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Last night, softball superstar and failed presidential candidate Chris Christie, took a break from his regular red-faced bloviating to stand idly by as Donald Trump screamed at us about nothing. Throughout Trump’s entire speech, Chris Christie looks, objectively, like he is praying for death. http://gawker.com/chris-christie… You know that feeling when your life choices catch up…
About 20 percent of likely Democratic voters say they would buck the party and vote for Republican presidential candidate Donald TrumpDonald TrumpTop Florida paper: Rubio best chance to unite GOP Trump releases healthcare plan Trump hits Romney for ‘desperate’ press conference MORE in a general election, according to a new poll. The willingness of some…
Height – 2667 | Width – 3556 Photo: Associated Press Donald Trump’s Trump University may become a problem for the presidential hopeful. Fourth Bruce: Gentlemen, I’d like to introduce a chap from pommie land … who’ll be joining us this year in the philosophy department of the University of Woolamaloo. All: G’day! Fourth Bruce:…
The Americans will have to decide what sort of person they want to put in the White House ©James Ferguson What is one to make of the rise of Donald Trump? It is natural to think of comparisons with populist demagogues past and present. It is natural, too, to ask why the Republican party might…
While he otherwise exhibits many of the traits of a stand-up comedian, laying into his rivals like an insult comic at a roast, Donald Trump’s inability to tolerate heckling, or even silent protest, has made the spectacle of critics being forcibly removed from his rallies a routine feature of his campaign. On Monday, though, the preemptive removal…
Photo: Damon Winter/The New York Times; Video: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM BEACH, Fla. — Basking in the glow of his Super Tuesday primary victories, an ebullient Donald Trump made his final appearance of the day in an ornate ballroom in his oceanfront Palm Beach home and vowed that he would be “a great president…
Mike Baird, the premier of New South Wales, can’t have been prepared for this. Two months ago he was probably the most popular politician in Australia, presenting a wet Liberal surfer persona that gelled with the state’s better nature. There were travel concessions for asylum seekers. There was an earthy social media presence. Talking to…
There’s winning. And then there’s supporting a bigot. If the GOP lines up behind Trump, it doesn’t deserve to be taken seriously anymore. Political consulting and morality go together about as well as that famous fish and bicycle. Lawyers have constructed a neat paradigm obligating them to handle any and all clients, a very convenient…
Tom Pennington/Getty ImagesDonald Trump.Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama endorsed Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday. Trump announced the endorsement alongside Sessions at a massive campaign rally in Madison, Alabama. “At this time in America’s history, we need to make America great again!” Sessions exclaimed, echoing Trump’s campaign slogan. “I am pleased to endorse Donald Trump…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) had trouble on Sunday explaining his decision to endorse Donald Trump’s candidacy for president in light of his past differences with the Republican front-runner. On ABC’s “This Week,” George Stephanopoulos asked Christie question after question about his previous criticism of Trump. Whether it was Trump’s plan to get Mexico to pay…