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(04/20/16 2:15am)
This is likely my final column for The Daily Gamecock. For about a year, I’ve attempted to condense the nature of our political climate and convey it to you, the reader, with some objective thought and reflection. I hope it’s been at least somewhat enjoyable, or at the very least not a hindrance. With a year of this work under my belt, I think there are a few main points that are vitally important to the survival of our democratic system. I figured now is as good a time as ever to highlight them.
(04/04/16 3:07am)
This week, the 2016 primary election circus goes through Wisconsin. On Tuesday, voters from both parties will head to the polls in the Badger State with the fate of the election in their hands. The Democratic and Republican party front-runners, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, both have strong holds on their respective party’s delegate races. But in Wisconsin, Clinton and Trump trail their opponents in the polls with little time to catch up.
(03/31/16 2:35am)
Donald Trump couldn’t have found a better campaign manager for his circus than Corey Lewandowski, but he might now be a liability. On Tuesday, Lewandowski was charged with battery in Jupiter, Florida, in relation to an incident at a rally earlier this month. Trump is standing by his man, but the longer Lewandowski is forced into the spotlight, the worse it is for the Trump campaign.
(03/20/16 11:17pm)
President Obama nominated Merrick B. Garland last week to fill the seat on the Supreme Court vacated by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Republican senators have vowed to block any nominee put forward, citing a grey area between legal precedent and political tradition. Yet by nominating Garland, Obama is forcing Republican senators to fight a political battle, gambling an acceptable centrist candidate for the chance at an ultra-conservative nominee from a Republican White House in 2017.
(03/19/16 4:31pm)
After “Mini-Tuesday,” the path towards the nomination of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for their respective party candidacies seem clearer now than ever. Donald Trump carried four states on Tuesday night, winning by a fraction in Missouri and by larger margins in Illinois, North Carolina and Florida. By winning Florida, Sen. Marco Rubio’s home state, Trump essentially ended the Rubio campaign. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton carried Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Ohio, winning 371 delegates and extending her lead on Sen. Bernie Sanders.
(03/03/16 2:29am)
Super Tuesday 2016 is behind us, and it seems as if Donald Trump is well on his way to the Republican nomination. The unconventional nature of the Trump candidacy has driven this 2016 campaign to a threshold, and it may very well signal the end of a true separation between entertainment and politics. Trump’s strategy, fusing his celebrity image with strong political rhetoric akin to George Wallace, has won him at least Super Tuesday and may win him much more.
(02/25/16 4:48am)
I’ve closely followed the 2016 election season for over a year. It is my opinion that only one remaining candidate fulfills all of the experiential, ethical and political requirements of the Oval Office and has the best interests of the American people in mind. This candidate is Sen. Bernie Sanders.
(02/08/16 4:35am)
For those of you who watched the Republican debate on Saturday night, it probably started to get weird the first time you saw Dr. Ben Carson on the screen. Beginning with the candidate introductions, and throughout the rest of the night, the ABC News Republican debate was just … weird. The presentation resembled a sloppy Good Morning America episode, while the candidate rhetoric turned ugly and some politicians cracked under the pressure. There may not have been a clear winner, but the clear loser was undoubtedly Sen. Marco Rubio.
(01/28/16 3:25am)
On Tuesday, Donald Trump announced that he will not participate in Thursday's Republican debate. This means that the debate may actually have some political discourse or intelligent discussion, although that's not guaranteed. By skipping the debate, Trump makes an appeal to his voter base but leaves himself vulnerable. During a tight Iowa race, this could be the move that paves the way to a Ted Cruz victory.
(01/14/16 1:49am)
With the sixth Republican debate looming, politics is a big part of daily conversation on campus.
(11/24/15 2:15am)
Let me get this out of the way: The attacks on Paris were barbaric, horrifying and absolutely tragic in all senses of the words. As a nation, we must support France as much as we can. But to those who call for an invasion of Syria by the United States military, please look to recent history before repeating the same mistakes of the early 2000s.
(11/17/15 3:15am)
The 2016 primary race is beginning to shape up as the Clinton campaign had imagined when they began. After a few early bumps in the road, a couple strong debates have helped Hillary establish herself as the ready-for-the-presidency candidate. To this point, her main opposition had been the ghost of the Joe Biden campaign and Bernie Sanders. With Biden’s ghost dispatched, Sen. Sanders is the last point of true opposition — and he’s faltering.
(11/12/15 2:46pm)
Let me start this column by beginning it, as Marco Rubio might say.
(11/02/15 3:43am)
The Republican Party's race is their circus, not the media’s.
(09/28/15 1:03pm)
Last Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul and Donald Trump brought their campaigns through the University of South Carolina campus. If you were at both events, you saw the difference between a front-running and a struggling campaign.
(09/21/15 2:42am)
I’ve spent plenty of time talking about Donald Trump during this primary season. Who can blame me? As he’d likely say himself, he’s entertaining. As a result, I’ve given his other underqualified peer, Dr. Ben Carson, less column inches. Sunday morning, though, I watched Meet the Press.
(09/14/15 1:38am)
Friday afternoon, former Texas governor Rick Perry announced the end of his presidential bid. I feel bad for Perry; he was a qualified candidate and never seemed entirely disagreeable. But he picked a terrible year for another run — he’s too boring for 2016.
(09/07/15 11:40pm)
This past April, the “I’m Ready for Hillary” campaigners had no fear. Hillary Clinton was routinely polling as the top democratic candidate, and the nomination felt routine. Since then, it has been a long five months for the Clinton campaign.
(08/31/15 3:02am)
We are six months away from the Iowa caucus, the first battle of the 2016 presidential election. It’s been over five months since the first Republican candidate, Ted Cruz, announced his decision to run for president, and it’s been four months since I wrote a column advocating an end to the Jeb Bush candidacy. The summer of 2015 brought many changes to the campaign landscape, and reflecting upon these changes raises questions about the future.
(08/24/15 3:16am)
This past Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought his campaign rolling through South Carolina at top-speed.