Long before the recent caucuses and primaries, countless pundits, pollsters, and political scientists began predicting that high Democratic dudgeon produced by the dark doings of President Trump would drive unusually high turnout at the polls. One excitable academic predicted “a…
This past week was some week. On Sunday, the Super Bowl that I did not watch. On Monday, the Iowa caucuses that did not happen. On Tuesday, the State of the Union that left the Union in quite a state…
Where to begin? What a week — and it just started! Is this not the best week in the entire Trump presidency? 1. The Don Lemon Iowa Caucuses If Don Lemon were in charge of running a Democrat caucus, instead…
The way Democrats run their Iowa caucuses is difficult to explain briefly, but the result Monday was clear. Within an hour of the beginning of the complicated process, the totals of the first-round voting began to be reported via social…
On a Super Bowl Sunday in which Kansas City is partying like it’s 1969, I’d like to give a special thanks to Fredo and Johnny Ola for arranging the halftime show. But on to weightier subjects. 1. There is a…
In the middle of a muddle, there’s minimal sense in predicting outcomes. In other words, is the president’s former national security adviser speeding the president toward removal from office? (I strongly doubt that John Bolton’s version of President Donald Trump’s…
A woman can’t become president with a debate performance like this. The low point of last night’s Democratic debates in Iowa came when one of the moderators played along with Elizabeth Warren in her charges of sexism against Bernie Sanders….
Gordon: Good to see you, Chet. Chet: You, too, Gordon. How are those prize-winning hogs? Gordon: Hard to tell, really. They don’t share much. Chet: (Nodding.) Seen any candidates at the State Fair? Watch a little of the debates? Gordon:…