HOUSE COMMITTEE’S RIGHT-WING ZEALOTS TRANSFORM IMAGE OF UNTRUSTWORTHY CANDIDATE INTO SYMPATHETIC VICTIM Debates fail to push candidates to explain how they intend to work with Congress to achieve national objectives ARE MITT ROMNEY AND JOE BIDEN WAITING IN HOPES OF A DRAFT AT DEADLOCKED GOP AND DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS? A field day for whistle-blower Nader? […]

TOO MUCH AIR TIME GIVEN TO THE FRONTRUNNERS, WHILE SHAFTING WEBB, O’MALLEY & CHAFEE Give Trump a barstool or highchair if he can’t stand 2 hours to debate IS IT REALISTIC FOR UNIV. OF MD. TO TRY TO BECOME A BIG-TIME COLLEGE FOOTBALL POWER?   By David Maril   While wondering if former Gov. Martin […]

  THE VICE PRESIDENT’S BEST STRATEGY: BIDE HIS TIME, STAY OUT OF THE RACE, AND HOPE FOR A DRAFT-JOE MOVEMENT BETWEEN NOW AND THE CONVENTION Why isn’t mandatory attendance required of U.S. Senators and Congresspersons? And why isn’t their pay reduced when they take too many days off work? ORIOLE FANS ARE BEING SHORTCHANGED   […]

  MIKE PRESTON’S GUTSY COMMENTARY IS HONEST AND STRAIGHTFORWARD WITHOUT PLAYING FAVORITES No loud talking in the ‘quiet car’! PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TRYING TO LOOK CASUAL, USUALLY LOOK PHONY   By David Maril   While wondering if NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell fumbles and drops the trophy when he has to make the presentation to the undefeated […]

  BOEHNER JOINS RAWLINGS-BLAKE IN WALKING AWAY FROM THE NEGATIVE STACK-MODE FRAY AS GOP FIELD GROWS MORE UNPRESIDENTIAL Hillary Clinton’s warmed-over stale candidacy gives boost to Vice President Joe Biden’s increasingly likely run for the top spot DOES ANYONE LOOK ‘PRESIDENTIAL’?   By David Maril   While wondering what the decibel level will be from […]