Category 2016 Presidential
Would Marco Rubio put American security first?
Florida’s Junior Senator has continued to attack the foreign policy of the current administration of President Obama without mercy or quarter. His attacks have done little improve his standing among GOP Primary voters as he sits over 35 points behind Donald Trump in HIS HOME STATE of Florida according to this week’s FAU poll. That […]
Libya could (and probably should) be an issue against Secretary Hillary Clinton
“Let me fight the two wars already on my plate” That is how Defense Secretary Robert Gates responded to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the spring of 2011 when the United States along with France was leading a multi-national coalition to remove Muammar Gaddafi from power in Libya. Gates recalled this moment in his […]
Why Marco Rubio is more dangerous than Donald Trump or Ted Cruz
Florida’s Junior Senator has somehow cultivated a reputation among Republicans as a “serious lawmaker.” That alone should stimulate red flags about the GOP establishment. The media takes Rubio’s words more seriously than Donald Trump or Senator Ted Cruz because Rubio presents himself in a more favorable way. But Rubio is simply a well-polished pol unlike Trump […]
A History of Cynicism in Recent Democratic Presidential Races
Mark Twain supposedly said, “history doesn’t repeat but it does rhyme.” Yet history, in the Democratic primary between former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and Senator Bernie Sanders, appears to be repeating. Democrats are well known for circular firing squads and eating their own. However, this enthusiasm often abates during general elections against actual […]
Marco Rubio’s clownish behavior making Jeb Bush look statesmanlike
For months I have complained that the national political media has adopted a narrative that makes Jeb Bush look like an above-the-fray statesman. Now I can completely understand the point of reference used to create this narrative – it is none other than Bush’s one time protege’ Marco Rubio. This week’s Republican Presidential Debate on […]
Is sense of entitlement getting the best of the Clinton’s and establishment Democrats yet again?
Let’s face it – President Bill Clinton deserves full credit for having the courage in 1992 to step up and run for President. In late 1991, President George H.W. Bush looked unbeatable that year and Clinton took a risk and was rewarded. But it can be theorized that if the more liberal Mario Cuomo had […]
Recent Poll: Is Hillary Clinton really the best Democratic General Election Candidate?
The narrative has consistently been painted by party insiders – a Bernie Sanders nomination would be a General Election disaster. Problem is this theory has not really been tested and my own interactions with people have indicated it might not be the case. However, with no actual empirical evidence to back me up, I generally […]
Democrats facing a potentially difficult 2016 with movement progressives
The data breach was by most standards a relatively minor happening that would have simply had a reaction limited to political insiders, data nerds and political press – had the DNC not bungled it so badly from a public relations standpoint. The DNC’s action inflamed non-political people who are backing Bernie Sanders and tend to see […]
DNC “Data Breach” – Brook Hines and Kartik Krishnaiyer Discuss
Friday a bombshell broke as the DNC and Clinton Campaign accused the Sanders campaign of essentially stealing data. The Democratic Party which has shown in recent years it is striving for relevance by controlling the nominating process as closely as possible at the state level throughout the nation is now potentially doing the same thing […]
CNN’s handling of Republican debate a disgrace
The Republican Presidential nominating contest has proven to be a race to the bottom largely because of the disrespectful demagoguery of Donald Trump as well the desperate nature of Jeb Bush, Florida”s own entitled one who is behaving like the spoiled child that feels this nomination is owed to him and is taking out his […]
The Florida Squeeze 