Commentary

The election is behind us, the results have been certified, and it seems as though President-Elect Trump is already president judging from the flurry of activity at Mar-a-Lago.

Priority caregiver responsibilities have kept me from providing timely commentary on the political scene, but God willing, I hope to be able to ease back to the keyboard periodically,

A couple weeks ago I made a note of Trump’s appearance at America Fest, Turning Point’s annual convention, during which he pointed to Karrin Taylor Robson in the crowd and said, “Karrin, are you running for governor?  I think so, Karrin.  Because if you do, you’re going to have my support.”

Phil Boas, the only conservative columnist at the Arizona Republic, saw the endorsement as “one of the biggest prizes in modern Republican politics, no matter what transpires from now through November 2026.”

He points out that Taylor Robson and her husband hosted a fundraiser for Chris Christi over a year ago, but don’t think for a moment Trump wasn’t aware of that.  In addition to his vice-presidential mate, J.D. Vance, several Trump nominees for cabinet positions – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard – have all said unkind things about Trump in the past. It squashes the left’s belief that Trump holds grudges.

Long seen as an establishment figure, Taylor Robson has recently accepted the reality that Trump has reshaped the Republican Party.

A number of Democrats have been mentioned as potential candidate for governor, but Trump’s in it for his candidate to win.

Meanwhile, Kari Lake, an avid supporter of Trump, who defeated Taylor Robson in the 2022 primary for governor, has accepted a position to head Voice of America, a government-funded international news outlet, and has indicated she doesn’t want to run again.

That smooth transition, President Biden promised is anything but.  Knowing Trump’s plan to continue building the border wall, he tried to sell off the materials at a loss.  That was stopped, thankfully. 

Knowing Trump’s plan to “drill baby drill,” he issued an order to prohibit offshore drilling along both coasts and the Gulf of Mexico.  Trump will now have to deal with that before he returns us to energy independence.

Biden also continues to provide funding for Green New Deal expenditures for electric vehicles and charging stations, knowing that Trump will have something to say about the future of EVs.

On the other hand, Rasmussen Reports that 54 percent of likely voters approve of the way Trump is handling his transition.

Did you hear about Biden’s response to Susan Page, USA Today’s Washington Bureau Chief’s question whether he could have won in November? 

“It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes,” he said. But he expressed no confidence when asked whether he had the vigor to serve another four years in office, saying “I don’t know.”  He knows.  We all know.  We are not deaf and blind.

How about this?  Pennsylvania’s Democrat Sen. John Fetterman has turned out to be a surprise after his shaky start in the senate.  Appearing on Fox News with Bret Baier, he pushed back on Maryland’s Democrat Jamie Raskin’s position on migrant detaining.

“For me it’s really common sense. Commenting on the hundreds of thousands of migrants here illegally that have been convicted of crimes, he said, “Who wants to allow them to remain in our nation.  There’s 47 of us in the Senate and if we can’t pull up with seven votes, if we can’t get at least seven out of 47, if we can’t then that a reason why we lost.”

AND FINALLY … While one media figure after another has come forward to recognize how they worked together to cover up Biden’s progressing cognitive decline, referring to it as the most under-reported” story of 2024, I agree with fellow blogger Fracis Menton, writing in the Manhattan Contrarian, who wrote, “the biggest under-reported story of the Biden presidency was the president’s corruption.”
 

May God continue to bless the United States of America.