Ford wasn't on the 1972 GOP ticket - he only became Vice President after Agnew's resignation. Reagan ran him close in 1976 under those exceptional (and I think unique) circumstances. Normally, the in… (View Post)

Seriously? Five and a bit years on and we're still hearing this nonsense. My recollection was people were happy to withdraw into isolation and very many were frightened, if not for their own health t… (View Post)

Hindsight is a wonderful thing as we all know. At the time, the coronavirus seemed a destructive malevolence almost outside control yet it wasn't quite like the apocolyptic tales of science fiction o… (View Post)

How often does an insurgent candidate from within the ruling party win in America? Normally, IF the VP doesn't follow the President, the White House goes to the other party. I'm struggling to think o… (View Post)

Just under a year to go, so there's time for the gap to narrow or widen. The numbers look damning for the Republicans who won the 2024 full House election 220-215 on a 2.5% lead in the vote (roughly … (View Post)