Trump’s Balloon Finally Bursts
Despite the numerous occasions where Trump’s misstatements, mistruths and mistakes that left supporters unfazed, his balloon may have finally burst. Thursday’s Republican debate could well herald the beginning of the end for the Trump candidacy. Those [...]
Clinton Needs to Zip It
To play on the title of Big Joe Turner’s iconic hit song Shake, Rattle and Roll, the Democratic Debate could more properly be called Fake, Prattle and Droll. Although I didn’t have a stop watch [...]
GOP Debate Proves Theory of Entropy
Like the GOP candidates discussing climate change, I readily admit I am not a scientist. I understand entropy to mean the dispersal of energy, and that’s exactly what we saw in Saturday’s GOP debate. Just when [...]
The Democratic Debate: First the Kisses, Then the Kicks
For about the first hour of the Democratic debate in Wisconsin, Clinton and Sanders expressed much mutual admiration for each other. Clinton repeatedly pointed to areas where there was general agreement on the end if [...]
Rubio Gets Caponized at Republican Debate
Saturday’s debate harkened back to the earlier Republican contests, with moderators spending an inordinate amount of time in the beginning trying to get candidates to attack each other. They weren’t disappointed in their efforts to [...]
The Gloves Come Off at Democratic Debate
If past debates are any indication, the upcoming Republican debate will witness neither the civility nor the discussion of issues evident in Thursday’s Democratic Debate. Let’s first look at areas of agreement, then who won [...]
Missed Opportunities: Democratic Town Hall
Perhaps it's the somewhat civil nature of the campaign, or perhaps there really isn't much of a difference. Last night’s Democratic Town Hall debate provided some excellent opportunities for the Democratic candidates to make clearer [...]
The Verdict is In: GOP Debate Benefitted from Trump’s Absence
When we look critically at Thursday’s GOP debate, it becomes clear that Trump’s absence made for a more informed, more mature more reasoned debate. I’ll propose my nominations for the top winners and losers. GOP [...]
Democrats Get More Specific–But Not Very
As the most recent Democratic debate proved, the Republicans have no monopoly on pandering to a base. While they congenially agreed on a number of issues, the big three differentiators they chose to highlight were [...]
What I Learned from the Last Republican Primary Debate: The Clash
As more pachyderms near the precipice of dropping out of the primaries, we can still learn a thing or two (actually three) as we watch them. As they continue to pander to the extreme wing [...]
