LATEST POSTS
-
The Indictment, the Election, & the Constitution
Did you hear Donald Trump got indicted and charged with committing 34 felonies? The media’s been keeping it pretty hush hush. I kid, of course. American history’s first indictment of a current or former president is the biggest story in the news, and so Presidential Politics For America is contractually obligated by WordPress to cover……
-
Trump and Emerson College Polling, Sitting in a Tree
I’m going to show you some post-midterms 2024 Republican nomination polling from Real Clear Politics. As you look over it, I want you to look for former President Donald Trump’s best numbers. Then, check which pollster found those results. You found that since the 2022 midterms, only three times has Trump polled over 51%. All……
-
Breaking Down Trump’s Ron DeSantis Rant
You know, I wasn’t expecting to write again this week, but an all-time rant from former President Donald Trump on his Truth Social site forced me back to the keyboard before week’s end. After his chief rival for the 2024 nomination, Ron DeSantis, needled Trump about “hush money to a porn star,” Trump took off……
-
On Freedom and Traffic Lights
I recently watched the miniseries 1883, a prequel to Paramount’s hit, Yellowstone. The series had what might be my favorite performance of this young decade: the great Sam Elliott as grizzled Civil War veteran and wagon train leader Captain Shea Brennan. He’d been hired by a group of European immigrants — the subtitles insisted they……
-
Raise Your Hand If You Want Trump-Biden II (I’ll Wait)
Our political system is broken. To be clear, I don’t write that sentence as a Marxist who wants to shred a Constitution written by the landed aristocracy. In truth, most of our broken political system is the result of post-Constitutional practices. The Senate is fine, but the post-Constitution filibuster has made it a dead end.……
-
Scenarios for the 2024 Republican Primary, Ranked
Since I started writing about politics 15 years ago, part of my success in divining the results of every primary save one (you won’t believe who the Republicans nominated in 2016) has stemmed from an approach of mapping out possible scenarios. In 2019 and 2020, for example, I thought more scenarios funneled to Joe Biden……
Presidential Politics for America 