With a potential criminal indictment behind her, we now know with absolute certainty that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee for president and thus she will likely make her selection for vice-president by the end of next week. Let’s take a look at her potential choices. This first bit might seem redundant for those […]
Hillary Gets Away With It
It’s been a dramatic week in Washington, with the announcement by FBI Director James Comey that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not face prosecution for her mishandling classified information and Comey’s subsequent testimony in front of the House oversight committee. At the heart of the case was Secretary Clinton’s decision to use a […]
Hillary’s Emails
In a little over three weeks former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will formally accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Mrs. Clinton will be the first woman to seek the Oval Office under the banner of one of the two major political parties. She also could become the first candidate under […]
Trump’s VP Options (updated with new info)
(originally published on June 22nd, now updated on July 10th with new information, in particular about Indiana Governor Mike Pence and retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn). With the Republican national convention just over a week away, speculation is rampant about who Donald Trump will select as his running mate. When selecting a potential vice-president, nominees […]
Corey, You’re Fired!!
You don’t have to be a detractor of the campaign of Donald J. Trump to realize that it’s been a bad couple of weeks for the Republican nominee for President of the United States. From the controversy regarding the judge from Indiana to his self-congratulatory Tweet after the massacre in Orlando, Trump has been under […]
Opinion: On Terrorism, Guns and the NRA
It’s been less than a week since the Orlando night club massacre. Unlike our politicians, I’m not one to instantly politicize tragedies like this but I feel it’s now appropriate to share some deep feelings I have about the issues it’s created. Most mass shootings always spark an outcry that goes nowhere for increased gun control. […]
How to Reform the Primary Nominating Process
Now that the two major party nominees have officially accumulated the requisite number of delegates to secure their party’s nomination, I’d like to look forward. How do we improve the nominating process to give us better candidates in the future. Realizing that many reading this do believe that Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton are great […]
How Did We Get Here?
Despite the previous Associated Press reports that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton had already officially surpassed the minimum delegate thresholds needed to secure their party nominations, tonight it became official. As the final votes are tallied in California, New Jersey, Montana, New Mexico and the Dakotas, the two celebrity candidates have locked up the delegates […]
The Presumptive Nominee
Well, it’s been 10 days, time for the grieving process to end. 10 days ago, Donald Trump crushed his opponents in the primary vote in Indiana and within 24 hours his two remaining opponents suspended their campaigns, essentially crowning the billionaire businessman as the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican party. What Trump accomplished is […]
Cruz and Carly: a Winning Ticket or Too Little, Too Late?
In case you missed it on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after getting thumped in Tuesday’s five northeast primaries by Donald Trump, Texas Senator Ted Cruz took back the news cycle by making an announcement only surprising in it’s timing: he named former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his Vice-Presidential candidate if he earns the […]