In the realm of American politics, 2024 is blowing out all the stops for history-making events. In the last two months alone, Donald Trump was convicted on 34 counts in the so-called “hush money” case, had two of his other federal cases delayed by sympathetic judges, and then survived an assassination attempt at one of […]
Mitt Romney: woulda-coulda-shoulda-been President
Despite his significant personal and public appeal, Mitt Romney has never seemed to be in the right place at the right time to succeed in the penultimate ambition of many American politicians – Presidency of the USA. Although he enjoyed a full term (2003-2007) as the Governor of Massachusetts, he subsequently abandoned his 2007 run […]
Gavin Newsom: Just another pretty face, or America...
Every time a journalist asks Gavin Newsom whether he’ll present himself as a Presidential candidate in the current primaries/election cycle, he says that he won’t contest incumbent President Biden. Like many a politician, Newsom has evidently mastered the art of answering a question in a diplomatic way without actually slamming the door shut on any […]
Chris Christie: spoiling for a fight
Chris Christie, contender for the Presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 election cycle, is spoiling for a fight. And not just in the contest for Republican Presidential nominee. On July 13 he told Piers Morgan in an interview that he could even take Donald Trump in a real UFC-style fight, and “I’d […]