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The 2024 Campaign
The Rise of Donald Trump
And the Failure of Progressive Politics
What does progressive politics have to do with our inability to see across the divide that sits between ourselves and those who worship Trump? And how did we get to the point where someone like Donald Trump could get elected village idiot, never mind President of the United States?
The Democrats are Living in a 2024 Fantasy Land
The Democrats seem to be hoping rather than planning for a presidential victory in 2024. And the one thing those hopes seem to hang on is the fact that Biden already beat Trump in 2020. But did he?
And no, that’s not Trumpist denialism. I’m just saying that Biden didn’t win. Trump lost.
Unwavering Mastermind Vs. Pathological Narcissist
To be honest, Jack Smith versus Donald Trump doesn’t seem a fair fight. On the one hand, we have a highly-motivated, extremely-competent litigator. On the other hand, we have figuratively a thick-skulled, fat little piggy, squealing his way into and around the many legal traps spread across prosecutor Jack Smith’s vast and treacherous terrain.
Why Can’t Chris Christie Gain Traction?
Christie has the one talent anyone who wants to beat Trump must have – an innate, Rickles-like ability to use one-liners to shoot him down. It’s only because of Trumps hapless former opponents that that strategy came to seem unworkable. So why is he lagging in the polls? And why is he ultimately likely to fail to win the nomination?
Can Ramaswamy Trump Trump?
As I watched Ramaswamy’s performance in the first Republican Presidential Debate, it occurred to me that not a word comes out of the man’s mouth that is not in direct service to his clear and obvious goal – that of trying to out Trump Trump.