Missing the Point – Immigration: Who do the Republicans think they’re kidding?
Happy New Year, everybody. “Thoughtless bigots, politically self-centered officeholders stoking and playing to the fears of otherwise well-meaning Americans who
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Missing the Point – De-Stressing the New Year
Politically speaking, we’re all going to be okay. As I handicap the current election cycle, there’s a significantly better than fifty-fifty chance that Donald isn’t nominated and, even if he is, that he loses the general election.
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What would the political ramifications be if Biden pardoned his son?
The prospect that President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison if he is convicted on all three federal gun charges, raises serious questions about whether the president would pardon his son if push came to shove.
Read moreAugust Letters to Jim: Ground Hog Day and Global Warming
Another record-breaking month of heat has passed by and if you have not wilted from it, I have some fan
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Missing the Point – Loyalty Pledge? To whom or what exactly?
It used to be that registration, for the first time, as a Republican or Democrat was a fundamental right of passage. What were your parents? How were you raised by them, politically speaking?
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Missing the Point – Trump is toast
Mind you, I’m not saying that the next President won’t be a Republican or that Joe Biden is unbeatable. Just taking off his shirt the other day while enjoying the sand at Rehoboth Beach may have blown his chances for re-election right then and there.
Read moreCould Trump serve as president if he were a convicted felon? Yes, he could, legal analysts say
Recent news surrounding the 37-count felony indictment against former President Donald Trump on charges related to the alleged mishandling of classified documents in the Mar-a-Lago case has led many pundits to ask whether Trump could again serve as president if he is both convicted and elected to that office.
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What does the future of the Maryland GOP look like in the post-Hogan era?
For the first time in eight years, Democrats control both floors of the State House in Annapolis. Republican Larry Hogan is out of office and it is unclear whom Maryland’s next GOP starts might be.
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Missing the Point – ‘Yikes! How is it possible that I find myself rooting for Trump to win his party’s nomination?!’
Lately, I’ve found myself hoping that Donald Trump gets the Republican nomination for President. Why is that? Because I think
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Missing the Point – Liar, Liar
Newly elected Congressman George Santos is clearly a pathological liar and yet he remains in office. Not only has he not been sanctioned and tossed out of Congress as he should be, but he’s getting support, in a manner of speaking, from Speaker McCarthy who has his own issues with the consistency of positions he has taken.
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