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Category: Politics 2016

Mitch McConnell Didn’t Stop Obama from Doing Anything about Russia in 2016

NRO: Mitch McConnell Didn’t Stop Obama from Doing Anything about Russia in 2016

Posted on August 2, 2019March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Politics 2019, Writings Elsewhere

The Real Reason Trump Won: Part 4 of 4

NRO: The Real Reason Trump Won: Part 4 of 4, looking at where Trump underperformed other Republican candidates.

Posted on January 17, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

The Real Reason Trump Won: Part 3 of 4

NRO: The Real Reason Trump Won: Part 3 of 4, looking at each side’s state-by-state turnout as a percentage of the Voting-Eligible Population.

Posted on January 12, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

The Real Reason Trump Won: Part 2 of 4

NRO: The Real Reason Trump Won: Part 2 of 4, looking at how Trump performed in the battleground states by historical standards for post-incumbent challengers.

Posted on January 11, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

The Real Reason Trump Won: Part 1 of 4

NRO: The Real Reason Trump Won: Part 1 of 4, looking at how Trump performed nationally by historical standards for post-incumbent challengers.

Posted on January 10, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

Hillary Clinton: President of California

NRO: Hillary Clinton: President of California

Posted on December 21, 2016April 1, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

The Media/Liberal Obsession With Conclusions

NRO: The Media/Liberal Obsession With Conclusions

Posted on December 19, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

A Valentine For Japan?

NRO: A Valentine For Japan?

Posted on December 10, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Baseball 2012-Present, Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

New York’s Vote Was A Microcosm of America in 2016

NRO: New York’s Vote Was A Microcosm of America in 2016

Posted on December 8, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

The Electoral College Is Not Like Slavery

NRO: The Electoral College Is Not Like Slavery

Posted on December 3, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

Congress Should Let General Mattis Serve as Secretary of Defense

NRO: Congress Should Let General Mattis Serve as Secretary of Defense

Posted on December 2, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Trump Needs To Take The VA Secretary Job Seriously

NRO: Trump Needs To Take The VA Secretary Job Seriously

Posted on November 30, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Mitt Romney, The State Department, and Loyalty

NRO: Mitt Romney, The State Department, and Loyalty

Posted on November 23, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Haley’s Comet Streaks Towards Turtle Bay

NRO: Haley’s Comet Streaks Towards Turtle Bay

Posted on November 23, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Hillary Voters: The Minority in 37 States

NRO: Hillary Voters: The Minority in 37 States

Posted on November 21, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

Does Donald Trump Have a Mandate?

NRO: Does Donald Trump Have a Mandate?

Posted on November 16, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

My Cousin Donnie

NRO: My Cousin Donnie

Posted on November 10, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

A Republican Win, Not Just A Trump Win

NRO: A Republican Win, Not Just A Trump Win

Posted on November 9, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

Where Does Never Trump Go in a Trump Presidency?

NRO: Where Does Never Trump Go in a Trump Presidency?

Posted on November 9, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

We’re Going to Need Each Other, America

NRO: We’re Going to Need Each Other, America

Posted on November 9, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

How Will The Senate Break?

NRO: How Will The Senate Break?

Posted on November 8, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

My Final Prediction: Hillary 303, Trump 235

NRO: My Final Prediction: Hillary 303, Trump 235

Posted on November 8, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

Democrats Aren’t Preparing Their Voters For Hillary To Lose

NRO: Democrats Aren’t Preparing Their Voters For Hillary To Lose

Posted on November 8, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

In Defense of Trump Voters

NRO: In Defense of Trump Voters

Posted on November 7, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Where Trump Stands Right Now

NRO: Where Trump Stands Right Now

Posted on November 5, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

Republicans Coming Home in The Campaign’s Last Days

NRO: Republicans Coming Home in The Campaign’s Last Days

Posted on November 3, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

The Latest Partisan Hit Job on Clarence Thomas

NRO: The Latest Partisan Hit Job on Clarence Thomas

Posted on November 2, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Cliven Bundy, Jim Comey, and the Problem of Political Prosecutions

NRO: Cliven Bundy, Jim Comey, and the Problem of Political Prosecutions

Posted on October 31, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

What Is the ‘Unrelated Case’ That Caused the FBI to Reopen the Hillary Investigation?

NRO: What Is the ‘Unrelated Case’ That Caused the FBI to Reopen the Hillary Investigation?
(As we learned out shortly after I posted this, it was the latest Anthony Weiner sexting case).

Posted on October 28, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Trump Holds the Line

NRO: Trump Holds the Line

Posted on October 19, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Trump Opens As Best He Can

NRO: Trump Opens As Best He Can

Posted on October 19, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Republican Senators Still Swimming against the Trump Tide – for Now

NRO: Republican Senators Still Swimming against the Trump Tide – for Now

Posted on October 19, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

The Real Reagan Record on AIDS

NRO: The Real Reagan Record on AIDS

Posted on October 18, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Trump The Transgressive Candidate

NRO: Trump The Transgressive Candidate

Posted on October 14, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Thinking About Trump and “Locker Room Talk”

NRO: Thinking About Trump and “Locker Room Talk”

Posted on October 12, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

The Death of Compartmentalization

NRO: The Death of Compartmentalization

Posted on October 10, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Bobby Jindal’s Fiscal Record

My latest NR magazine piece, on Bobby Jindal’s fiscal record in Louisiana.

Posted on October 10, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories In Print, Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Trump Is Not Part Of The Right’s Tribe

NRO: Trump Is Not Part Of The Right’s Tribe

Posted on October 8, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Oh, NOW David Letterman Thinks Trump Should Be Shunned

NRO: Oh, NOW David Letterman Thinks Trump Should Be Shunned

Posted on October 7, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Pop Culture, Writings Elsewhere

Pence Beats Kaine, Kaine Beats Trump

NRO: Pence Beats Kaine, Kaine Beats Trump

Posted on October 4, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Tim Kaine, Pro-Abortion Catholic

NRO: Tim Kaine, Pro-Abortion Catholic

Posted on October 4, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Religion, Writings Elsewhere

The Too-Happy Warrior

NRO: The Too-Happy Warrior

Posted on October 4, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Pence’s and Kaine’s Briar Patches

NRO: Pence’s and Kaine’s Briar Patches

Posted on October 4, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Kaine The Interruptor

NRO: Kaine The Interruptor

Posted on October 4, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Democrats Get Trump Envy

NRO: Democrats Get Trump Envy

Posted on September 30, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

We Got The Debate We Deserved Tonight

NRO: We Got The Debate We Deserved Tonight

Posted on September 27, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Trump’s taxes

NRO: Trump’s taxes

Posted on September 27, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Hillary is worried about her base

NRO: Hillary is worried about her base.

Posted on September 27, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

Watch The Dogs That Don’t Bark Tonight

NRO: Watch The Dogs That Don’t Bark Tonight

Posted on September 26, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Writings Elsewhere

The Not-Hillary Campaign

NRO: The Not-Hillary Campaign

Posted on September 26, 2016March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2016, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

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