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Since authoring my blog piece, “Watching the Deterioration of Our Military on President Biden’s Watch,” October 27, 2022, sadly, my concern for the lives of our service men and women has worsened, while our readiness is highly questionable.
While several military items have landed on my stack of stuff, it was this week’s Wall Street Journal story, “President Weighs Joint Chiefs of Staff Pick,” that triggered my decision to do a follow up.… read more
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Some Lingering Reactions to Trump Decision
In my three-part blog, in which I positioned the future of the Republican Party, and in my subsequent post with reactions to former President Trump’s decision to again run for the presidency, I included a number of quotes by fellow bloggers and the media citing displeasure with him.… read more
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(Parts 1 and 2 were published November 14 and 15)
The Voters
In my brief post-election blog, I said “the people have spoken.” Since then, I have been doing some thinking about those people. Who were they and what were they thinking? I gave you the numbers in Part 1.… read more
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(Part 1 was published yesterday)
The Trump Effect
There is no doubt that former President Trump lost much of his following with his choices of midterm candidates, who failed to win, like Oz and Mastriano in Pennsylvania, Dixon in Michigan, Bolduc in New Hampshire and Blake in Arizona. And the jury is still out on Walker in Georgia.… read more
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Regular readers know that I went out on a limb with my predictions in the midterms. Not since my “Kasich for President” post on May 30, 2015 was I so wrong. Crow is hard to swallow.
Today, the full results of candidates for the House are still not in, and we are awaiting a runoff between Senate candidates Walker and Warnock in Georgia on December 6, 2022, but the rumbling over former President Trump’s expected decision for 2024 already looms large, along with the future of the Republican Party.… read more
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Yes, I know, I said I was going to take a break and lick my wounds after going out on a limb with my optimistic outlook for the GOP on November 8, but I sensed that a number of Republican voters believe our future is grim on the political front. … read more
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Don’t you just love it? Seeing the Democrats scramble in the final days leading up to the midterms. They call in losers Obama and Clinton to continue their strategy of insulting anyone who doesn’t agree with their failed policies – Republicans, Independents and even some Democrats – foolishly continuing to spout the threat a Republican victory will impose on our democracy.… read more
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As an Arizona voter, I have been following the Republican Blake Masters’ challenge of Senate incumbent Mark Kelly.
Following their debate last Thursday, two internet headlines provided some hope:
“Blake Masters Decimates Mark Kelly at Debate” – Red State
“GOP’s Blake Masters Smokes Democrat Mark Kelly” – Breitbart
It was a bit disheartening, however, when Fox interviewed a woman who says she plans to vote Democrat. … read more
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FBI Agents are Speaking Out
When I recently wrote, “one wonders if there is an agent out there willing to speak out about the raid and the effort, in general, to keep Trump from seeking office again,” I had little faith that would happen.
But it is happening. Ohio Republican Rep.… read more