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As it happens, the best hope now is not Biden’s ability to summon the better angels of our nature with a soaring speech.
To the contrary, the new president’s modest oratorical gifts – the fact that he is by modern political standards a bit boring – can be a powerful asset.
JOHN F. HARRIS
Politico
Jan. 19, 2121
The editorial in the July 4 edition of “Hometown Oneonta” [“Damn, Nation”] contained a jarring disconnect. It listed six factors helpful to citizens as they think about who should lead, but then went on to ignore them and state that both parties have failed us. I think it would be helpful to apply them one by one to see how things stand.…
The first convention I attended was for Goldwater in 1964. The national convention was contested—Goldwater had not won a majority of delegates before the convention. Same drill in 1968 in Chicago, candidate Humphrey was chosen at the convention, as Gerald Ford was in 1976 over Reagan. Not coincidentally, the winners of these messily contested conventions all went on to lose in the general election.…
For the past several years, Donald Trump has complained incessantly about his mistreatment at the hands of federal and state law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and judges. He and his minions have whined that Trump has been the subject of “witch hunts,” selective prosecutions for fabricated charges, and trivial offenses.…