Blake DowlingSeptember 17, 2022
12min0
Florida in 1984 was an exciting time to be alive.
Tag: Walter Mondale
Blake DowlingSeptember 17, 2022
Associated PressDecember 30, 2021
110min345
Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld are two of the most prominent political figures who passed away this year.
Associated PressDecember 5, 2021110min1302
Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld are two of the most prominent political figures who passed away this year.
Associated PressDecember 4, 2020
8min499
Vice Presidents tell their stories on CNN this weekend.
Darryl PaulsonDecember 7, 2017
8min687
In 1996, Al Franken wrote a book called “Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot.” I understand Limbaugh is working on his book about Franken, which he will call “Al Franken is a Big Fat Sexual Predator.” What comes around, goes around. After 20 years as a writer and cast member for Saturday Night Live, […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 26, 2016
6min186
I’m not about to be a spoilsport and say that presidential debates are overrated, but the history shows there have been very, very few since they began being held regularly 1976 that have significantly moved voters. The first debate in 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush definitely changed some things. That’s the one, you might recall, where Gore was okay on substance […]
Darryl PaulsonMay 4, 2016
8min223
As we close out the presidential nomination phase, attention is now shifting to the selection of possible running mates for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. This will be the first important decision that the candidates must make as they enter the general election phase of the campaign. Let’s examine some of the criteria that have […]
Darryl PaulsonApril 25, 2016
8min252
The national conventions are less than three months away and, as the nomination phase comes to a close, attention will gravitate toward potential vice presidential candidates. Let’s focus on the factors that have been used in selecting vice presidents. Most conventional wisdom is wrong. To begin with, most people and many presidential candidates select a […]
Darryl PaulsonApril 24, 20167min247
The national conventions are less than three months away and, as the nomination phase comes to a close, attention will gravitate toward potential vice presidential candidates. Let’s focus on the factors that have been used in selecting vice presidents. Most conventional wisdom is wrong. To begin with, most people and many presidential candidates select a […]
Darryl PaulsonApril 22, 2016
6min213
As we get closer to the national conventions, more and more Democrats are denouncing the superdelegates for undermining the will of the voters. Not surprisingly, most of the critics are Bernie Sanders supporters who see superdelegates as the primary reason he trails Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic Party nomination for president. Clinton […]