WHERE THE GOP RACE STANDS. We’ve now had a few weeks of a multicandidate race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. It’s not where it eventually will be – some new candidates will undoubtedly join the race in the coming weeks and months. Bu…
Author: Byron York, DC Examiner
The Fetterman Dilemma
THE FETTERMAN DILEMMA. John Fetterman was sworn in as a senator from Pennsylvania on Jan. 3. On Feb. 8, after 36 days in office, Fetterman was admitted to George Washington University Hospital in Washington after experiencing symptoms he and those aro…
Haley, Trump, and a GOP Race Like No Other
HALEY, TRUMP, AND A GOP RACE LIKE NO OTHER. Former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) announced her candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination this morning. Word was she would jump in at an event in Charleston tomorrow, but Haley scooped herself w…
Early 2024 Clues Visible in the Republican Ranks
BIG FIELD, LITTLE FIELD: TRUMP, DESANTIS, AND THE GOP CHALLENGERS. There’s been a lot of talk among Republicans about the effect a big primary field might have on the 2024 presidential nomination race. The short version is that a big field is thought …
What To Do About Biden’s Classified Documents?
WHAT TO DO ABOUT BIDEN’S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS? On Monday evening came one of those stories that seem almost too convenient to be true. CBS News reported that Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a U.S. attorney to investigate classified docu…
In DC and Tallahassee, a Split-Screen Moment for GOP
IN DC AND TALLAHASSEE, A SPLIT-SCREEN MOMENT FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. Two contrasting realities of the present-day Republican Party were on display on Tuesday. In the House of Representatives, 20 members of the GOP’s so-called chaos caucus blocked th…
The Coming War Over Hunter Biden
THE COMING WAR OVER HUNTER BIDEN. Republican lawmakers will take control of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3. That means that, among many other things, they will take control of the House’s investigative committees and subcommittees. GOP leaders…
Trump’s Losing Senate Record
TRUMP’S LOSING SENATE RECORD. With Republican Herschel Walker’s loss in the Georgia Senate runoff, the 2022 midterm elections are finally over. The GOP actually took a step backward in the Senate, from the 50 seats the party controls now to 49 in the …
Political Forecast Predicts a Rough Couple of Years
FORECAST: TWO HARD YEARS. You know those people who tell you a devastating recession, or maybe a depression, is on the way or that this or that investment is guaranteed to skyrocket or collapse in the next few months? The ones who confidently predict …
Trump Gets Played in Mar-a-Lago Dinner
TRUMP GETS PLAYED. What is sure to be one of the weirder moments of the 2024 presidential campaign has just taken place before the campaign is even fully underway.