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John Cassidy's Blog, page 33
February 26, 2016
Donald Trump’s Business Record Demands More Scrutiny
On July 10th of last year, six days before Donald Trump confirmed rumors that he was entering the 2016 Presidential race, David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter, published a piece at The National Memo that was headlined “21 Questions For Donald Trump.”
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Related:What We Learned from the Donald Trump-Marco Rubio Screamfest
The Dilemma of Conservatives Who Say They’ll Never Vote for Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders and the Case for a New Economic-Stimulus Package
February 25, 2016
Bernie Sanders and the Case for a New Economic-Stimulus Package
Earlier this week, the White House Council of Economic Advisers released its annual Economic Report of the President. “Claims that America’s economy is in decline or that we haven’t made progress are simply not true,” President Obama wrote in the foreword. The body of the report touted the 13.8 million jobs the economy has generated since the Great Recession, and projected that the gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services that the economy produces, would expand by 2.7 per cent this year, its fastest rate of growth in a decade.
See the rest of the story at newyorker.com
Related:Donald Trump’s Business Record Demands More Scrutiny
What We Learned from the Donald Trump-Marco Rubio Screamfest
The Dilemma of Conservatives Who Say They’ll Never Vote for Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders and the Case for a New Economic Stimulus Package
Earlier this week, the White House Council of Economic Advisers released its annual Economic Report of the President. “Claims that America’s economy is in decline or that we haven’t made progress are simply not true,” President Obama wrote in the foreword. The body of the report touted the 13.8 million jobs the economy has generated since the Great Recession, and projected that the gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services that the economy produces, would expand by 2.7 per cent this year, its fastest rate of growth in a decade.
See the rest of the story at newyorker.com
Related:The Dilemma of Conservatives Who Say They’ll Never Vote for Donald Trump
G.O.P. Obstructionism and the Supreme Court
The Republican Debate: A Primer
February 23, 2016
Are Trump and Clinton Now Unstoppable?
The Presidential primary season is moving into top gear. Counting Tuesday’s victory for Donald Trump in the Nevada caucus, which my colleague Amy Davidson wrote about, twenty-four elections will take place in eight days. (It’s twenty-five if you count the “Democrats abroad” contest, which opens on March 1st and lasts for a week.) Right now, Trump and Hillary Clinton are the firm favorites to be the two nominees. By next Tuesday night, the two of them could appear virtually unstoppable.
See the rest of the story at newyorker.com
Related:The Dilemma of Conservatives Who Say They’ll Never Vote for Donald Trump
Bernie Sanders and the Case for a New Economic Stimulus Package
G.O.P. Obstructionism and the Supreme Court
A Huge Week for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
After the traditional slow start, primary season is moving into top gear. Counting today’s Republican caucus in Nevada, where Donald Trump is expected to score a blowout victory, twenty-four elections will take place in eight days—twenty-five if you count the “Democrats abroad” contest, which opens on March 1st and lasts for a week. Following their victories in South Carolina and Nevada, respectively, Trump and Hillary Clinton are now the firm favorites to be their parties’ nominees. By next Tuesday night, if things go as their campaigns are hoping, the two of them could appear virtually unstoppable.
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Related:Why Political Pundits Are Becoming More Wrong
The Latino Vote, in Nevada and Beyond
Who Killed Jeb Bush’s Campaign? Jeb Did
February 22, 2016
Who Killed Jeb Bush’s Campaign? Jeb Did
Primary campaigns, once they get going, move quickly and mercilessly. Two days after the G.O.P. primary in South Carolina, Jeb Bush’s decision to drop out of the Presidential race is already grist for late-night comedians, and his campaign, which began with great hopes, is about to be inducted into the museum of great failures. There it will sit alongside the Ford Edsel, New Coke, the Apple Newton, and Madonna’s acting career.
See the rest of the story at newyorker.com
Related:Donald Trump’s Business Record Demands More Scrutiny
What We Learned from the Donald Trump-Marco Rubio Screamfest
The Dilemma of Conservatives Who Say They’ll Never Vote for Donald Trump
Who Killed Jeb Bushâs Campaign? Jeb Did
Primary campaigns, once they get going, move quickly and mercilessly. Two days after the G.O.P. primary in South Carolina, Jeb Bush’s decision to drop out of the Presidential race is already grist for late-night comedians, and his campaign, which began with great hopes, is about to be inducted into the museum of great failures. There it will sit alongside the Ford Edsel, New Coke, the Apple Newton, and Madonna’s acting career.
See the rest of the story at newyorker.com
Related:The Latino Vote, in Nevada and Beyond
Daily Cartoon: Monday, February 22nd
Bush’s Befuddled Goodbye and the Risks of Trump Denialism
February 13, 2016
Will the G.O.P. Response to Antonin Scalia’s Death Hand the Election to the Democrats?
Around 4:30 P.M. Eastern time on Saturday, the San Antonio Express-News broke the news of the death of Antonin Scalia, the conservative Supreme Court Justice. Within a few hours, the Republican Party had placed itself on a trajectory that, if isn’t reversed, could throw the Presidential election to the Democrats.
See the rest of the story at newyorker.com
Related:Donald Trump’s Business Record Demands More Scrutiny
What We Learned from the Donald Trump-Marco Rubio Screamfest
The Dilemma of Conservatives Who Say They’ll Never Vote for Donald Trump
Will the G.O.P. Response to Antonin Scaliaâs Death Hand the Election to the Democrats?
Around 4:30 P.M. Eastern time on Saturday, the San Antonio Express-News broke the news of the death of Antonin Scalia, the conservative Supreme Court Justice. Within a few hours, the Republican Party had placed itself on a trajectory that, if isn’t reversed, could throw the Presidential election to the Democrats.
See the rest of the story at newyorker.com
Related:How Scalia Changed the Supreme Court
The Death of Antonin Scalia
Rubio Abruptly Departs G.O.P. Debate After Low-Battery Warning
February 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton Bets Big on President Obama
If there had been any doubt about how Hillary Clinton would react to her heavy loss in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, she telegraphed the answer at last night’s PBS-hosted debate, in Milwaukee. The former Secretary of State is seeking to associate herself with the most popular Democrat in the country, President Barack Obama, and trying to disassociate her opponent, Bernie Sanders, from him.
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Donald Trump and Citizens United: A Modest Proposal
Why Donald Trump Is Such a Formidable Politician
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