Chris Cillizza of CNN has an article out today on the CNN website that is one of the smartest, most concise analysis that I have seen in a long time on the state of the race with 6 months...
Former GOP, and now independent operative Steve Schmidt was blunt and to the point last week. He foresees nothing short of a blue wave in November. One of his strongest points was the results of the 2017 special elections....
I wouldn't want to Rupert Murdoch right now for anything, even all of his billions. Because I get the feeling that the breakup he's just started is going to more bitter, bloody, and expensive than his last divorce. Because...
If Donald Trump was a normal guy, right about now he’d be running either to a psychic or a shrink to find out why his life is going to hell all at once. As if the fifth column in...
This is something of a companion piece to the article Ursula posted earlier today. I'm seeing a lot of people giving up. Losing hope. Making forlorn plans to escape to whatever country that might take them, because Trump is going...
Devin Nunes doesn’t do Taco Tuesday at his district office in Clovis anymore, because for the past year protesters have been gathering every Tuesday demanding that the congressman make an appearance and discuss Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security —...
You all know me, I've been a political junkie for 50 years now. And as an  acolyte, And as such, I cut my teeth, grew up with, and operated under certain basic political principles. They may seem arcane now...
What? Am I worried? Nope, not at all. Actually, I’m fucking terrified. I can sum up my paranoia in three simple words. lifelong Cubs fan. November 2016 will never be number one for me, September 1969 scarred me for life, znd...
Yippy Eye O Kye A. There are seven Republican-held congressional districts in California in contention and four of them are in Orange County, more than any single county in the entire country and the Republicans are sweating bullets. Tuesday...
What you're about to see is sobering because it's so Trumpian in nature. And this may be the direction forward for the GOP from here on out, an utter lack of civility. Rather than admit a loss with grace and...

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