Juan Williams: Dems searching for a new message
Will Democrats win any of these special Congressional elections?Republicans won the May special election for Montana’s congressional seat even after their candidate throttled and body-slammed a...
View ArticleJuan Williams: More questions than answers on Flynn
Last week James Comey testified that while he was FBI director, he felt pressured by President Trump to drop an investigation into one man.Also last week, U.S. allies went to war to oust Islamic State...
View ArticleJuan Williams: GOP fumbles on healthcare
How times have changed on ObamaCare.A Kaiser Family Foundation poll late last month found that 49 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as ObamaCare is officially...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Trump refills the swamp
At this point, it isn’t just government ethics watchdogs who are pointing out the contrast between candidate Donald Trump’s promise to “drain the swamp,” and the charade taking place at President...
View ArticleJuan Williams: The land of free speech
Conservatives are right to skewer liberals as “snowflakes” who need to go back to their “safe spaces” when the left starts promoting codes that limit free speech.That critique is largely aimed at...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Carson right to stress responsibility
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) stirred up a big crowd in New Orleans recently by using extreme language to critique Ben Carson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).Waters, the top...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Trump's war on U.S. intelligence
Last week, President Trump said it is just blather — not a fact — that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted him to win the presidency.“So, what I keep hearing…that he would have rather had Trump...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Dems finally focus on message
According to a Gallup survey earlier this year, 44 percent of Democrats describe themselves as liberal.But 41 percent of America’s Democrats self-identify as moderates. Another 15 percent say they are...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Three elections offer clues to Trump
President Trump, with his low approval ratings, chaotic White House and healthcare failure, might as well be on the ballot in three elections before the end of the year.In Alabama, Republicans running...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Trump and the new celebrity politics
A poll released last month by Delphi Analytica found Kid Rock — yes, the rock star — leading Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D- Mich.) by four percentage points in a hypothetical 2018 Senate race. Last week, The...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Trump ought to thank Obama
Thanks, Obama!That’s the public message President Trump needs to send immediately to his predecessor to thank him for low unemployment and record stock market performance during Trump’s first seven...
View ArticleJuan Williams: McConnell and Trump headed for showdown
Steve Bannon’s battles — death matches against national security advisor H.R. McMaster and top economic advisor Gary Cohn, among others — rocked the White House until Bannon tapped out Friday.But the...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Trump's shutdown gamble
President Trump’s base among Republican voters is showing its first signs of erosion, according to opinion polls. His overall numbers are also at an historic low for a new president.But what happens if...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Trump's desperate DACA cynicism
“He’s just like he is on TV...He’s an a--hole, but he’s our a--hole.”That’s how Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), recently described President Trump to a group of young Republicans, according to the San...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Why does Trump fear GOP voters?
Last week former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley broke the Republican cone of silence by tweeting, “This can’t continue…,” as the federal budget deficit raced past $1 trillion under President Trump. Fear...
View ArticleJuan Williams: Team Trump is wrong to underestimate Sanders
Team Trump better be careful what they wish for — they just might get it.If the last round of polling is correct, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has a good chance of beating former Vice President Joe...
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