2020 election
A night in God’s country with Donald J. Trump
‘If we put our trust in Him, if we place this miracle of democracy from sea to shining sea. then…
Bloomberg isn’t beaten
The sub-tweeters and thumb-twitchers are writing Michael Bloomberg’s political obituary after his admittedly less than thrilling turn in Las Vegas,…
Hinden-Bloomberg: NYC mayor goes up in flames at Vegas debate
Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg got a taste of front-runner status on Wednesday night, getting absolutely walloped by…
Struggling Democrats hit the wrong targets in Nevada
Unlike the previous snoozers where all the candidates pretended to like each other, the debate in Nevada ahead of their…
Bloomberg is a bigger threat to democratic norms than Trump
Mike Bloomberg publicly admitted just a few years ago that he ‘couldn’t win’ the presidency because his political program would…
Democrat blues: the leadership fears and loathes the grassroots
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. ‘Today, I’m reflecting on the three years we’ve spent…
Sanders and Bloomberg take the American Jewish feud public
You wait decades for a Jewish candidate for the White House, and then two come along at once — like…
Joe Biden should do town halls forever
While a successful politician in many ways, Joe Biden’s attempts to become president are marked by quite a severe flaw…
Write off Bloomberg’s meme army at your own peril
Michael Bloomberg is everywhere. If you watch a YouTube video, there’s a Bloomberg 2020 ad. If you live in any…
The Democrats are damned if they nominate Sanders. And damned if they don’t
It might be a stretch to compare the ugly-but-not-violent warfare of American politics in 2020 with the explosive politics of…
Reports of the death of the Biden campaign have been greatly exaggerated
Joe Biden has blown it. His era is over. The obsequies for his campaign are pouring in. Michael Hirsh in Foreign…
Is Trump scared of Crazy Bernie?
Manchester, New Hampshire Democrats almost all agree that Donald Trump is ruining America and must be removed from the White…
Good riddance to Yang — and Biden
Now that ‘entrepreneur’ Andrew Yang has ended his presidential campaign, can we all admit what a sad commentary on the…
Bernie wins New Hampshire — and Klobuchar replaces Warren as the race’s leading lady
Two big stories have emerged from New Hampshire. The first is not surprising: Bernie Sanders looks like he’ll win. The…
Elizabeth Warren’s trail of tears
Elizabeth Warren will soon be gone, a victim of her faux personality, her failure at identity politics, her badgering, eat-your-spinach…
Trump steals the Dems’ spotlight at New Hampshire rally
President Donald Trump successfully trolled Democrats once again Monday — hosting a packed rally the night before their New Hampshire…
2020 is a mirror image of 2016
A perfect storm enabled Donald Trump’s ascendance in the 2016 primary race, leading him to capture the Republican nomination and…
No presidency for old men
What a thrill! Last night, I was dining with a friend in Piccola Italia, a charming restaurant in Manchester, New…
James Carville is right. He’s also to blame
James Carville, the ragin’ cajun, former Democratic strategist and adviser to Bill Clinton, is hot. Carville has been making the…
Pete Buttigieg isn’t going to win
I see that various pundits are competing to write the political epitaph for Joe ‘son-of-a-bitch‘ Biden. That’s entirely understandable. It’s been…
Iowa offers more questions than answers
The results from Iowa are still trickling in, but however much confusion there is in Des Moines, the choices that…
No one saw Pete Buttigieg coming except himself
Small wonder that Joe Biden skedaddled out of Iowa as fast as he could to New Hampshire. It looks like…
Iowa Democrats couldn’t have picked a worse time to mess up
What happened — or didn’t happen — in Iowa last night is unbelievably bad. It is an international embarrassment, one…
Void the Iowa caucus results
Perhaps the most annoying response to last night’s Iowa debacle are the haughty scolds from journalists and pundits chastising anyone…
Punch-drunk Biden gets a beating in the gym
Joe Biden once promised to take Donald Trump behind the gym and beat him up. Early results in the Democratic…
