New Orleans No matter who your favorite might be in the Presidential sweepstakes, how can you not join me in loving the irony that no matter how the big whoops fume and allow inequality to widen, African-Americans and Latinos are now the kingmakers for Democrats and rural, lower income, less educated whites are now becoming …
Category: DC Politics
Politics of the Court Fight and the Stalemate to Come
New Orleans As the sides dig in over the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice to replace Antonin Scalia after his recent death it is fascinating to watch in real-time the mammoth miscalculations that the Republicans, and perhaps the Democrats as well, are making about the likely impact of their positions on the appointment …
Rooting for Trump?
New Orleans Nevada results are in with Hillary Clinton edging Bernie Sanders by 5 percentage points, but perhaps more tellingly leveraging huge support from African-Americans to put a stake through the heart of his campaign. A coming romp for Clinton in South Carolina could end everything but the shouting. Donald Trump rolled the field in …