Yesterday I suggested that Nikki Haley should, to use the words of writer Michael Wood, give Trump the “full Liz Cheney.” Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal seems to agree. Here is a taste of her column “Nikki Haley […]
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Nikki Haley and E. Jean Carroll are rattling Trump in the form of 37 Truth Social posts in two hours
Tori Otten of The New Republic informs us that Donald Trump made 37 Truth Social posts last night between 9:22 p.m. and 11:43 p.m. Here is Otten: Donald Trump posted at least 37 times about E. Jean Carroll, the night […]
Anne Applebaum: “History will judge the complicit”
The Atlantic writer asks, “Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?” Here are her answers: Anne Applebaum compares those complicit with Trumpism to historical examples from Vichy France, East Germany, fascists, and […]
It’s time for Nikki Haley to go “full Liz Cheney” on Trump
I am watching Sara Longwell, the publisher of The Bulwark, on CNN right now. She is calling on Nikki Haley to “go down swinging” in South Carolina. She wants the former South Carolina governor to give Trump the “full Liz […]
“Americans do not just disagree with each other, they live in different realities”
According to writer Peter Baker, the 2024 general election matchup that “seems likely between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump is about fundamentally disparate visions of America.” This seems like the understatement of the year, but Baker’s New […]
How might the New Hampshire primary results look different if we think of Trump as an incumbent?
Today at CNN, morning host John Berman offered a really interesting take on the New Hampshire primary. Here is part of the transcript from his exchange with Pete Seat, vice president of the Bose Public Affairs Group: BERMAN: And then, […]
We now live in a world where a narcissistic sociopath wants to be president again and only a global pop superstar can stop him!
Donald Trump looks like he will be the GOP nominee for president again and only Taylor Swift can stop him from winning in November. OK–that’s a bit dramatic, but we should not underestimate Swift’s potential political power. A recent piece […]
Nikki Haley is moving to South Carolina and Trump is not happy about it
Trump won New Hampshire last night, but he remained obsessed with Nikki Haley. A normal politician would have acknowledged that Haley ran a good campaign and then ignored her in the rest of the speech, knowing she had little chance […]
The GOP’s new culture war is not about the evangelicals
The NH primary results show that evangelicals are not the central factor in Trump’s rise.
Nikki Haley’s Dixville Notch lead doesn’t hold up
She took an early 6-0 lead, but couldn’t sustain it. More coming tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Nancy Mace’s endorsement of Trump is “more hypocritical than it seems”
Last night we called your attention to South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace’s endorsement of Donald Trump. Over at The New Republic, Tori Otten writes, “You won’t believe the grossest part of Nancy Mace’s Trump endorsement.” Here is a taste: Republican […]
Nancy Mace: Trump must be “held accountable” for January 6, 2021. Oh, and by the way, I endorse him.
When South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace is not talking about her sex life at a prayer breakfast, she is endorsing Donald Trump. Here is Mace shortly after January 6, 2021: Here is ABC News: Donald Trump has picked up another […]
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Polls: Trump still leads in New Hampshire GOP primary race
Washington Post-Monmouth University poll: Trump: 52%. Haley 34%, DeSantis 8%. CNN poll: Trump 50%. Haley 39%. DeSantis 6%. DeSantis dropped out of the race yesterday, after these polls were conducted. Politicos are saying that most of DeSantis’s votes will go […]
GOP: The “party of malice”
Here is Peter Wehner at The Atlantic: As soon as former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley emerged as the main threat to Donald Trump in the battle for the Republican nomination, it became inevitable that she would be targeted by […]
And then there were two. Ron DeSantis is out. He endorses Trump.
Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump were running neck and neck in the polls. In a few polls, DeSantis was leading. Then DeSantis started his campaign for president and it’s been downhill ever since. Today, the Florida governor dropped out of […]
It is pretty common now for evangelical politicians to endorse Trump, but Tim Scott’s interview on CNN this morning was still hard to watch
I just watched CNN’s Dana Bash interview South Carolina U.S. senator and former presidential candidate Tim Scott about his recent endorsement of Donald Trump for president. It was really hard to watch. Here are some clips: Scott, an evangelical Christian, […]
What Nikki Haley gets right and what she gets wrong about slavery and race in America
My message to Nikki Haley’s staff: Please hire a historian. First there was this: Just to be clear, the Civil War was about slavery. We addressed this here. Then there was this: And then there was last night’s CNN town […]
South Carolina senator Tim Scott will endorse Trump
In 2012, South Carolina governor Nikki Haley needed to appoint a U.S. senator after Jim DeMint retired from the senate to become president of the Heritage Foundation. Haley chose a second term U.S. congressman named Tim Scott to finish the […]
Alienated America for Trump? Timothy Carney on 2016 and 2024
Tim Carney’s Alienated America explained the support for Trump in particular counties in 2016. Does this analysis still hold for 2024?