Agree. Like Reagan, he's likeable, with a nice line in self-deprecation. And pretty smart, and motivated, judging by his career. (View Post)

Why do you say Ford was "also a disaster"? He lost only very narrowly to Carter, despite inheriting the crashed Nixon presidency, and is generally held to have acted responsibly while in of… (View Post)

For me one of the lessons is the importance of political party governance and ensuring that unfit candidates are not selected. The tragedy is that Trump managed to gate-crash the Republican Party and… (View Post)

The irony of the electoral cycle is that of the last five Republican presidential candidates, Dole, McCain and Romney lost. All three would have made decent chief executives. And W and Trump were ele… (View Post)

The popularity of Indy is predicated on a belief that Scotland will be better off, or at least not worse off, on departure from UK. Polling indicates that pro-Indy supporters believe this. If/when it… (View Post)