Ralph Z. Hallow
Articles by Ralph Z. Hallow
Paul Ryan unmasks himself as biggest threat to GOP, Trump presidency
House Speaker Paul Ryan didn't just step in it again, big time, on the Ryancare bill this week. The Wisconsin Republican unmasked himself as the man most capable of demolishing his own party and the Trump presidency. Published March 23, 2017
Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy Obamacare replacement should be called ‘Abominable Care’
Congressional Republican leadership has stepped in it again -- big time. As a proposed replacement for Obamacare, the GOP leadership revealed a plan, eight years in the making, that replaces Obamacare entitlements with GOP entitlements. Call it "Abominable Care." Published March 7, 2017
How Reince Priebus led Donald Trump to victory
At noon on Friday, Reince Priebus, the longest-serving Republican National Committee chairman in history, will officially assume a far more powerful post: White House chief of staff, with 24/7 direct access to the 45th president. Published January 19, 2017
Ronna Romney McDaniel, RNC’s likely chair, drives Trump momentum
Ronna Romney McDaniel helped build the Michigan Republican Party that flipped the reliably blue state into Donald Trump's column last year, and now she hopes to work her magic nationwide as head of the Republican National Committee. Published January 17, 2017
Civil rights leader Roy Innis, who moved from liberalism to libertarianism, dies at 82
Civil rights icon Roy Innis, who for over 50 years in public life confounded stereotypes and the conventional wisdom of politics, died Sunday morning in New York City after a long illness. He was 82. Published January 8, 2017
Trump team struggles with secretary of state selection
Republicans, including early supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, are shaking their heads over the difficulty the transition team is having in coming up with a selection for the most coveted job in Washington after president: secretary of state. Published November 28, 2016
Mitt Romney wrong Trump secretary of state, foreign policy experts say
Some Donald Trump supporters are warning that naming Mitt Romney as secretary of state will antagonize much of the president-elect's base. Published November 23, 2016
Republican governors’ victories come with burdens, Trump questions
When 25 Republican governors and five Republican governors-elect showed up for their association's annual meeting last week, it should have been one of the proudest moments in the party's history. Published November 23, 2016
Reince Priebus’ just reward as Trump’s chief of staff
No president-elect in recent memory has so warmly and publicly embraced his party's national chairman as Donald Trump hugged Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in the wee hours after Tuesday's stunning election victory. Published November 13, 2016
Donald Trump must act on promises
ANALYSIS: Now that Donald Trump has pulled off the biggest upset in U.S. presidential election history, he'll have to produce on the tallest promises any president has made in recent memory. Published November 9, 2016
Evangelical vote divided on Donald Trump, possibly irreparably harming link to GOP
The possibility of a post-Nov. 8 cloud darkening American life reaches beyond the Republican schism over Donald Trump. Published November 6, 2016
Pollster John Zogby sees shades of 2012 — in reverse
"Donald Trump will win if kids and blacks stay home," veteran political pollster John Zogby told The Washington Times. Published November 6, 2016
GOP aims to flip Pennsylvania red
Pennsylvania suddenly seems winnable for Donald Trump. Published November 2, 2016
Donald Trump shuns experience in campaign advisers
Dick Cheney as vice president once told a top aide, "Don't make it hard for me to be your friend." That is just what Donald Trump's campaign has been doing: "making it hard for me and other Republicans I know to be the campaign's friend, even though we have tried and tried," a prestigious policy analyst confided on the eve of the final presidential debate last week. Published October 23, 2016
Donald Trump showed more presidential face but still made mistakes, female politicos say
At Wednesday night's final presidential debate, Hillary Clinton met the other Donald Trump, the presidential-sounding one, not the thin-skinned political neophyte that had shown up for much of the 2016 general election campaign, some female political observers said afterward. Published October 20, 2016
Donald Trump, GOP grass roots still committed
State Republican Party chairmen maintain that the media is overplaying a "civil war" in the GOP, saying that while some high-profile lawmakers in Washington are breaking from Donald Trump, the grass-roots members remain committed. Published October 11, 2016
Donald Trump, the new ‘comeback kid,’ ‘lives to fight another day’
Donald Trump is the new "comeback kid" to the shock and awe of some -- perhaps many -- of his women defenders who had reservations about his capacity to show discipline in the make-or-break debate with Hillary Clinton in St. Louis Sunday night. Published October 10, 2016
Republican women stand by Donald Trump, blast those jumping ship over ‘antique locker-room talk’
Elected female members of the Republican Party's national governing body, joined by state lawmakers and county-level party officials, are rallying to Donald Trump's side. Published October 9, 2016
Vice presidential hopefuls must boost the top of their ticket to win debate
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine's debate tasks Tuesday night are to do what's never been done before: actually help the candidate at the top of their respective party's ticket. Published October 3, 2016
Donald Trump blasted over Alicia Machado insults, defended for protecting Miss Universe brand
Beauty queens and pageant producers were scratching their heads Wednesday at the uproar over reports that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called former Miss Universe Alicia Machado "Miss Piggy" when she gained too much weight. Published September 28, 2016
