by Heather Hastie | Oct 25, 2015 | US Politics, Winners and Worries
The success of so-called “outsider” candidates has been a feature of the GOP presidential nominee race. So far, Donald Trump has won almost every poll since he entered the race. That changed this week. Until now, it was possible to put the success of...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 18, 2015 | US Politics
The Under-Card George Pataki, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, and Lindsay Graham faced off. As far as debates go, this was a pretty good one. They all got a chance to speak and make their positions clear. If George Pataki was trying to get make it out of the second...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 16, 2015 | US Politics
We haven’t had a Democratic Party debate yet, but tomorrow sees the second Republican Party one. As in the first debate, the field has had to be split into two because there are so many contenders. One candidate, former governor of Texas Rick Perry, pulled out...
by Heather Hastie | Aug 6, 2015 | Democracy, US Politics
The first debate of the 2016 Republican Presidential candidates is to occur tomorrow in Cleveland, Ohio. It’s to be jointly hosted by Facebook and Fox News in conjunction with the Ohio Republican party. It will screen at 9-11 pm EST on Fox News (1-3 pm Friday 7...
by Heather Hastie | Jul 26, 2015 | Human Rights, New Zealand, NZ Politics, US Politics, Winners and Worries
This is a new weekly feature I’m introducing – I’m hoping that I’ll keep it up and it’ll mean I’m posting something at least once a week. I’ve been pretty slack lately – just this week I’ve written half of three...