The former New Jersey governor is in. I heard a commentator say that Christie’s “lane” to the GOP nomination “runs through Donald Trump.” Will Trump get the Rubio treatment? Whatever happens, it should be entertaining:...
From The Washington Post:...
Over at The Atlantic, Caroline Mimbs Nyce interviews Edward-Isaac Dovere, author of the upcoming book Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Trump. Here is a taste: Initially, President Obama seemed pretty restrained when commenting on the 45th...
My how things have changed:...
Today the House Managers in the second Donald Trump impeachment trial have been arguing that the former president incited the insurrection on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 and should thus be convicted of such a high crime....
The title of this post plays off of Henry Olsen’s recent Washington Post column: “There is no singular Trump voter.” Here is a taste: The motivation behind voters’ support for President Donald Trump has been a source of intense speculation...
Over at The Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf shares the thoughts of some of Trump’s earliest supporters. Here is a taste: …the fourth correspondent claimed in 2015 that “Trump is refreshingly blunt, honest, and pro-American.” Today? “Trump will go down as the...
We are learning more and more about the mob that invaded the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. They were Trump-supporters, extreme Christian nationalists, QAnon believers, militia groups, and other assorted thugs. Mo Brooks, a Republican representative from Alabama, still believes that...
Donald Trump seems to believe that Mike Pence can overturn the votes of the Electoral College tomorrow when Congress certifies the results. Here is Trump last night in Georgia: And earlier today: CNN is reporting that Trump and Pence had...
Over at Christianity Today, Bonnie Kristian asks: “Are the Eighty-One Percent Evangelicals?” The subtitle of her piece is also revealing: “Just because people claim the name shouldn’t automatically imply they heed what it means.” Here is a taste: Evangelical support for President […]
Here is the current map: Watch the first few minutes of this video: If you keep watching beyond the first several minutes you will hear Anthony Scaramucci say this:
This was not a difficult prediction. Hillary Clinton beat Trump by 3 million votes. Biden will defeat Trump by more. Of course elections are not decided by the national popular vote. If they were, Trump would not be president....
Some 2016 Trump voters are voting for Biden in 2020. Here is a taste of Carol Kuruvilla’s piece at Huffington Post: The emotional heavy lifting white evangelical voters need to do to move away from the Republican Party is no […]
We still have four weeks go, but if this poll holds up, Biden will win in a blow-out. Here are a few things that caught my eye: Nationally, Biden leads 57% to 41%. 48% of Americans approve of how Trump...
Like most people, I sat down early Tuesday evening, November 8, 2016, to watch election returns fully expecting that, by the time I went to bed, Hillary Clinton would be declared the country’s first female president. Instead, I saw my...
February 26, 2016:...
Watch: UPDATE (September 20, 2020, 10:11am): Someone just reminded me that the format of tonight’s debate is not a town hall. We will need to wait until October 15 to see if a new Ken Bone emerges.
Article II of the United States Constitution states that the President: …shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and...
Here is Aram Roston at Reuters: In his book released today, Michael Cohen, the former fixer for U.S. President Donald Trump, ties for the first time the 2016 presidential endorsement of Trump by American evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr to...
What does it mean to be a man in white evangelical Christianity? In this episode we talk with historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. We discuss...
