Just as Donald Trump did a Super Tuesday stomp on the Republican establishment, the establishment showed why it deserved the rough treatment. The Republican Senate leadership yet again announced its refusal to consider anyone President Obama nominates for the Supreme Court until after the presidential election. It is the job of the U.S. Senate to […]
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Donald Trump comes to Maine, blasts Mitt Romney
PORTLAND — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump blasted Mitt Romney in Maine on Thursday after the party’s 2012 nominee criticized him, saying Romney would have “dropped to his knees” for his endorsement four years ago. The billionaire mogul rallied with Gov. Paul LePage, who became a top Trump surrogate after endorsing him last week, in the […]
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Mitt Romney says Donald Trump ‘playing the American public for suckers’
Mitt Romney, the Republican Party’s most recent presidential nominee, took the unusual step of criticizing the odds-on favorite to be the party’s next nominee in a blistering speech that labeled Donald Trump a fraud who is playing the American public for suckers. “Let me put it plainly, if we Republicans choose Donald Trump as our […]
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Trump will fix things
I am glad that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Maine Gov. Paul LePage are supporting Donald Trump. They are probably the only ones who can bring this country back to the way it should be. As far as I am concerned, John F. Kennedy was the last president who was any good. In his […]
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Is Donald Trump close to locking the Republican nomination?
Despite Donald Trump’s string of victories on Tuesday, he has to do better in upcoming contests to claim the Republican nomination for president before the party’s national convention this summer. Ted Cruz is emerging as the candidate who could stop him — with a little help from Marco Rubio. A close look at the delegate […]
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Paul LePage analyzes Trump’s possible running mate
Republican Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday brushed aside polling data that suggests Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump would lose to the Democratic nominee in the general election. Instead, LePage predicted a Trump victory if the billionaire businessman chooses the right running mate. LePage said Tuesday morning during a radio interview on WVOM that Trump’s choice for a running mate will be […]
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Trump’s authoritarian side appeals to many
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — If the durability of Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy has taken the political world by surprise, the sources of his electoral strength are no mystery. And the support he’s winning reflects a crisis not only for the Republican and conservative coalitions, but also for the political system as a whole. Let it be […]
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A dose of reality
Gotta joke for you: President Donald Trump. That’s it. That’s the punch line. Blame it on our celebrity- and reality show-obsessed culture. (I’ve got news for folks who think those shows are “real.” They’re enhanced, scripted, OK? Nothing can be real if a camera is capturing your every move.) Now Maine’s “tell it like it […]
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Analysis: Who is really financing Donald Trump’s campaign
Donald Trump Campaign Contributions Over Time | InsideGov Donald Trump has broken the mold in many ways with his presidential campaign, with plenty of room for argument about whether that is a good or bad development. (In fact, the style of argument is one of the political molds he has broken… arguably.) However, it appears […]
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Trump: A fop with cantilevered coif and little there beneath it
Some nights, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s rich poseur Jay Gatsby studied a light across the water. The mysterious green glow symbolized what he could not attain, a wraith he loved. By New York standards it was a piddling aspiration. Donald Trump, by contrast, wants to become the colossus bestriding America. However, he is unqualified for this […]