Piers Morgan: A Failure? The Aston Martin Says Not Yet
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 4th, 2014 12:08 am by HL
Piers Morgan: A Failure? The Aston Martin Says Not Yet
Toby Harnden, RealClearPolitics
LOS ANGELES – Piers Morgan is homesick. He does his best to put a positive gloss on his bruising exit from CNN, which cancelled his nightly talk show in March after three years. But he does little to dispel the sense that this is a man whose plans to conquer America have been derailed. We are breakfasting in the Beverly Wilshire hotel, in Beverly Hills, where the former Daily Mirror editor announces, in sub-estate-agent patter, that he spent 2½ years “in Warren Beatty’s old suite, with its stunning 2,000 sq ft of roof terrace… at a knock-down rate”. Before their daughter,…
No Alternative to Hope
E.J. Dionne, RealClearPolitics
WASHINGTON — President Obama has always had a thing about hope as an antidote to cynicism. The speech that made him a national figure, his keynote at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, is best known for his declaration that “there’s not a liberal America and a conservative America, there’s the United States of America.” In light of what’s happened since, you want to weep at those words. But near the end of his peroration on national unity, Obama hit upon the idea that has always been his touchstone. “Do we participate in a politics of cynicism,” he asked, “or do we participate in a…
How the Midterms Will Set the Table for 2016
Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
For Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Tuesday’s stakes are about as high as they come. If he wins his re-election fight against Democrat Mary Burke, Walker not only will earn a second term in Madison. He’ll acquire a coveted slot as a top-tier contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, if he decides to pursue it. But if Walker loses, not only will he be out of a job — his status as a serious prospect for the nation’s highest office will evaporate overnight. With Walker holding on to a slim two-percentage-point lead over Burke in the latest RealClearPolitics average…
