Bet you didn鈥檛 know that during this presidential election season, there鈥檝e been nearly 50 debates, and town hall forums.I didn鈥檛 know that until I checked.Going back to Aug. 3 of last year, the Republicans have held 12 debates, and nine forums.Democrats had nine debates, and 13 ...
Now that was a debate.The Mike Pence-Tim Kaine bout Tuesday night wasn鈥檛 the main event of 2016.It was what they call in boxing an 鈥渦ndercard鈥� match. It was a contest between two natural lightweights 鈥� the VP candidates.There was no exciting 12th round knock out.But Pence and Kaine ...
Some thoughts on the significance, moral and political, of Donald Trump鈥檚 recorded comments about women 鈥� what parts of them he likes, and what parts his star power enables him to grab at will:First 鈥� and this is in no way to diminish the offensiveness of Trump鈥檚 remarks 鈥� let鈥檚 ...
Dick Shelby, the tall, rumpled, soft-spoken senator from Alabama, sauntered into a pack of reporters in the basement of the Capitol late on a January day in 1999.It was in the midst of the Bill Clinton Senate impeachment trial for perjury and obstruction of justice, although the real subject ...
HARRISBURG 鈥� In politics as in comedy, timing is everything.Hillary Clinton was about halfway through her stump speech here Tuesday, stabbing needle after needle into Donald Trump and his apparently glancing relationship with the Internal Revenue Service, when she paused, smiled and found her ...
In no realm is the U.S. president more powerful than in matters of national security. A president may launch wars, conduct intelligence operations and strike deals with foreign governments with minimal checks from the courts and Congress. If he wished, a President Donald Trump could carry out ...