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Archives for February 2016

The Democrats’ Famed “Blue Wall”

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Pat Buchanan sounds a warning: There is that famed “blue wall” those 18 states and D.C with a combined 242 electoral votes, just 28 shy of victory, that have gone Democrat in every presidential election since 1988. The wall contains all of New England save New Hampshire; the Acela corridor (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, […]

The Oscars—Misdirected Anger

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Spike Lee, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, and Rep. Danny Davis (D., Ill.) have a problem with the Academy Awards. Their frustration is understandable in that not one black actor has not been nominated in the four major Oscar categories for the second year in row. But as this controversy plays out, Kay Cole James […]

The Maximizers

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“Meltdown? Absolutely baked into the cake as I write to you, and becoming more of a deep midterm concern for me as time passes,” wrote Dick Young in Intelligence Report back in July 2015. And here we are a short way into 2016 and the speculative NASDAQ index is down over 8%. As Dick notes, […]

Endorsements for Trump Begin to Pile Up

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Alongside the high profile endorsement by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, more politicians have come out in support of Donald Trump. Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL) and Gov. Paul LePage have both announced their support of Trump. LePage said “The one thing I like about Donald Trump, I’m not gonna say I agree with everything he’s saying… he’s […]

Cruz/Rubio Stepping Up

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I liked what Marco and Ted brought to last night’s well-run CNN Republican date. I did not like the shrill Gloria Borger’s warm-up commentary nor RNC chairman Reince Priebus’ mushy, yesterday’s party debate introduction. If you want a capsule look at why voters are stampeding away from both establishment parties, give a quick listen to […]

How Trump Wins the Nomination

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Trump was good last night, not great, but good enough to win the debate. To win the Republican nomination he needs 1,237 delegates. Trump will have a total of around 85 with the Nevada allocation. The Golden Four states of California, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey hold 389 delegates. Since 1980, the Republican front-runner […]

Trump Protecting the Unprotected?

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A terrible feature of our age, writes Peggy Noonan, is that America is governed by what she refers to as protected people, our elites who don’t seem to care that much about their unprotected fellow citizens. “The Democrats won’t protect you and the Republicans won’t help you,” which is a leading reason—this lack of protection—we […]

Warren Miller: Your Search for Freedom Part II

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“You know I liked your piece on Warren Miller but he wasn’t the ground-breaking filmmaker on skiing,” said my client yesterday, from Jackson Hole, WY during our regular talk. “The first guy was John Jay. He lived in Williamstown, MA next door to my friend when I was a kid,” he said. “Years later, when […]

Cruz/Rubio: Step Up or Step Down after Tonight

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Both have been dismal performers to date. Cruz is a real smart guy with Glen Beck in his camp. Ted, however, has not once shifted into “Cruiser zone” and has uttered some ghastly and idiotic pronouncements on foreign policy. Cruz appears not to recognize that American military adventurism from Korea to Syria has yielded America […]