The first time I realized that the Republicans were going to impeach Bill Clinton was about 46 minutes into his first address to a Joint Session of Congress, also referred to as the 1993 State of the Union, on February 17, 1993. When the … [Read more...]
With Trump at the Helm: “Standby to Roll”
Many years ago I was an enlisted man in the United States Coast Guard Reserve, often underway in the nearby North Atlantic, conducting fisheries patrols. When a change of course was required in rough seas the bridge would pipe the following … [Read more...]
November 2016 – America at the Dawn of the Great Dismal
In mid-October Hillary Clinton was ahead of Donald Trump by 11 points, as of this morning, 11/6/16, most of that lead had dissipated thanks to the latest batch of e-mails, which may have been inappropriately released, many of which may in … [Read more...]
November Ninth
This presidential election is not a contest between Clinton and Trump (and, to a lessor extent, Johnson and Stein). Rather, it is a referendum on Trump. And assuming that Trump is going to lose, the voters will be electing whomever is … [Read more...]
For Conservatives, The Benghazi Hearings Could Become One More Disaster In a Year of Disasters
I'm not even remotely a fan of the Clinton's, but with regard to how things are shaping up of late, one thing seems to be certain, 2015 has already been a bad year for America's conservatives and the Benghazi Hearings could just become the … [Read more...]
Hillary: An Empress with no Clothes?
Former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank argues in a recently published message to Democrats and Progressives entitled “Why Progressives Shouldn’t Support Bernie” that active political support for Bernie Sanders is a hopeless losing … [Read more...]
Pollster Peter Hart at Harvard 2/3/15
Pollster Peter Hart spoke at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on February 3, 2015 to a small group of people in the regular Tuesday noon conversation. He brought slides from the recent NBC/WallStreetJournal poll done just prior to State of the … [Read more...]
Will Millennials Carry Warren to White House in 2016?
At the close of his must-read The Rise of the New New Left, Peter Beinart at The Daily Beast makes the case that the Democratic Party's presumed standard-bearer in 2016 may be vulnerable to a challenge from the left - in particular, from … [Read more...]
Romney & Co., Beyond the Pale in Politicizing Benghazi
I fully understand that Mitt Romney and his lieutenants want to capitalize on any and every political opportunity that comes their way, but in the case of the Benghazi deaths have they gone too far? Ambassador Chris Stevens’ father has … [Read more...]
6 – 3. A prediction
Without claim to prophetic insight, divination or any guidance beyond that which is provided to me by some slim knowledge of the actors involved, the stakes at play and the scope of the legal situation (and perhaps more than a little … [Read more...]
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