A.B. Stoddard: Too little, too late on Trump
We can all see that members of the GOP establishment are in dire need of a stiff drink. But they sure do look like rookies showing up after last call.After Donald Trump dominated polling for the...
View ArticleStoddard: How Trump helped Hillary on email scandal
While Democrats at the highest levels grow increasingly concerned about the possibility that Donald Trump could beat Hillary Clinton in a general election in November, they should thank him for helping...
View ArticleStoddard: GOP reality check: Trump or convention fight
In a crushing rout in the Florida primary Tuesday, Donald Trump vanquished Marco Rubio, the candidate who once symbolized the future of the GOP. Trump notched wins in five of six states voting that...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: How The Donald can win
When it comes to the question of whether Donald Trump can win a general election this November, both parties need to accept it: Yes, he can.Trump’s path — made up of new and mostly white voters without...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Ryan’s long game
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is known as one of the deepest thinkers in the GOP — so why do his fellow Republicans think he is stupid?On Tuesday Ryan shut the door — again — to the idea of being drafted...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Why the Clinton-Sanders race isn't over yet
After a great victory for Hillary Clinton in the Empire State on Tuesday, her presidential campaign is outwardly clinging to the comforting talk of math and how impossible it is for Bernie Sanders to...
View ArticleStoddard: What's up with Kasich?
Before he entered into his historic arrangement with Ted Cruz to block Donald Trump from the GOP presidential nomination, Republicans were starting to wonder what John Kasich was up to. Now, after...
View ArticleStoddard: Can Trump close the deal with the GOP?
Donald Trump has made history with a remarkable, unprecedented accomplishment — he’s defeated 16 rival candidates, including numerous governors and senators, without any political experience, and he’s...
View ArticleA.B. Stoddard: Trump’s women problem
The GOP’s chaos candidate threw a lot against the wall this week — tax cut flip-flops, kooky talk about the debt, rejecting the need to unite the party, then declaring he would unite the party and...
View ArticleStoddard: Wanted in 2016: Another option
As Donald Trump descended on Washington, D.C., last week to bask in his party’s embrace as presumptive presidential nominee, many Republicans closed ranks to support him and openly dismissed the...
View ArticleStoddard: Clouds loom for Clinton
Things could be worse for Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy, perhaps an indictment pending in her email scandal, but these are still awful days in her campaign. While there are many threats to...
View ArticleStoddard: Clinton supporters tripping over email spin
Anyone seen Democrats trying to explain away the State Department report on Hillary Clinton’s emails? As Donald Trump would say: Sad!In the wake of the release last week of the State Department’s...
View ArticleStoddard: Trump, Clinton getting ready for change
You may not be able to recall the last time the presumptive nominee of either party spoke of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Iranian aggression or the dangerous ambitions of Russian President...
View ArticleStoddard: Obama doesn’t get it — but Trump doesn’t either
Donald Trump is right. President Obama has directed more anger toward him than toward Omar Mateen, the savage killer who took 49 lives and ruined far more Sunday in Orlando in the largest terrorist...
View ArticleStoddard: The great Trump rebellion
A reined-in Donald Trump delivered a focused and forward-looking address via teleprompter Wednesday that lacerated Hillary Clinton and gave Republicans hope the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has...
View ArticleStoddard: Hillary still hurt by FBI
The director of the FBI on Tuesday rendered Hillary Clinton, who is vying to become commander in chief, unfit to work the cash register at Subway.In judgment and conduct, though she was spared...
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