Trump Wins
Donald Trump has won the Republican nomination for President and will be the Republican nominee. Forget anything else; he won across the board on Super Tuesday, adding to his wins in a New England Yankee state (New Hampshire); a southern evangelical state (South Carolina), and a Western suburban state (Nevada). It is all over. So how […]
Republicans: Even More Divided Than Usual
Even as Donald Trump was racking up big wins on Super Tuesday,exit polls showed a deeply divided party. Most Cruz and Rubio voters said that they would be dissatisfied if Trump were the nominee, and most Trump voters said the same of Cruz and Rubio. The current state of Republican politics has surprised many observers. A common […]
McCarthy, Hunter Head Into the Trump Abyss
Kevin McCarthy and Duncan Hunter said things in the past week that could be used to destroy whatever future the Republican Party has left in California. Those statements involved Donald Trump. Hunter endorsed him, and perhaps that wasn’t surprise, given the abhorrent policies that the two have proposed on immigrants. But the McCarthy, the House […]
The Effect of Race on the Race
Until now, the presidential campaign largely has been dominated by issues of class, driving the improbable rise of both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. But as we head toward Super Tuesday – which will focus largely on Southern states – racial issues may assume greater importance. In the next few weeks, you can pick your states and […]