Bill Weld

Relatively few Americans ever get to India, a real shame, since it's a truly incredible place. I set out from London in 1969 in my VW camper for my first trip.

The 3 Stooges by Nancy OhanianMark Sanford (SC), Joe Walsh (IL) and William Weld (MA) don't have anything in common except that they are Republicans who hate Trump and are "running" for the Republican nomination against him.

What Would Freud Do? by Nancy OhanianPelosi and Trump were attacking each other yesterday after his temper tantrum and walk-out from the infrastructure talks at the White House.

Not a hero, not then, not now, not ever-- just a right-wing kookTucker Carlson, Max Boot and Bill Kristol... what comes to mind? Conservative Republicans, right? Stop there. Don't over-think it. That's the answer. No, "buts" about how Boot and Kristol are anti-Trump. Glad they are, but it doesn't matter about who they are and what their advice on anything other than-- very precisely-- Trump's odiousness, means.

Yesterday, Nick Kristof offered 5 reasons why certain types among our countrymen and women might want to vote for Trump:• voters who worship at the alter of ignorance• voters who feel it's time to embrace a paragon of fraud• voters who want to be entertained by the country's leader• voters who feel extremists have a role to play just like ever

Oklahoma is arguably the reddest state in the country. LBJ beat Goldwater in 1964 but that was it. After that the state belonged to the GOP. The last Democrat to carry even one county was Gore in 2000. Both senators and all 5 House members are far right Republicans-- as is the governor. The state Senate has 40 Republicans and 8 Democrats and the state House has 71 Republicans and 28 Democrats. The state Democratic Party atrophied and died. Pollsters aren't even doing surveys of the state.

Devoid of message and vision. But plenty of feigned mirth and overreaction. Loaded with schmaltz and hype. Contrived merriment and infectious glee substituting for a determined plot and plan. The first woman, the progressive, her turn – whatever. But never a word about qualifications, record and platform. Though she does have “experience.” As Willie Sutton had banking experience, I suppose.