Carter Wrenn
Gary Pearce
Another day, another idiotic outburst by Donald Trump, then another lame excuse that he was just kidding. But the Donald has raised an important question: Which American President is to blame for ISIS? It’s George W. Bush. True, Trump is so bad that W, his low-energy brother and his noble yet hapless father look good…
A pundit on Fox News said, Trump flubbed during the primary and it didn’t matter. So why should it matter now? Sounds logical. But does the logic hold water? Back during the primary when I’d turn on the television I’d see a debate stage full of Washington Republican politicians – and Ted Cruz and Donald…
Donald Trump is not some weird, one-time, election-year anomaly. He’s the logical product of a Fox News/Facebook society. Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, put her finger on it. She said Trump is “unworthy of being our president” because of “his constant stream of cruel comments and…his attacks directed at people who could not respond…
Hillary Clinton would be cruising to a landslide victory of historic proportions – if it wasn’t for her damn emails. She had a great convention. She got a great bounce in the polls. She wisely stayed silent while her opponent attacked a Gold Star family, fought with his own party and made people question his…
Six of us sat down for our weekly lunch and an ethical perplexity landed on the table: Does a Republican have to defend Donald Trump, no matter what he says, because if he doesn’t he’s helping elect Hillary? Eric, an attorney, asked. No one liked Hillary but no one liked Trump either and then Eric…
Sitting in a century old steakhouse staring out at the Brooklyn Bridge thirty years ago Hank Greenburg (the pollster not the baseball player) explained an election that could only happen in the grubby circus of New York politics: Given a choice between a Crook and a Fool, he said, voters take the Crook. His theory…
The most devastating TV spot in political history was the “Daisy ad” in 1964. This year, Hillary Clinton’s campaign needs an ad that makes one simple point: If Donald Trump is elected President, he will have sole, unchecked power to start a nuclear war.
Hillary Clinton has been to North Carolina. President Obama has been here. Bill Clinton is back here. Tim Kaine has been here. It’s time to send the Big Gun: Michelle Obama. She was the biggest hit of the Democratic Convention, excepting Khizr Khan. Of course, Donald Trump hasn’t attacked Michelle. Yet. Maybe Melania is planning…
Pat McCrory is acting more and more like Donald Trump. Like Trump, he’s thin-skinned and sensitive. Like Trump, he personally and viciously attacks anybody who disagrees with him. And like Trump, he can’t stop digging his hole deeper. McCrory had his chief of staff call a late-night press conference to accuse a career state scientist…
The political sniping began even as chaos still reigned at the White House Correspondents Dinner. My…
Senator Phil Berger was out of touch with voters in his district – and suffered the…