I have great respect for Tom Woods and Dave Smith. They are both smart, talented and have interesting things to say. However, their recent conversation on Woods’ podcast about the problems with Justin Amash’s candidacy was not very persuasive. Woods and Smith focused a great deal on Amash’s temperament and how he conveys his ideas…
Will this summer’s Democratic Party national convention in Milwaukee be a slugfest? Might the eventual nominees for president and vice president be compromise choices that result from inconclusive primaries or from delegates having second thoughts about the leading candidates? Convention surprises are not without precedent in American political history. In fact, a century ago the…
After Joe Biden’s surprise blowout victory in the South Carolina Democratic Primary, the ensuing momentum carried him on to yet another incredible performance on Super Tuesday, putting his delegate count slightly above Sanders. And as Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Bloomberg all dropped out and rallied around the former vice president, Biden had developed a solid coalition…
Andrew Kerr – The New York Times interviewed 93 Democratic superdelegates, 84 of which said Sen. Bernie Sanders shouldn’t become the nominee based solely on winning most, but not over 50%, of primary and caucus delegates. – “If 60% is not with Bernie Sanders, I think that says something, I really do,” Democratic Rep. Veronica…
There was yet another Democratic Presidential Primary Debate last night in Nevada. Setting aside how objectively bad their policies are, let’s take a look at how each candidate did, and who needs to do some extra credit homework before taking to the national stage again in South Carolina on February 25th. Elizabeth Warren: B+ There…
The day of the Iowa Caucuses (or as it turns out, the first day of the caucuses), I had a chance to talk to Jacob Hornberger. He’s the president and founder of the Future of Freedom Foundation, and is currently running for the Libertarian presidential nomination with the backing of the Mises Caucus. He’s got…
Peter Hasson Democratic 2020 candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Sunday questioned whether Americans want to support a presidential candidate who doesn’t tell the truth. Warren, who has repeatedly struggled with the truth on the campaign trail, was asked during a press scrum whether it’s “disqualifying for a presidential candidate to lie to the American public about anything?”…
First off, Amy Klobuchar is still running. Seriously. That genuinely surprised me. In all seriousness, I went to the Democrat debates in Iowa all the way from St Louis in order to bring light to the fact that one of the biggest unions in America, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), has several cases of sexual…
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to talk with Lincoln Chafee about his Presidential run and overall philosophy. I’m not sure I have to pass much judgment on how it went, because his words really do speak for themselves. TLR: This is Gary Doan talking to Lincoln Chafee, former Governor, US senator and Mayor, former Democrat,…
Shelby Talcott Former Vice President said that America needs to be “punching” back to combat violence against women during Wednesday’s Democratic debate. Biden was asked if he would tackle specific issues regarding the #MeToo movement at the beginning of his presidency, if he were to be elected. The former Vice President previously sponsored the 1994 Violence Against…