Jeebus. Some people just have to criticize no matter what. 11:33 p.m. ET | The New York Times’ David Brooks: “I thought it was a below average speech, to be honest. I don’t know why she can’t project humanity.” To hell with you, Brooks. She hit all her marks, she smiled, she hammered her opponent …
“Don’t boo, vote.” Those were President Obama’s words when he mentioned the Republican candidate’s name during his speech tonight. The exhortation encapsulates the sentiment behind all the evening’s speeches, from VP Joe Biden through former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg and VP-nominee Senator Tim Kaine culminating in a wonderful speech by President Barack Obama. Tonight was …
Tonight didn’t have quite the blockbuster speeches that last night did, but it had Bill Clinton extolling the virtues of his wife and telling stories about the early days of their courtship and marriage. Many of them were stories I don’t think have been told before. I actually did learn a few things; I had …
Cory Booker gave a good speech, Elizabeth Warren gave a good speech, Bernie Sanders gave probably a stronger endorsement than the Clinton campaign expected, but the star of the night was the current First Lady of the United States. As somebody said, she just kept stepping up to the plate and parking balls in the …
He seems like a good choice to me. Planned Parenthood and NARAL both approve of the choice: “While Senator Kaine has been open about his personal reservations about abortion, he’s maintained a 100% pro-choice voting record in the U.S. Senate. He voted against dangerous abortion bans, he has fought against efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, …
The Republicans only have two Senate races this fall in which it’s deemed possible they could unseat the incumbent. One of them is in Colorado, where Michael Bennet is finishing up his first term. Today the state had a primary in which the Republicans fielded five candidates, and the guy with the least money won. …
After the Leave faction in the UK won an astonishing victory in a referendum which asked whether Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland should leave the European Union, Americans should be forewarned. Many of the sentiments which drive Trump’s voters are the same ones which drove the Leavers to win. Foremost among those sentiments in …
Over at the Washington Monthly’s Political Animal blog D.B. Tucker has some harsh words for those people who say “they can’t vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump; they’re both equally awful.” I wouldn’t call those folks “miserable figures” as he does, but I would question their judgment. I remember being astonished at Ralph …
In New York today 175 nations signed the Paris climate accord reached last December. That is far more than had done so on a single day for any previous global agreement — but it still is also only a step toward the accord becoming international law. For that to happen, at least 55 countries representing …
Except that it’s not really a caucus, at least not the kind where you meet your neighbors and try to persuade them to vote your way while resisting their blandishments to vote theirs. No, Hawai’i’s Democrats run what’s called a Presidential Preference Poll. A what? Question: Why do you call it a Presidential Preference Poll …