Jay Buchanan
Jay Buchanan
Recent Stories
Fluff dominates media, endangers democracy
It’s a cycle of self-fulfilling prophecies that we need to break out of soon, and it’s up to the media to reset the tone of these debates to one of significance rather than fluff.
Future possible for GOP’s should-be candidate
Poor Mike Huckabee. When Mitt Romney made his attempt at a graceful exit last week from the race for the Republican presidential nomination, he handed the convention to John McCain. For all his talk of conservative principles, he refused to give the other conservative with a shot at the party’s nod — Huckabee — a chance to derail the McCain train.
Doubters should take closer look at Huckabee
I confess that amid the twists and turns of a fascinating Democratic race, I have paid little attention to the GOP’s pre-primary fun. But a week ago, that changed: I watched the Nov. 28 debate (held in my home state of Florida); glanced at the Iowa polls; and realized that Mike Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor, might actually be the next president of the United States.