Category Archives: Elections

Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for April 1, 2019

What use is April Fools Day when there are so many fools to choose from? That aside, Miramar, Florida Mayor Wayne Messam is In, while Biden continues his Hamlet routine. (Given what last week’s Mueller-Avenatti-Smollett smashup was like, I don’t … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for March 25, 2019

This week in the clown car update: Two more additions, one possibly serious, the other definitely not. Also, don’t miss yesterday’s post on the Twitter primary. Polls and Pundits Fox poll has Biden at 31, Sanders at 24, and both … Continue reading →

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The Twitter Primary

Twitter is not the end-all and be all of the world, or even of social media, but it does provide a quick-and-dirty estimate of the popularity of various Democratic presidential candidate. So let’s take a snapshot and see who’s winning … Continue reading →

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Fitzmas II: The Muellering

Special prosecutor Robert Mueller has turned in his report on alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 election and “no further indictments are expected.” Mueller managed indictments or convictions of a handful of President Donald Trump associates for either process crimes … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 22, 2019

Hope you’re enjoying the spring weather! This week: Jexodus, Clinton emails (yet again), and a fair amount about aircraft. Enjoy a Friday LinkSwarm: President Donald Trump calls for recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Since Israeli has controlled the … Continue reading →

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Betopalooza

So many Beto O’Rourke links popping up that they can’t wait for the Clown Car update: After O’Rourke entered the race, he saw a four point jump…in Biden’s numbers, up to a field-leading 35%. Bernie Sanders remained steady at 27%, … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for March 18, 2019

It’s Betomania time among certain media outlets after Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke announced he was running last week. So there’s a ton of Beto news below. Also, two names I had pegged as Out are now making noises about (possibly) … Continue reading →

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The Unbearable Whiteness of Beto

It’s Sunday and I’m not for any weighty posts, so enjoy this video of Tucker Carlson and Mark Steyn having fun at the expense of Beto O’Rourke’s juvenile poetry: To be fair, what little poetry I wrote in high school … Continue reading →

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O’Rourke O’Running

Now we know what Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke was waiting for to jump into the Presidential race: a fawning Vanity Fair profile complete with Annie Leibovitz photographs. How fawning? Behind the door, in the O’Rourke living room, a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for March 11, 2019

Sherrod Brown is Out, as are (to recapitulate last week’s mini-update) Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder and Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley. Evidently the clown car was just too crowded for them to contemplate climbing aboard. That leaves Biden and … Continue reading →

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