by Jim Heath | Jul 19, 2016 | Conventions, Delegates, Headlines, Republicans
Donald Trump, the billionaire reality TV host from New York City, is officially the nominee of the Republican Party. It is quite a moment for the man who just sixteen years ago was a registered independent and on the verge of running for the Reform Party nomination....
by Jim Heath | Jul 18, 2016 | Conventions, Headlines, Republicans
Melania Trump says she wrote her Republican Convention speech “with as little help as possible.” Turns out, she may have written a portion of it with help from googling a speech Michelle Obama gave at the Democratic Convention in 2008. From Melania Trump:...
by Jim Heath | Jul 18, 2016 | Conventions, Headlines
What a nasty way to begin a political convention in America’s top battleground state. After moving Ohio’s delegates from their front-and-center seats to the back wall behind the Pennsylvania delegation, Donald Trump’s campaign manager declared war on...
by Jim Heath | Jul 18, 2016 | Conventions
From my VHS archive, here are the highlights from the Opening Day session of the Republican National Convention 1996. What a difference twenty years makes in the life of a political...
by Jim Heath | Jul 17, 2016 | Book Excerpts, Conventions, Headlines
The last two Republican presidents, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, are skipping the coronation of Donald Trump this week. So are the last two GOP presidential nominees, John McCain and Mitt Romney. And, oh yeah, John Kasich, the governor of must-win Ohio,...
by Jim Heath | Jul 16, 2016 | Conventions, Headlines, Republicans
Donald Trump must win Ohio this November to reach 270 electoral votes. No Republican presidential nominee in history has won the White House without carrying Ohio. The electoral map hasn’t changed in 2016. Republicans have a narrower road to that magic number...
