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There’s no Trumpism without Trump

Ron DeSantis bows out of the presidential race, demonstrating the folly of trying to win over Donald Trump's supporters by promising competence.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Personalities, United States 4 Comments 23 January 202426 January 2024

On to New Hampshire!

Donald Trump had a good night in Iowa, but the Republican contest is far from over.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Media, Party matters, United States 4 Comments 18 January 202422 January 2024

And so it begins

Republican voters in Iowa will tomorrow be the first to participate in this year's presidential election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 6 Comments 15 January 2024

Qualification in Colorado

The Colorado supreme court rules against Donald Trump's eligibility, but its decision is unlikely to survive on appeal.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, United States 3 Comments 22 December 2023

Big money for Haley

Nikki Haley is pushing forward as the main rival to Donald Trump for the Republican nomination, helped by the promise of funds from some of the party's biggest donors.

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Death of a realist

Henry Kissinger departs, and we are left with the consequences of his crimes and of the doctrine that made them possible.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Personalities, United States, War and peace 6 Comments 1 December 20236 March 2024

Close contests in America

Democrats have a good night in America's off-year elections, but tight contests are still very much the norm.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Referenda, United States Leave a comment 9 November 2023

Pence is out

The Republican presidential field in the US starts to contract, with Mike Pence bowing out. More will have to follow his lead if a viable non-Trump candidate is to emerge.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 30 October 202330 October 2023

Irresponsible government in America

America's Republican Party finds, as expected, that its tenuous grasp on the House of Representatives gives each of its opposing wings the power to frustrate the other.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Party matters, United States 4 Comments 24 October 202320 April 2026

Birds of a feather

Robert Kennedy Jr toys with the idea of an third-party candidacy for the presidency. Should that worry the Democrats or the Republicans?

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Charles Richardson Elections, Ideas, Party matters, Personalities, United States 1 Comment 2 October 202310 October 2023

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