by Jim Heath | Jul 21, 2016 | Conventions, Headlines
If “vote your conscience” rang a bell when Ted Cruz said it Wednesday night, it’s because you remember it from Ross Perot’s campaign signs, buttons and television ads back in the 1990’s. Perot was the Donald Trump before Trump. He was a...
by Jim Heath | Jul 20, 2016 | Conventions, Headlines
Remember when Clint Eastwood speaking to a chair was the most shocking thing that happened at a Republican Convention? Well, those days are long gone. First Wednesday night, retired NASA astronaut Eileen Collins skipped over her planned endorsement of Donald Trump...
by Jim Heath | Jul 20, 2016 | Conventions, Headlines, Republicans
It should have been his moment, and his moment alone. Indiana Governor Mike Pence accepted the 2016 Republican vice presidential nomination to a huge ovation. But he had to follow one of the most controversial convention speeches in modern history after Republican...
by Jim Heath | Jul 20, 2016 | Conventions, Headlines
The temperatures are scorching in Cleveland and it got a little hotter this afternoon when 17 protesters were arrested for burning the American flag. Police had ordered demonstrators to disperse when members of the Revolutionary Communist Party, also known as RevCom,...
by Jim Heath | Jul 20, 2016 | Conventions, Democrats, Headlines
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro broke a federal law when mixing his job and politics, and in doing so, has effectively ended his chances of being on Hillary Clinton’s ticket. Castro violated the Hatch Act when he offered this praise for...
by Jim Heath | Jul 20, 2016 | Conventions, Headlines
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence, who will speak to the GOP convention tonight, regularly condemned adultery on his radio show, asking at one point whether it had become “an antiquated sin no longer en vogue in America.” “You get this...
