New York Times (November 9)
“What goes around comes around, and on Tuesday, karma came for President Trump and his Republican acolytes. From Washington to Maine, New Jersey to North Carolina, Trumpist ugliness was met and vanquished.” Diversity overcame division with the Democratic victories. “What welcome inclusiveness at a time when the president stews in a hate-filled bubble, appealing only to the shrinking fraction of Americans unrepulsed by his behavior.”
Tags: Democrat, Diversity, Division, Hate, Inclusiveness, Karma, Republican, Trump, Ugliness, Vanquished
Bloomberg (October 19)
Donald Trump entered the third and final debate with Hillary Clinton “far behind in the polls — further than any candidate has been able to make up with this little time before the election. And then the Republican nominee lost the debate, as he lost the previous two.”
USA Today (September 30)
“In the 34-year history of USA TODAY, the Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race…. We’ve never seen reason to alter our approach. Until now….. This year, one of the candidates—Republican nominee Donald Trump—is, by unanimous consensus of the Editorial Board, unfit for the presidency.”
Tags: Candidates, Editorial Board, Presidential race, Republican, Trump, Unfit, USA TODAY
Washington Post (August 1)
None positive, headlines focusing on Trump dominate the Opinions section: “There is something very wrong with Donald Trump;” “Is Donald Trump just plain crazy?” “By dishonoring the ultimate sacrifice, Trump has sunk to a new low;” “Dear Republican leaders: It’s not too late to dump Trump;” “The facts behind Donald Trump’s many falsehoods;” and “Will the GOP repudiate Trump’s cruelty to a fallen soldier’s family?”
Tags: Crazy, Cruelty, Dishonor, Falsehoods, GOP, New low, Opinions, Republican, Trump, Wrong
Washington Post (October 28)
Ten Republican candidates (Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, John Kasich and Rand Paul) faced off in the latest debate. They seemed “to be testing a strategy of winning by whining. Certainly, voters are discontented and even angry. But do they want a leader who campaigns by kvetching?”
Tags: Angry, Bush, Carson, Christie, Cruz, Debate, Discontented, Fiorina, Huckabee, Kasich, Paul, Republican, Rubio, Strategy, Trump, Voters, Whining
New York Times (September 27)
Big money politics is reaching new highs in the U.S. “Top-tier Republican donors will pay $1.34 million per couple for the privilege of being treated as party insiders, while the Democratic Party will charge about $1.6 million.” Make that lows. “More big money can only leave less hope for voters concerned that the richest donors are buying ever more influence over politicians, with favoritism and corruption an inevitable result.”
Tags: Big money, Corruption, Democrat, Donors, Favoritism, Influence, Insiders, Politics, Republican, U.S., Voters
Chicago Tribune (October 16)
“Raising the debt limit neither authorizes new spending nor increases our national debt by a single dime…. It simply allows us to pay the bills Congress has already racked up.” As such, the debt ceiling should be repealed. “All it does is make the markets jittery and provide an opportunity for contemptible, hypocritical grandstanding that distracts from serious negotiations about taxes and spending. At worst it crashes the economy. No president, Democrat or Republican, should ever again have to negotiate with Congress with such a threat over his or her head.”
Tags: Congress, Debt ceiling, Democrat, Economy, Markets, National debt, Negotiations, President, Republican, Spending, Taxes, U.S.
Chicago Tribune (November 8)
After two years of fighting, the score in Washington looks just the same: a Republican House and a Democratic Senate. “Guaranteed gridlock? Not necessarily.” The Tribune is hopeful status quo will actually provide the momentum to overcome the looming fiscal cliff. “With Washington’s power equation constant, this is, surprisingly, the ideal moment to take unpopular steps and rescue our government from potential doomsdays — the first of them scheduled for Jan. 1, less than eight weeks away…. This lame-duck Congress and re-elected president could give the American people a marvelous holiday present.”
Tags: Congress, Democrats, Fiscal cliff, Gridlock, Republican, Washington
Economist (October 9)
As the U.S. presidential election heats up, the media is awash in party-related statistics. The Economist reports that since 1929, “America’s stockmarket has gained more under Democratic than Republican presidents” with Democratic administrations presiding over a 460% increase in nominal share prices versus 100% for Republican administrations. In terms of cumulative returns, the results are even starker. The Democrats scored 300% versus the Republican’s 0%.
Tags: Democrat, Election, Presidents, Republican, Share prices, U.S.
