By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist The race for 2020 is taking shape, although there are still significant unknowns, including whether Donald Trump will get a serious primary challenge. His fiercest Republican critics say, "Yes -- please, … [Read more...] about GOP primary of Trump nil
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Brown considered moderate
By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist The day has arrived in the Democratic Party when Sherrod Brown is a kind of moderate.The impeccably progressive Ohio senator who has long occupied a spot on the left flank of the Democratic caucus is declining to … [Read more...] about Brown considered moderate
Democrat’s double standard
By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist If Democrats are held to their own standards, then all three embattled state officials in the Commonwealth of Virginia should resign. Even if Gov. Ralph Northam didn't appear in blackface in an image in his … [Read more...] about Democrat’s double standard
Harris uttered a DC ‘gaffe’
By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Sen. Kamala Harris committed a most unusual gaffe at her recent CNN town hall -- not by misspeaking about one of her central policy proposals, but by describing it accurately. Asked if the "Medicare-for-all" plan … [Read more...] about Harris uttered a DC ‘gaffe’
MAGA hat was the offense
By Rich Lowry The fundamental offense of the Covington Catholic High School kids wasn't so much allegedly mobbing, mocking or getting in the face of an American Indian drummer at the Lincoln Memorial. It was wearing red Make America Great Again … [Read more...] about MAGA hat was the offense
You are not impeaching him
By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist The walls supposedly are always closing in on Donald Trump. The end is always beginning.He's going to quit. He's going to be impeached and removed. He's going to decide not to run again. Somehow … [Read more...] about You are not impeaching him
‘Green Deal’ top-down plan
By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's so-called Green New Deal makes the obligatory nod to the original New Deal, but FDR's handiwork is much too modest an antecedent. The Green New Deal calls for a top-down … [Read more...] about ‘Green Deal’ top-down plan
Trump obsession with NYSE
By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Donald Trump may watch the stock market more closely than any day trader. For a president who underlined the increasing importance of working-class whites to the GOP coalition and who trampled so much bipartisan … [Read more...] about Trump obsession with NYSE
Brits suffer political turmoil
By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Shakespeare famously wrote of the "sceptered isle" of Britain acting as a moat "against the envy of less happier lands." Lately, the less happy lands are winning in a rout. Britain is suffering a political meltdown … [Read more...] about Brits suffer political turmoil
McConnell restores order
By Rich Lowry Syndicated Columnist Mitch McConnell just did our constitutional order an enormous favor by burying the so-called Robert Mueller protection bill, hopefully never to rise again. There's been much harumphing about how … [Read more...] about McConnell restores order