Ken's Comments

Is there anyone who doesn't think the Republicans will retake control of both the U.S. House and Senate this year?  Probably not - and that's the problem.    All the polls we see are generic.  They are asking questions about how people feel about the parties.  The pollsters are asking would a generic Republican defeat a generic Democrat.  Other polls are gauging people's feelings toward President Biden.  Every indication is the Republicans will win big in both Houses of Congress.  What could go wrong? Elections are not generic.  Incumbents are not easy to unseat.  Furthermore, elections involve Candidate A running against Candidate B in specific districts on specific issues.  Candidates and parties also need money to run campaigns. Republicans can be facing an uphill fight on some or all of these points. Take incumbency - in Georgia a recent poll showed Herschel Walker running only a couple of points ahead of Democrat incumbent Sena...

It's abundantly clear that the majority of the media is seeking to use the Coronavirus situation to try to create panic and despair in order to damage President Trump's chances for re-election.  When President Trump tries to promote hope and optimism, the media says it's all lies.  When Governor Cuomo says the same thing, it's all true.  I wanted to review some of the criticisms made and offer a contrary point of view on President Trump and his team's handling of the Coronavirus situation. 1. Hospitals lack personal protection equipment, like masks - In business when there is a problem that can't be fixed with a snap of your fingers you try to find an immediate solution, then a short term solution and a long term solution.  That's what the Trump team did. Immediate solutions: Recommend ways to conserve what you have and identify alternative masks (e.g. bandannas). Short term solution: get the law changed very fast to allow use of construction masks and...

" My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government." - Barack Obama in a memo to the heads of Departments and Agencies. So what happened? Professor Jason Ross Arnold of Virginia Commonwealth in an article that appeared in the Washington Post said Taken together, [the Administration's] record suggests progress toward transparency, but it arguably falls short of what Obama promised. An interesting statement as his article provided a paragraph or so in support and then offered a lengthy list of examples suggesting just the opposite.   That article can be found here.   http://tinyurl.com/qbog7sl Nevertheless, many in the media - including the liberal media - would disagree with Professor Arnold's position. The New York Times pointed out at least 20 investigations across the government that have been slowed, stymied or sometimes closed because of a long-simmering dispute between the Obama administration and its own w...