Commentary

The Polls

“While it’s true that national polling doesn’t tell us much because we don’t elect a president with a national popular vote,” writes Matt Margolis of PJ Media, “it can still give us some hints about how the political winds are shifting.”

Margolis quoting Moody’s Analytics :

“They predict Biden will hold Georgia and Nevada despite polls consistently showing Trump leading in those states.”

“A modest nail-biter victory for Trump, with him winning Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and even Pennsylvania.”

And in his own view:

“I put Arizona in Trump’s column.”

“The latest poll out of Minnesota shows Biden up three points, but I maintain the belief that Minnesota is very much in play for Trump.”

“Trump’s lead in Nevada still looks very solid.”

“Pennsylvania remains toss-up territory.”

“Wisconsin appears to be trending to Trump right now.”

Just for Laughs

“I think what we have right now, what we’ve seen in New Hampshire, he is virtually the nominee of the party,” said Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez when asked about Biden’s win despite not being on the primary ballot.  When asked if he was the party’s best option, AOC said, “Yes, he is the strongest nominee the party could put forward.”

Rather sad, I’d say.

Lighthizer Writes

Unless you followed the Trump administration closely, as I did, the name Robert Lighthizer most likely won’t mean anything to you, but he should. He was confirmed to serve as the United States Trade Representative in 2017 and served until the end of Trump’s term in January 2021.

I am including this in my election report because Lighthizer is one individual who I hope Trump asks to return to his administration should he become president again.

Lately, Lighthizer frequently appears on the Fox Business Channel program Kudlow, where host Larry Kudlow, who also served in the Trump administration, seeks Lighthizer’s views on the economy and trade policy today.

He recently wrote a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, responding to a Journal piece critical of Trump’s trade policy written by Phil Gramm and Donald Boudreaux.

“(They) leave out any criticism of China or even an acknowledgement of its role in our manufacturing dilemma,” wrote Lighthizer, reminding readers that “when in Congress, (Sen.) Gramm led the charge to give China most-favored-nation trade status.

“Now he favors removing tariffs President Trump put in place to counter China’s unfair practices,” he added.

Unfamiliar with Boudreaux, I did a bit of research and found why he co-authored the piece critical of Trump.  In addition to being an author and professor, he is the co-director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at George Mason University.

Anti-business progressives now leading the Biden administration, welcome globalization and support a proposed waiver allowing countries to bypass intellectual property protections.

While Lighthizer has long been an advocate of reforming the World Trade Organization pursuing litigation against China, Katherine Tai, Biden’s trade representative, has said the United States was committed to strengthening the WTO, claiming that the Trump administration had actively worked to undermine it.

Lighthizer went on to point out that “Under Trump (pre-Covid), tens of thousands  of manufacturing jobs returned to America and the median family income rose to 6.8 percent in 2019, the highest in American history.  The middle-class got jobs and a pay raise.

You May Have Missed This

In a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, Jay McHugh of Lago Vista, Texas wrote of his decision to quit the Republican Party and declare as an Independent after listening to Trump’s victory speech in New Hampshire:

“The presumptive Republican nominee’s ranting about Nikki Haley’s dress was odd and childish.”

“Trump attacks Nikki Haley’s Dress,” was the big news on MSN.com after the New Hampshire election, but what exactly did Trump say?  

I heard his speech when he gave it, but I decided to go to the transcript because I did not hear Trump “ranting” about Haley’s dress.  After declaring victory and thanking everybody, he began to recall what he saw happening at the Haley campaign site before he came out, saying, “I have to tell you, it was very interesting because I saw “somebody ran to the stage all dressed up nicely,” as he referenced the time.  Then, he recalled, ‘Wow, she’s doing a speech like she won.’

He didn’t even mention her name.

Nearly 17 minutes into his remarks, Trump then talked about going to South Carolina, where “I think we’re going to win easily … up 50 points on a person that was governor,” adding “And when I watched her in the fancy dress that probably wasn’t so fancy, come up, I said, “What’s she doing, we won?”

Again, no mention of her name. 

No ranting, and no “attack” on her dress as MSN.com would have us believe.

May God continue to bless the United States of America.