A recent online exchange has me a little tense about a lot of things. Here, in short, is the backdrop. Donald John Trump, who was president of the United States for one term, is running for a second non-consecutive term. Trump now holds the distinction of winning more votes than any other candidate in an election except one candidate, who is, of course, Joe Biden. … Continue reading Once again, the Constitution is not a magic spell
Welcome to a surprise episode of Our Long National Nightmare because, after months of no one having the guts to do it, the Colorado Supreme Court held today that Donald Trumhop engaged in an insurrection and is ineligible to appear on the presidential ballot in the centennial state. The court’s basis is the Fourteenth Amendment, which may or may not actually say that. What’s the … Continue reading Colorado says Trump can’t be on the ballot. Is that allowed?
The strange Republican primary season had its fourth debate – its final official one – on December 6th, hosted by NewsNation (formerly WGN). Political commentators seem to be thoroughly sick of this by now. Politico lamented the level of attention given to the Haley-DeSantis rivalry, comparing it to the long-defunct NFL “Playoff Bowl” between the teams who failed to qualify for the Super Bowl, while … Continue reading The Last Official Republican Debate: Running to Replace Trump Without Running Against Trump
The third Republican debate was held on November 8th on NBC – and was uploaded to YouTube officially this time. Each debate seems to be getting easier to find on streaming, so that’s something. With only about two months left until primary voting starts, time is running out for candidates to figure out how to campaign in a way that appeals to voters more than … Continue reading The Third Debate Was Better, but it’s Still a Fight for Second Place
What’s that? It’s presidential primary season?! Well, I guess it’s time for your resident debate hate-watcher to come out of hibernation and check out the first debate of the 2024 cycle. I hope being over a week late isn’t too far off to be topical. The first debate of the Republican primary was on August 23rd, exclusively on Fox News (and exclusively available online on … Continue reading A Primary Debate Without the Primary’s Leading Candidate
Darlings, scoundrels. Again, I have not had time to correspond with you since Nikki Haley announced her bid so many years ago (it feels, at least). There are so many more Republicans in the race now and we will do our best to cover them in order of how much I hate looking at their faces. You can decide for yourself which end of that … Continue reading 2024 Candidates: Mike Pence
My precious angel babies, did you think I had forgotten about you? Yes, things have been very busy at the secret underground pyramid-shaped headquarters of Pyramid, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t had my eye glued to the news that, apparently, we’re having a presidential election next year. Didn’t we just have one of these? Smash Mouth was right: the years start coming and they … Continue reading 2024 Candidates: Nikki Haley
Yesterday, America pondered what it has learned in the year since pro-Trump rioters tried to overthrow the federal government. The reality, which Republican politicians know but won’t admit, is that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. His supporters, who said in advance they were gonna act up if he lost, acted up. They did a little teeny bit of terrorism that led to the deaths … Continue reading Donald Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2024, which is dumb and also important
Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is the youngest member of the Biden administration. He’ll be forty next January, younger than any man to ascend to the presidency so far. If he secures his party’s nomination in 2024 and wins the election, he’ll become the youngest person elected president, a few months younger than John F. Kennedy. Buttigieg probably had no illusions that he would be the … Continue reading Are Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg really rivals?
In 2024, an army of Republicans will seek the party’s nomination – assuming former president Donald Trump doesn’t – in an effort to topple the country’s oldest president. Here are six of the likeliest candidates as of November 2021. One would be forgiven for thinking that the two-term New Jersey governor who spent much of the Trump administration being called obese by Donald Trump of … Continue reading The Men Who Would Be Next
