Tag: Mitt Romney

Some say the public bragging of the formerly obscure governor of South Dakota ends her chances.

It is a nightmare situation, but seemingly one from which neither party is yet willing to wake.

The Republican grassroots are in no mood to share much thinking with Democrats; therefore, studying [the U.K. Conservative Party] could provide a more palatable template to succeed in elections.

Trump has indeed faded, although he remains unchallenged as party leader.

Trump’s supporters have seized on the text of the U.S. Constitution to say that a state must appoint electors 'in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct.'

Biden’s strategy of passive “wait and see” may be psychologically naive, reflecting a failure to grasp the emotional power of the subconscious forces being unleashed against him.

By commuting Stone’s 40-month jail sentence, Trump had rewarded him for his silence, probably out of concern that Stone had too much dirt on him.

[I]t would have been much more significant if Republicans, assuming they wished to be seen as anything other than a conglomerate of opportunistic interests, had stood up and condemned the actions of a president who dignified neither country nor party.

Having created or neglected the evils that the crisis has lain bare, neither major party is a credible option for solving them.

He mixes half-truths, exaggerations and lies with great aplomb. What he says does not matter, because he has a faithful public that believes him.

The party won over the country and the very principles of constitutional justice. But at least one politician had the courage to say “no.”

The Trump case is probably the best example. While the charges could be based on the truth, the impeachment trial was always dead in the water.