Tag: Commentary

The Philippines' president could have been grandstanding ahead of his delegation's trade talks with China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Beltway Confidential

A long-term ally signals a foreign policy pivot away from the US

Christine Guluzian · October 27, 2016 4:01 am

The emails; Hillary Clinton's two-faced and handsomely rewarded speeches to bankers; her State Department's favors for Clinton Foundation donors; all this will live on. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

There’s no Nov. 8 deadline on Clinton’s dishonesty and scandal

Washington Examiner · October 27, 2016 4:01 am

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Donald Trump’s great big, beautiful missed opportunity

Byron York · October 26, 2016 11:01 pm

The good-government aura of Obama is largely myth, and his revolving-door restrictions were toothless. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Beltway Confidential

Clinton adopts Obama’s toothless lobbyist rules

Timothy P. Carney · October 26, 2016 8:26 pm

Could a flailing Donald Trump campaign hurt down-ballot Republicans and cost them majorities in the Senate and House? (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Barone: So far, Trump not sinking down-ballot Republicans

Michael Barone · October 26, 2016 8:17 pm

Tom Wolfe Writes In the Language of Common Sense

Tws Staff · October 26, 2016 7:45 pm

The problem for these celebrities is that the media want to tie them down on issues. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Beltway Confidential

Who cares what celebrities think about politics?

Ashe Schow · October 26, 2016 7:21 pm

Trump was spending more on merchandise than on the political infrastructure necessary to defeat Clinton. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s spending on trucker hats helps illustrate why he’s losing

Philip Wegmann · October 26, 2016 6:35 pm

In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal board called the ban on cigar companies donating cigars to soldiers —œcrazy,—£ and noted that this was an attempt from the FDA to gain regulatory control of the tobacco industry. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

WSJ editorial calls out FDA cigar regulations

Ashe Schow · October 26, 2016 5:24 pm

The kids aren’t all right (for Republicans)

Kristen Soltis Anderson · October 26, 2016 4:38 pm

Hillary Clinton's campaign manager followed up by directly addressing the letter: "Regardless of her position [on trade], signing a letter feels like poking the bear with labor to me." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Where does Clinton stand on trade? Campaign manager didn’t know

Ashe Schow · October 26, 2016 3:18 pm

"A party that is too worried about its base to defend women such as Amanda Carpenter is a party that has no future," Philip Klein wrote. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans have grossly mistreated Republican women

Philip Klein · October 26, 2016 2:59 pm