Donald Trump has appointed Mike Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist preacher turned governor of Arkansas turned presidential candidate turned Christian television talk show host, the ambassador to Israel. Christian Zionist groups are very excited about the appointment. Here is Joel […]
2024 president election
Evangelicals respond to last night’s Harris-Trump debate
What a crazy night. Kamala Harris was relentless. To use boxing metaphors, Trump was on the ropes the entire night. Harris connected with relentless jabs and right hooks. The former president was on his heels through the entire debate. On […]
Former Maryland governor Larry Hogan, now running for one of the state’s GOP U.S. Senate seat, rips Project 2025
Last weekend, Donald Trump distanced himself from the Heritage Foundation‘s “presidential transition” plan called Project 2025. So did moderate Republican Larry Hogan. Here is a taste of Hogan’s recent piece at The Washington Post: I am a firm believer in […]
Shapiro defeated Doug Mastriano in 2022, so he knows how to run against MAGA. Will he be on the ticket in November?
Biden is out. He has endorsed Kamala Harris. But we still don’t know who the Democrats will pick to run against Donald Trump. Whoever it is, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro will be considered as a running mate. Here is our […]
The mind of J.D. Vance
Ian Ward unpacks the intellectual influences that shape the mind of J.D. Vance, Trump’s vice-president pick. They are Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, blogger Curtis Yarvin, deceased philosopher RenĂ© Girard, writer Sohrab Ahmari, the group of […]
Democrats are divided on what to do about Biden
They also seemed divided in their own heads. Here is Ashley Parker at The Washington Post: The Monday after President Biden’s dismal debate, Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) — who helped deliver the Democratic nomination to Biden four years ago […]
Vice-President Rubio?
Will it be an all-Florida GOP ticket in November? Florida senator “Little Marco” Rubio wants to part of the ticket, but he doesn’t want to lobby for it. Here is Michael Bender and Patricia Mazzei at The New York Times: […]
Nikki Haley wins nearly 17% of the vote in the Pennsylvania GOP primary
Nikki Haley is no longer running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. But that did not stop her from getting 16.5% of the vote in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary. In other words, a significant portion of Pennsylvania […]
And then there were three (at least in terms of GOP debate qualifiers)
Three GOP presidential hopefuls have qualified for the final debate before the Iowa caucuses. They are Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, and Ron DeSantis. Haley and DeSantis will participate in the January 10 debate at Drake University, five days before the […]
“Unheard of in American history”
Today at La Presse, the French-Canadian online newspaper based in Montreal, is running a short interview I did with them about the Colorado Supreme Court decision that takes Donald Trump off the ballot in that state. Here is an English […]
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley jumps on the 2024 Trump train
Here is Burgess Everett at Politico: Josh Hawley said in an interview he’s endorsing former President Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP primary, becoming the 18th Senate GOP backer of the former president. The Missouri Repubican has already said he believed Trump’s […]