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It's not a convincing argument that Trump picking a woman or a person of color will do much or anything to change how terrible he is doing with either women or people of color, but (Democrat?) Jim Webb does as ...

A detailed examination of Trump's foreign policy speech from a few weeks ago reveals how little substantive thought or ideas the candidate, the Republican Party, and it voters have when it comes to foreign policy. Contradictory and confusing, Trump showed ...

Without George W. Bush's presidency, it's hard to imagine Obama's 2008 victory; without both, it's hard to imagine Trump being so dominant in 2016. Regardless of whether Trump wins in November, his securing the Republican Party's nomination sets incredibly disturbing ...

In a year where it is hard to keep track of the stupendous volume of political insanity inflicted on and by the American people, let us give the utter shamelessness in self-promotion and desperation that was the Cruz-Fiorina “ticket” its ...

Author's note: as I write this while Bernie Sanders is considering a second presidential run, it should be remembered that he and a large portion of his supporters never did what I noted in my below piece they needed to ...

Author's note: in the nearly three years since I created this chart, it is clear little has changed for Sanders and his supporters, their ideology, their talking points, and their approach to politics. This handy chart provides the most common ...

10 Reasons Why GOP Won't Risk Party's Destruction, Wrath of His Voters Despite all the talk of Trump being stopped at an open convention, the only way the Republican Party can survive intact is if it unifies behind Trump. While ...

America Doesn’t Have Same Muslim, Immigration Problems As Europe, and Must Avoid EU Mistakes As Americans view today’s ISIS terrorist attacks in Brussels with horror, they should remember how much more integrated American Muslims are than European Muslims and should ...

Author's note: when I wrote this, I was confident Clinton would win but still worried about the chance of a Trump victory being far higher than it should be. I was confident the UK would not vote for Brexit, but ...

On the Ides of March, the anniversary of Caesar's assassination, we would do well to consider Caesar and the fall of the Roman Republic. Before Caesar was thought of by some as a tyrant, for years he was a champion ...

Game Has Changed Since Debate; Democrats to Face Stronger GOP in Fall, Sanders Must Tone Down Clinton Attacks Before last night's debate in Miami, it looked like the Republican Party would be destroying itself between now and the national presidential ...

The closer one looks at the picture and ignores the chatter, the more Rubio appears more of a longshot than Kasich to come in second in the delegate count, but both are longshots to stop Trump. Originally published on LinkedIn ...