‘The Fire This Time’
I wrote today about the last time the cops were the targets of an assassination campaign:In the past two weeks, the “war on police” has gone from a metaphor to a reality, with eight officers killed in...
View ArticleLabour's Split Gets Worse
It sure hasn’t taken long for Theresa May to cement her reputation as a “bloody difficult woman.”First there was her brutal cabinet reshuffle, clearing the government of David Cameron’s posh Oxford...
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Tightening Up
Hillary’s lead in the RCP average is down to 2.7. Assuming Trump can deliver a good speech on Thursday night, he should be tied or ahead as Hillary goes into her convention. It’s an astonishing...
View ArticleChris Christie Steps Up
Melania did a fine job last night, and if there is a test for prospective First Ladies, passed it. But there is no doubt that the campaign staff failed her badly by copying passages from Michelle Obama...
View ArticleA Proposal for Donald Trump: The National Defense
I thought of a suggestion for Donald Trump late last week, when I logged on to NRO for the latest analysis about the Islamic terrorist attack in Nice. On the NRO web page that night were the following...
View ArticleRevisiting the Autopsy
Politico reports:Ari Fleischer, one of the co-authors of the [2013] Republican autopsy report that recommended a more inclusive party, said: “The manner in which Trump has campaigned is just the...
View ArticleHow the White House Correspondents' Dinner Gave Us the Trump Campaign
McKay Coppins has a long, enlightening and depressing read in BuzzFeed arguing with a lot of anecdotes that Donald Trump decided to run for president chiefly out of a combination of spite and a Fredo...
View ArticlePat Smith: ‘I Blame Hillary Clinton Personally for the Death of My Son’
As Jim Geraghty has noted, last night’s Republican convention schedule reflected an attempt to focus in on the harm inflicted on ordinary Americans by the policies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton....
View ArticleThe Melania Trump Kerfuffle
Manafort’s attack on Kasich, the quashing of both anti-Trump and pro-procedural reform delegates, and the borrowed Michelle Obama lines in Melania Trump’s speech: Yesterday saw quite a bit of political...
View ArticleRNC Suspense: Will Cruz's Name be Placed Into Nomination?
CLEVELAND — We might soon witness a final bit of procedural drama here at the Republican National Convention.According to multiple GOP sources, a faction of Ted Cruz loyalists is weighing whether to...
View ArticleTrump, Truth, and Trust
When a politician lies one or two or three times, you might be startled. Then, if he keeps lying, you shrug. You’re accustomed to a “new normal.” Yeah, that’s what he does.Even Hillary supporters will...
View ArticleCourt to Allow Proof Jahi McMath Alive
Jahi McMath may not be dead.Jahi is (was?) the teenager who had a catastrophic bleeding event after throat surgery and was later declared brain dead.Her parents fought the claim and a court settlement...
View ArticleSingling Out the Speaker — Again
I don’t envy Paul Ryan’s position. Then again, I didn’t ask for it. Ryan is a Republican and speaker of the House. And his party is offering for president this year, Donald J. Trump.Ryan has endorsed...
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Poll: Will Trump Beat Hillary?
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View ArticleIn Perpetuity
MSNBC reported on Monday that Reagan speechwriter Peter Robinson was helping to craft Trump’s acceptance speech. In a blog post on Ricochet, Robinson says that’s not accurate. He consulted with Larry...
View ArticleBREAKING: Trump Clinches Nomination in Cleveland
Cleveland— Donald Trump, the real-estate mogul and political neophyte who rode a populist wave to defeat 16 Republican challengers — and win more votes than any primary candidate in the history of the...
View ArticleNight of the Trumps
Both Tiffany and Don Jr. were effective. Tiffany was winsome and did more to personalize Donald Trump than Melania last night. Meanwhile, Don Jr. gave a truly accomplished speech. He fleshed out the...
View ArticleThe Politicians
Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan gave speeches that were necessarily abstracted from Trump and Trumpism, although both were quite forthright in making the case for supporting him as the best chance to...
View ArticlePaul Ryan's Two Speeches
Paul Ryan gave two speeches in Cleveland tonight. The first was a half-hearted attempt to put a positive sheen on the nomination Ryan himself gaveled in two hours earlier. The GOP, he said, remains...
View ArticleWednesday Links
It’s the anniversary of the 20th of July Plot, the unsuccessful bomb attempt to kill Hitler in 1944.These photos are quite extraordinary: c. 1890: Venice in Photochrom.Doing the math: Calculating the...
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