Commentary By Charles Hurt

Ted Cruz Fails to Heed Own Advice, Get Out of Race He Can’t Win By Charles Hurt

What strange bedfellows and broken pretzels politics do make!

Those Words You Hear From Paul Ryan Don’t Herald the Arrival Of a Knight in Shining Armor By Charles Hurt

Here in Washington, nothing ever goes “bump” by itself. Which leads us to the question, “What is Paul Ryan up to?”

Recent ‘Conservative’ Presidents Expanded Government By Charles Hurt

In the past 28 years America has elected two presidents from the “conservative” party, the one that claims to stand for lower taxes, responsible spending and limited government. Both have been named Bush.

King of the GOP vs. King of Bureaucracy By Charles Hurt

In this brief cessation of hostilities between enemy forces on both sides of the political divide, it is a good time to take stock of where primary voters have taken the two parties.

Donald Trump Reveals Inner Statesman, Terrifies Naysayers By Charles Hurt

The race is over. Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States.

Marco Rubio Is the Tea Party Heartthrob Who Turned Establishment Shill By Charles Hurt

Like the Titanic before it, the U.S.S. Jeb! set sail with such great puffery and fanfare that the passengers on board the gilded ship sipping from champagne flutes were filled with confidence and optimism about the wondrous journey to follow. Quite bullish they were!

‘Big Tent’ Trump Forcing Party to Attack Itself By Charles Hurt

In 2012, we watched as the GOP establishment forced a flawed and flimsy candidate onto Republican voters. It was like trying to stuff a cat into a trash can.

Loyal conservative voters fought valiantly, thwarting Mitt Romney in state after state. But, in the end, they finally submitted and got behind the Olympic flip-flopper.

Trump’s Winning Streak Baffles GOP Losing Club for Losers By Charles Hurt

It is true. You simply cannot trust a politician as far as you can throw them.

Establishment seeks U.S.S. Marco Rubio to save it from Donald Trump By Charles Hurt

The Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome treatment facilities simply cannot handle the patient load. By Super Tuesday, there will be no beds left and white people wearing Brooks Brothers suits and tassel loafers will be wandering the streets of New York and D.C. with bloodshot eyes.

Another Ill-advised (But Self-serving) Kamikaze Stunt By Ted Cruz By Charles Hurt

Sen. Ted Cruz is one of those people who constantly wrestles with the Constitution — and always wins.

In his latest declaration to mount the barricades in defense of the Constitution, the Texas senator said he will “absolutely” filibuster any nominee the president puts forward to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Donald Trump Built a Juggernaut and Had the Media Pay for It By Charles Hurt

Why does the mainstream media heap such scorn and disbelief on Donald Trump over his promise to build a great wall along the border with Mexico — and make Mexico pay for it? After all, Donald Trump has built a winning presidential campaign — and made the media pay for it.

Ted Cruz Wins Iowa, But He Won’t Be the GOP Nominee for President By Charles Hurt

DES MOINES — Well, that’s settled. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will not be the 2016 Republican nominee for president.

At least not if recent history is any guide. It has been 16 years since Republican caucus-goers here have accurately picked the eventual GOP nominee for president. In other words, not once in this entire century has Iowa picked the winner for Republicans.

No Cure In Sight For Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome Sweeping Elite By Charles Hurt

Beware the latest nasty virus sweeping the East Coast, particularly the most elite citadels of New York City and Washington, D.C.

It is a fast-moving disease, highly contagious and attacks the nervous system. Early stages are inexplicable, fast eye-blinking, light palsy, stammering and overbearing snobbery. Sometimes redness of the face and shortness of breath accompany.

Mainstream Media 2 Fast 2 Furious Over 2 Corinthians By Charles Hurt

“Two Corinthians 3:17,” said Donald Trump, misstating the traditional way American Christians most commonly refer to the Apostle Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians.

You would have thought Mr. Trump had slandered a disabled minority, based on the horrified and merciless reaction from the press.

The State of the Union Obama Really Wanted to Give By Charles Hurt

Even at the end of seven good and prosperous years, a president’s final State of the Union address is a tough act. There is no one left to blame. By this point in a presidency, he owns the current state of the union.

Obama’s Gun Plan: Crocodile Tears And A ‘Crazy List’ By Charles Hurt

When all the hectoring is finished, the professorial lecturing is done, all the political posturing is over, all that is left are tears. And crocodile tears at that.

Even for those of us long tired of the false hopes and outright lies from this White House, President Obama’s crude gunplay Tuesday was pretty shocking.

With the Big Dog at her side, Hillary’s sexism charges ring hollow by Charles Hurt

He has been her meal ticket into national politics. He has been the sex predator in the White House whom she ruthlessly covered for. He has been her own personal dog in heat.

Trump’s Latest Treatise Deploys Subliminally Sinister Attack On Clinton By Charles Hurt

If you think “The Art of the Deal” was a yuuuuuuuuuuge success — and it was — just wait until Donald Trump comes out with his latest masterpiece, “The Art of the Schlong.”

In “The Art of the Deal,” the real estate mogul tutors budding young mogul wannabes on how to make deals so that they, too, can build giant glass skyscrapers emblazoned with their names in gold.

CNN turns GOP debate into aggravating, irrelevant snoozefest — as planned By Charles Hurt

Stop the madness. These debates cannot go on.

There were, literally, more candidates on stage for Tuesday night’s Republican debate than there were at a Jeb! Bush debate watching “party” in Miami.

Armed Iranian Doctor Rushes To Shooting Victims — As American As It Gets By Charles Hurt

On Dec. 2, as Islamic terrorists in combat gear strode into a San Bernardino Christmas party and began methodically executing Americans for their religious beliefs, the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces started ruminating on all the political angles and consequences.