The 2016 US Presidential Election
'Utter chaos': Suddenly everyone is talking about a contested GOP convention
We' ve had many important weeks in the primary voting season, but the results from the big states voting on Tuesday in the US, led by Ohio and Florida, are really, really going to…
Clinton vs Sanders: Black women decide
African American women have had a long history of political activism in the United States. Before women’s suffrage, the 15th amendment, and even as bondswomen they admonished…
What does Trump really think about women?
On International Women's Day let's look at what women are saying about Republican front runner Donald Trump. Quite a large part of his appeal is that he is a political neophyte,…
Super Tuesday: As Democrats turn to general campaign, Republicans should look to 2020
Despite Bernie Sanders dominating in his home state of Vermont and Ted Cruz winning handily in his native Texas — and both triumphant in Oklahoma — Hillary Clinton and Donald…
The women who aren't voting for Clinton now but may yet make her President
Hillary Clinton's victory speech following the South Carolina primary was the campaign moment her supporters had been waiting for. As Chris Tognotti on Bustle observed, 'it's…
Trump's success: Uncomfortable but completely compelling
Back in 1999 the world was scared. The source of that fear was Y2K, aka the millennium bug; a programming glitch that, it was thought, would render many computer systems useless…
Jeb Bush's Reagan affiliation wasn't convincing enough, but Rubio's might be
Jeb Bush suspended his candidacy for Republican presidential nomination on Saturday night after ranking a disappointing fourth in the South Carolina primary. Losing in what used…
Video: What a Trump rally is like
I confess I didn't sit through the whole 20 minutes of this film, all filmed with shaky phone cameras, though nicely edited. But I did find parts of it revealing:
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Upping the ante: The prize in the presidential race could extend to the Supreme Court
Let's start with the county judge who pronounced US Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia dead on Saturday. That would be Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara, who…
As you were after New Hampshire, but disruption looms
Avowed 'democratic' socialist Bernie Sanders and unashamed arch-capitalist Donald Trump were the big winners in today's New Hampshire presidential primary. The Sanders win will…