2020 election
What could go right for Trump in 2020?
It’s starting to dawn on Democrats that Donald J. Trump might stand on the steps of the Capitol in January…
What could go wrong for Donald Trump in 2020?
What are the four things that can go blooey for President Trump in the next year? First, he can get…
Meow! Claws out for Mayor Pete at LA Democratic debate
It may be only the third time in American history the president has been impeached but it’s the first time…
Kamala Harris is not your vice president
Little over a week on from the sad demise of the Kamala Harris presidential campaign, the California senator is the…
How Democrats lost the Impeachment War — and probably 2020
The Democratic party is dying from its hatred of President Trump. The impeachment fiasco is just the latest symptom. After…
Pelosi’s rush to impeachment
‘Breaking news’ sirens sounded over the Twitter webs when Nancy Pelosi announced she is instructing House Democrats to draft articles…
Will Michael Bloomberg break double digits?
The big news on Monday this week was that latecomer billionaire presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg had ‘surged’ past Sen. Kamala…
Kamala Harris’s downfall has been obvious for months
The most meme-friendly and amusing explanation for Kamala Harris’s demise is that she was splattered by Tulsi Gabbard over the…
Who likes Mike?
This article is in The Spectator’s December 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. It’s springtime for billionaires. Former New York mayor and media…
The Democrats’ open mic night in Atlanta
Fear not everyone — there are only seven Democratic debates left this cycle. As if the prospect of a fifth…
The wages of Trump fixation
Max Boot recently wrote that my arguments against the impeachment inquiry are prima facie proof of why the Democrats should, in fact, impeach…
Is the Green party ‘rigging’ its presidential primary?
The Green party of the United States is selecting its 2020 presidential nominee. Its primary voters, however, may be denied…
For some reason, Michael Bloomberg thinks he should be president
Who would you like to see better represented in the already-crowded Democratic primary? Septuagenarians? Centrists? Or billionaires? For those of…
Trans rights, voter wrongs
This article is in The Spectator’s November 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. Donald Trump will probably be reelected in 2020 – not…
Think Republicans will lose the House, Senate and presidency in 2020? Dream on
Politics, said Bismarck, is the art of the possible. Among other things, that apothegm pays homage to the pressure of…
Seven candidates who could save the Democrats in 2020
Has there ever been a more cack-handed, sloppy bunch of goons than these Democratic candidates? Ancient Joe Biden looks like…
Big Squaw E. Warren speaks with forked tongue
This article is in The Spectator’s November 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. Absent the appearance of a last-minute deus (or dea) ex…
Elizabeth Warren is the Hillary Clinton of 2020
This article is in The Spectator’s November 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. How did Elizabeth Warren, a left-wing populist, become the candidate…
Tulsi Gabbard: a Gandhi in Lycra
Andrew Yang claimed to be surprised that the media dubbed Tulsi Gabbard the first Asian American to run for the…
The age of invective
A healthy democracy requires free speech and free assembly, tolerance for different views, and peaceful transfers of power among contending parties. It requires…
Tulsi Gabbard was a dove on the warpath
It was never especially plausible that Tulsi Gabbard would follow through on her threat to boycott last night’s presidential debate.…
2020 Democrats shapeshift into moderates in Ohio
Tuesday night’s presidential debates reminded Americans of the opposition party’s greatest superpower, shapeshifting, as the candidates we’ve come to know…
What Pelosi really wants from impeachment
The most important thing to know about Democrats’ impeachment inquiry is this: it is not about removing President Trump now; it…
Andrew Yang is 2020’s ad blocker candidate
Every so often, a political candidate rises to the fore fueled by the grievances of people who are seriously annoyed.…
Joe Biden: victim of the cult of youth
Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack, but Joe Biden’s campaign may be the casualty. The 78-year-old Sanders’s physical condition renewed…
