Tag: Commentary

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unlike Cuba's Fidel Castro, used refugees from another country as a weapon to gain cheap political points from the Europeans, by throwing nearly one million humans on European shores in 2015, as the Turkish leader himself admitted in a statement months ago. (Kayhan Ozer/Pool Photo via AP)

How did Erdogan destroy the EU?

Rauf Baker · July 23, 2016 4:03 am

Tim Kaine's career is a symbol of how Virginia, the first Southern state to become reliably Republican at the presidential level and the only one to vote against Jimmy Carter, the home of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell (Jr. and Sr.), has become bluer in recent years. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

Tim Kaine and Virginia’s leftward turn

W. James Antle III · July 23, 2016 1:18 am

Tim Kaine is known for being warm, intelligent and serious. He has considerably more government experience than Hillary Clinton herself. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Kaine: Trump’s weakness lets Clinton make the safe choice

Timothy P. Carney, David Freddoso · July 23, 2016 12:52 am

Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka wore a simple pink sheath dress while introducing her father. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Beltway Confidential

Ivanka Trump wore a $138 dress at RNC — and you can buy it

Ashe Schow · July 22, 2016 6:23 pm

Beltway Confidential

5 most awkward pop culture references at the RNC

Joshua Axelrod · July 22, 2016 5:49 pm

Sounds to me like Trump was absolutely correct when he said Clinton "wants sanctuary cities." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Politifact rates Trump’s true statement as just ‘mostly true’

Ashe Schow · July 22, 2016 3:08 pm

Between the Monday roll call vote debate, Melania Trump's plagiarism and Ted Cruz getting booed, there was plenty of excitement. (AP Photo)

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Three ways the GOP convention exceeded expectations

Jason Russell · July 22, 2016 12:00 pm

Republicans reveled in their opposition to Hillary Clinton during the GOP convention, but that's unlikely to be enough to sustain the party. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Republican Party cannot survive on Hillary hate alone

Philip Klein · July 22, 2016 11:05 am

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Byron York: In Cleveland, the GOP’s ‘come-to-Trump moment’

Byron York · July 22, 2016 6:34 am

Disruptive. That's a good word to describe Donald Trump's presidential candidacy. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Is America ready for a disruptive president?

Michael Barone · July 22, 2016 4:29 am

The best recent apples to apples comparison is the tough situations Ronald Reagan and President Obama faced. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The country would be better off with a Republican president

Peter Morici · July 22, 2016 4:03 am

This certainly doesn't set the Fourth Amendment aflame as some have suggested. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP)

Utah v. Strieff doesn’t give cops license to kill the Fourth

Greg Glod · July 22, 2016 4:02 am