Scott Walker Tries to Persuade Trump-Wary Republicans
Remember Scott Walker? He was arguably the second-most important Republican in the country in 2012, and certainly the most important Republican winner of that year.He was a presidential candidate until...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Chanting ‘Hillary, Lock Her Up’ Isn’t Going to Attract...
Charles Krauthammer argues that chants at the Republican convention could come back to haunt the Trump campaign: I think execution is slightly over the top, but I would point out that yesterday, during...
View ArticleTed Cruz Booed Off Stage in Cleveland
Cleveland— Ted Cruz walked onto the stage here Wednesday night to a standing ovation, but left to deafening boos.It was the strangest, most surreal sequence of a Republican convention that has been...
View ArticleCruz's Speech
Trump promised an unusual convention, and we sure got one tonight. But let’s be clear about what happened. A lot of Republicans wanted Cruz (an old friend of mine) to endorse Trump and are mad that he...
View ArticleMike Pence Delivers for Trump -- in Ted Cruz's Shadow
Cleveland – The Trump campaign fumbled Mike Pence’s initial rollout last week as the vice-presidential nominee, and they fumbled it for a second time tonight. Moments before Pence took the stage to...
View ArticlePence Starts Strong
If Mike Pence’s acceptance speech this evening was any indication, Trump was wise to submit his VP judgment to Paul Manafort and the “professionals.” The Indiana governor delivered a well-written, if...
View ArticleThe Cruz Drama
We aren’t accustomed to drama at conventions, so the end of Cruz remarks felt absolutely explosive. I wonder whether Cruz had any idea how the passage toward the end would play. He had already politely...
View ArticlePence
I agree with my colleagues that his speech was solid and well-delivered. I was a skeptic prior to his selection, but he has performed ably in the first week. Mike Pence's Speech
View ArticleImportant Reading for the Baltic States
From the New York Times:He even called into question whether, as president, he would automatically extend the security guarantees that give the 28 members of NATO the assurance that the full force of...
View ArticleWho Says Political Conventions Are Boring? Ted Cruz Shocked the World.
From the Thursday edition of the Morning Jolt:Who Says Political Conventions Are Boring? Ted Cruz Shocked the World.The delegates in Cleveland wanted an endorsement. The crowd expected an endorsement....
View ArticleTed's Calculation
Most of my colleagues seem to think Cruz’s only chance of success now is if Trump loses bigly. Jim writes: “Only in a scenario where Trump loses badly, and the party broadly agrees that nominating him...
View ArticleTed Cruz Burns it Down
Cleveland — Ted Cruz on Thursday morning poured gasoline on the fire he had set the night before, doubling down on his primetime non-endorsement of this party’s nominee and suggesting that he might...
View ArticleHillary's Best Option for Veep Might Be Cory Booker
Politico Hillary Clinton had a meeting with New Jersey Senator Corey Booker last week. As of today, he’s reportedly still among the options, although Clinton apparently wanted a running mate with...
View ArticleGaming Out Cruz’s Speech
The conventional wisdom is that the ultimate impact on Cruz of last night depends on November and whether Trump wins (bad for Cruz), or loses narrowly (risky for Cruz) or handily (good for Cruz). This...
View ArticleA Nominee’s Neediness
This morning, Donald Trump tweeted, “Other than a small group of people who have suffered massive and embarrassing losses, the party is VERY united. Great love in the arena!”Yesterday, the New York...
View ArticleRecycled Glass-Steagall?
The other day, Ian Murray wrote on The Corner that the Republican Platform contained a “serious mistake” — a call to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, which prohibited commercial banks from...
View ArticleWATCH: Ted Cruz Defends His Choice Not to Endorse Trump
Ted Cruz: “I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father.” https://t.co/LMsN84Z2IT— CNN (@CNN) July 21, 2016 Cruz spoke at a Texas delegation breakfast in Cleveland...
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Woodrow Wilson Did What?!
Growing up, when I was taught history (yes, that used to happen, but not always well) the 28th president was revealed as a man of peace, the principled Big Kahuna at the Versailles Treaty conference,...
View ArticleAWOL at the GOP Convention -- Trumpism
For the crowning event of Donald Trump’s take-over of the GOP, the convention has been notably light on Trumpism, as I note in my Politico column today. The case for Trump has been based more on...
View ArticleFeminists Have No Problem Making Fun of Karen Pence's Small Business
Feminist writers and lefty websites will defend women they like without question. They will quote Madeleine Albright’s infamous “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women”...
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