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 NBC News-YouTube Democratic Debate Open Thread

Bill’s faithful wife Hillary. Larry David’s crazy cousin Bernie. That other white guy. Debate open thread. Live coverage starts at 8pm Eastern, 7pm Central, 6pm Mountain, 5pm Pacific, 3pm Hawai’i-Aleutian, 4am tomorrow Moscow. The debate itself begins an hour later. … 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 2015 ABC News New Hampshire Democratic Debate Open Thread

Bernie. Hillary. That other guy. Third and final Democratic debate of the year. On ABC. Live televised programming starts at 8pm Eastern Time, 7pm Central, 6pm, Mountain, 5pm Pacific, 3pm Hawaii-Aleutian, and 9am Casey (Antarctica) Time, where they live in … 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