Refuted
There is perhaps no economic study more often cited by immigration advocates than economist David Card’s 1990 analysis of the “Mariel boatlift.” After Fidel Castro announced in 1980 that anyone wishing...
View ArticleRick Santorum’s Columbine Analogy
Charlie, I think you would be right if Rick Santorum had been arguing Columbine as a legal precedent. Under those circumstances, it would be correct to say the difference between official and...
View ArticleTrump Avoids Correcting Man Who Asks How to Get Rid of ‘Muslims’ Like Obama
Moments ago in Rochester, N.H., where Donald Trump is holding a campaign rally, an unnamed man asked the Republican front-runner what we’re going to do about Muslims in America — like Obama.Donald...
View ArticleFacebook, Free Speech and Germany: “We must not mistakenly apply tolerance”
Facebook is a private company. It is (or it ought to be) entitled, within what the law allows, to publish or decline to publish what it wants. That said, there is something a little creepy about...
View ArticleCanada's Loony Left Puts on Pre-Halloween Show Before Election
Canada will hold elections on October 19, and polls currently show a three-way tie. Conservative Stephen Harper has been in power for nine years and is weighed down by a recession brought on by low...
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