 Views & Opinions |
Views & Opinions |
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A presidential running mate, like a doctor, has an overriding obligation, writes Emmy Award-winning writer Bernard Goldberg. "To do no harm." "So far it doesn't look like Vance has passed that test." |
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A lot of Vance's past comments have come back to haunt him, including his remark that America is run by "childless cat ladies" who are miserable with their lives and want to make the rest of the country miserable too – which sounds like a line from a "Saturday Night Live" sketch, says Goldberg. Then there are Vance's comments on abortion (which he opposes even in cases of rape or incest), the 2020 election (which he insists was stolen from Trump) and Trump (whom he once compared to Hitler). "Donald Trump must be wondering if Vance is hurting him with independent women voters who will have a big say in who wins the election — or with anyone else not already in the MAGA camp, for that matter." So, will Trump replace Vance with another running mate? Probably not, says Goldberg. Trump has never been able to admit when he's wrong. Then again, Trump does have a history of ditching one-time allies when they no longer serve his purpose. Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, Aug. 2. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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Op-eds exploring key issues affecting the U.S. and world: |
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By Larry Hogan, former governor of Maryland |
Every election cycle, partisans on both sides of the aisle tell the American people that the only answer is just to vote straight party line regardless of the character and experience of the candidates. And every election cycle, our politics becomes even more divisive and dysfunctional as a result. |
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By Ron Currie, Jr., novelist and screenwriter |
Vance told well-educated, well-off progressives a comforting tale about how the people he came from were ignorant, bigoted and largely responsible for their own grim lot in life, painting a portrait of an entire subculture too dumb and shiftless to vote in its own interests. |
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By Donna Brazile, Democratic strategist |
Trump's disgraceful behavior at the conference looks like a preview of the old worn-out 20th-century political playbook filled with outdated racist and sexist rants that he believes will give him the advantage in a close presidential contest. |
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By Joseph Stiglitz, economist and professor |
The greatest risk to our economy is political, with the two parties presenting two different visions for what makes for a successful economy. One party doesn't understand how a 21st-century economy functions and wants to return to a bygone world and undertake policies that would not reverse time but would undo the progress we've made and create a more dysfunctional system. |
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