by Heather Hastie | Jul 18, 2016 | US Politics
In the press conference to announce his running mate for the 2016 US presidential election, Donald Trump spoke for 28 minutes, much of which was rambling about irrelevancies and resembled one of his rallies, before finally naming Mike Pence, governor or Indiana, and...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 30, 2016 | US Politics
Note: I had a two hour power cut about half-way through this debate, and I won’t have time to finish this tomorrow morning, so this report only covers the first hour of the debate. Main Debate (See here for my take on the Undercard Debate.) The main debate was...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 15, 2016 | US Politics
The Undercard Debate (6pm ET, Noon Friday NZT) Held in North Charleston, South Carolina, this debate was moderated by Fox New Business anchors Trish Regan and Sandra Smith. It was supposed to feature Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, and Rick Santorum. Then...
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 | 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...