Tag Archives: Republican debate

Civil Discourse, Moors and Christians

Friday, March 11, 2016

The News: Abandoning their personal attacks, the Republican candidates had their most intelligent and substantive debate of the season in Miami last night. Trump said, “So far, I cannot believe how civil it’s been up here.” The upcoming Florida primary is …

Republicans Break Into Open War

Friday, March 4, 2016

Open Warfare: Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney opened fire for the Republican establishment yesterday saying that as president Donald Trump would lead America into an abyss. “Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud,” Romney said to a cheering audience in Salt …

Tax Return Bombshell?, Zero by 2050

Thursday, February 25, 2016

It’s Political: The five remaining Republican candidates have a debate in Houston tonight that needs to be a game changer for the four trailing Donald Trump. The question is whether Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, and Carson will savage each other or …

Super Sunday, Marco Rubio Mugged

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Omaha!: The annual festival of television commercials known as the Super Bowl will be broadcast on CBS today. It will be accompanied by a football game to be played between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos in Santa Clara, …

New Global Threat, Stump Without Trump

Friday, January 29, 2016

The Global Threat: The World Health Organization plans an emergency meeting Monday to confront the Zika virus, which they say is “spreading explosively” in the Americas and threatening to infect 4 million people by the end of the year. The …

Tense Prisoner Swap, GOP Jilts NBC

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Argo: The prisoner swap that sealed the Iran Nuclear deal came down to the wire when Iran tried to hold on to the wife and mother of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian. The two were being held in a room …

Cruz Stings Trump, Michelle Not Running

Friday, January 15, 2016

Debatable: The Republican candidates hacked and slashed each other last night in debate in Charleston, SC, where finally someone landed a punch on Donald Trump. Taking on Trump’s challenge of his legal eligibility to be president, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz …

Obama’s State of Union, Alabama Again

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

State of the Union: President Obama in his final State of the Union address tonight is expected to depart from the usual political agenda and make a direct appeal to the voting public to determine the direction of the country …

Making America Grate, LA School Shutdown

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Debatable: The Republican presidential candidates beat up each other last night over terrorism, immigration, and Donald Trump’s call to ban all foreign Muslims from entering the country. Rand Paul: “I think if we ban certain religions, if we censor the …

Cruz, Interest Rates and Temperatures Rising

Monday, December 14, 2015

Poll-itics: In a flip-flop from the national trend, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump 24 percent to 19 percent in the Iowa Republican polls. Marco Rubio is running third at 17 percent. Chris Cillizza writes in The Washington Post …