Category: Presidency

If Yang Meets Oprah, What Then?
If Yang truly wants to become the Democratic nominee, he absolutely should be taking lots of meetings. But with folks who can do a lot more for his candidacy than Oprah Winfrey.

Sanders’ Potential Executive Orders Would Be a Window Into His Presidency
Making his draft executive orders public would give voters an important window into what a Sanders presidency could well look like.

Trump’s New Craziness (Which Has Nothing to do With Impeachment or Ukraine)
Essentially, you have an 80s-style televangelist a la Jim and Tammy Bakker, who has direct access to the president of the United States on the basis of apparently little more than she's an attractive blonde who happens to have a religious credential.

January Democratic Presidential Debate Review
The new year brought us another round of debates, the last until the Iowa Caucuses on February 3. This debate has been the seventh so far, with a shrinking pool of debaters and of issues to discuss.

A Woman’s Already Been Elected President: Now Let’s Move on to Debate What Matters
The fact is that Americans have elected a woman for president. And we may well be doing it again this year, too.

Biden, And Republicans vs. ‘Trumplicans’
What Democrats, be they Joe Biden or anyone else, is why even think that they can pander to the Trumplicans?

Andrew Yang: A 21st Century Ross Perot?
Whether or not Yang attains the nomination, like Perot decades before him, Yang's fundraising prowess means that he can continue to hang in the primary fight where others have had to fall, and in the process he can continue to educate the American people on his issues and make a difference.

Trump May Well Find Racism Two-sided Sword
Donald Trump came to power by recognizing that, in the midst of great ethnic shifts underway in the United States, he could manipulate the remnant racist resentments of segments of white America.

December Democratic Presidential Debate Review
Here’s my holiday wish for better questions next time.

Tom Steyer Could Spend His Millions Now Where it Could Make a Real Difference
Steyer and Need to Impeach should be carpet bombing the airwaves right now, putting the political screws to Republicans, making it politically impossible for them to continue their through-the-looking-glass, conspiracy-based defense of Trump.

