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Kelly Riddell

kriddell@washingtontimes.com

Kelly Riddell is a former columnist and commentary writer for The Washington Times.

Articles by Kelly Riddell

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign rally on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in Salem, Ore. (Danielle Peterson/Statesman-Journal via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Sanders gives fuel to Trump’s criticisms against Clinton

After winning the West Virginia Democratic primary last night, Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders said: "We have now won primaries and caucus in 19 states. Let me be as clear as I can be, we are in this campaign to win the Democratic nomination."

May 11, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finds herself in the unique position of being the party's presumptive nominee while continuing to lose primaries. (Associated Press)

Why the Washington GOP establishment loves Hillary Clinton

Steve Schmidt, the GOP strategist who ran Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, predicted last week, after businessman Donald Trump became the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee, a "substantial amount of Republican officials who have worked in Republican administrations, especially on issues of defense and national security, will endorse Hillary Clinton in the campaign."

May 9, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to recovering drug addict Chelsea Carter, right, during a campaign stop in Charleston, W.V., Tuesday, May 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Hillary Clinton’s disconnectedness

I was reading Peggy Noonan's book about Ronald Reagan's administration, "What I Saw at the Revolution," when one of her passages struck me.

May 5, 2016

N.Y. Daily News shows its true (blue) colors

After the Indiana primary win by businessman Donald Trump, the New York Daily News declared the death of the Republican Party, eulogizing it on its snarky cover. You shouldn't be so cocky, Daily News.

May 4, 2016
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, walks off the stage following a primary night campaign event, Tuesday, May 3, 2016, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Ted Cruz’s downfall

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz shocked his supporters when he decided to withdraw from the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, after taking a political drubbing by businessman Donald Trump in Indiana.

May 4, 2016
A worker for Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, removes the campaign sign from the podium following primary night campaign event in Indianapolis, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Cruz ended his presidential campaign, eliminating the biggest impediment to Donald Trump's march to the Republican nomination. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

The next steps for the Republican Party

After the Republican establishment is done mourning Donald Trump's arrival, they can have influence. They can help him marry his economic messaging with their conservative solutions.

May 4, 2016
Hundreds of May Day marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs take to the streets of Los Angeles, calling for immigrant and worker rights and decrying what they see as hateful presidential campaign rhetoric, Sunday, May 1, 2016. (David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)

The radical agitation of the Left

What was supposed to be a day of peaceful protests, where the progressive, Democratic socialists and union leaders all gathered together to demand better working conditions around the world, turned suddenly violent.

May 2, 2016