A Somewhat Brief Summary of the Latest Episode of “Here Comes Donny Boo Boo”

As if this presidential race wasn’t bizarre enough already, former omnipresent reality show star and real estate billionaire Donald Trump says he won’t be participating in tomorrow’s Fox News Republican debate. He insists it’s because Megyn Kelly, the hostess of … Continue reading

2016 Fox Business Republican Debate Open Thread

First GOP presidential primary debate of 2016. Fox Business Network. “Undercard” debate with Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and the now-demoted Carly Fiorina begins at 6pm Eastern, 5pm Central. Rand Paul didn’t like being demoted, so he won’t be attending. Moderators … Continue reading

The Second CNN Republican Debate Open Thread of 2015

The fifth and final Republican presidential primary of 2015 is upon us, and the roster is now at 13 candidates. Bobby Jindal has joined Rick Perry and Scott Walker on the sidelines. CNN will again broadcast the debate, as they … Continue reading

2015 Fox Business/Wall Street Journal GOP Debate Open Thread

Welcome, everyone, to another GOP debate open thread. Tonight’s debate takes place in my own hometown of Milwaukee. I sort of wish I had tried to make arrangements to be a part of the press gaggle and gotten access to … Continue reading

CNBC Republican Presidential Debate Open Thread

So there’s another Republican primary debate tonight, this time on CNBC. It will be broken up into two parts like the two previous debates were. The lowest-polling candidates will get their turn to make their appeals to voters at 6pm … Continue reading

Cynicism 2016

With Joe “BFD” Biden declaring that he won’t be running for the Democratic nomination for President, that leaves the party with Hillary Clinton as their leading contender. Bernie Sanders is slightly ahead of her (41 percent to 36 percent) in … Continue reading

Post-CNN GOP Debate Polls Arrive at Consensus That Trump’s Popularity Has Slipped

Over the last few days, several polls have been released that are pretty consistent with one another, at least with regard to the race for the Republican presidential nomination. CNN, Fox News, Quinnipiac, and Bloomberg have polled Americans on this … Continue reading

Trump’s Latest Victim: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (Updated w/ Video of Walker Press Conference)

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry was the first to fold. Now current Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker has decided to give up his political aspirations of becoming President of the United States, at least for the 2016 race. Just yesterday, … Continue reading

Polling Proves That People Participate in Polls

You might be thinking the headline to this post is rather unimaginative–a title too general to mean anything significant. You got me there. While FreedomRecon and I may cite poll numbers on this blog from time to time, polling isn’t … Continue reading