Monica Crowley

The economy is one issue that could reelect Trump

It's the economy, stupid. In fact, when it comes to presidential elections, it's always the economy, stupid. Relative economic strength or weakness is perhaps the best gauge of whether an incumbent president is reelected or falls to a challenger promising a "change" to greener future pastures.

May 1, 2019

By hammering Trump incessantly, the left ignores the law of diminishing returns

There is one lesson from President Nixon that applies not to President Trump, but to his adversaries on the left and in the media. "Always remember," Nixon said during his 1974 farewell address, "others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself."

April 24, 2019

Bernie Sanders and the ghost of Hillary Clinton

America's socialists are having a moment. With assistance from their fellow travelers in the media, they've rebranded one of history's most cataclysmic ideologies as both "just" and hip. Like all Big Lies permitted to bubble along, this one is causing grievous damage.

April 17, 2019

In 2020, Donald Trump can expect women to vote for him in even greater numbers

President Trump's reelection effort will hinge on many elements, some of which he will be able to control (his message, strategy, first-term record) and some of which he will not be able to control (congressional investigations, an unforeseen jolt to the economy, external events). This time, his appeal will be directed both to and beyond the 63 million people who voted for him in 2016 as he seeks to expand his margins of victory.

April 10, 2019

Hyper-gratuitous and aggressive attacks on Trump may have been acts of deflection

The best defense, the saying goes, is a good offense.

April 3, 2019

The real Obama-Clinton cover-up

Where does Donald Trump go to get his presidency back?

March 27, 2019

Azerbaijan slashes its neighbors’ dependence on Russian oil and ushers in an economic boom

Upon arrival in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, the first thing you notice is the boomtown feel. Construction cranes reach high into the sky. New building is underway as far as the eye can see. The vibe is energetic, youthful, optimistic. It resembles Texas at the turn of the 20th century, albeit with iPhones, Starbucks and Uber. And instead of American wildcatters, international oil executives roam Baku. In this new Gusher Age, they know that Azerbaijan is one of the next big frontiers.

March 20, 2019

Weaponizing children for political gain

As Scripture puts it, suffer not the little children. Unless, of course, they can be weaponized for political gain.

March 6, 2019

Nixon advises Trump on North Korea

Fifty years ago, an American president prosecuted a war against North Vietnamese communist forces aided and abetted by its powerhouse ideological bedfellows, the Soviet Union and China. Today, another American president visits a reunified Vietnam where full-throated capitalism is delivering an economic miracle to a once poverty-torn communist hellscape.

February 27, 2019

How the left acclimates the public to radical change like the Green New Deal

Socialist revolutionaries are usually in a hurry. They ram through radical political, economic and social change, lest progressivism's march slows or halts completely.

February 20, 2019

Why the Virginia implosion really matters

In polite company, the saying goes, one should never discuss sex, politics, race or religion. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, all four topics are roiling the state at the same time. And what hangs in the balance are fateful turns for the major political and cultural movements of the moment.

February 13, 2019

Prospective Democratic challengers try and fail to be ‘authentic’ for 2020 election

Of the many expectations President Trump has blown to smithereens, perhaps the most basic is that a candidate has to be someone they're not in order to win over voters. Don a mask of politesse, flash endless forced smiles, go fishing, dance awkwardly on "Ellen," eat a corn dog at a state fair and pray that it all translates to "relatability" and its even more valuable cousin, "likability."

February 6, 2019

How the Democratic candidates are getting Trump wrong all over again

With dozens of potential candidates, the Democratic presidential primary race promises to be a hot mess. Given the last Republican presidential primary cycle with its endless parade of candidates, it will be refreshing to see the hot mess happening on the other side for once.

January 30, 2019

What the press war on Trump reveals

What does a president have to do to get a fair shake from the press?

January 23, 2019

How do the Democrats solve a problem like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

A funny thing happened to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, on her way to political stardom. She ran into Tall Poppy Syndrome.

January 16, 2019

How the Trump economic miracle shatters the left

The Trump economy is firing on all cylinders, which means only one thing: The left is petrified.

January 9, 2019

What Trump must do in ‘Year Three’

As President Trump enters his third year in office, significant opportunities — and challenges — await.

January 2, 2019

What the war over Obamacare is really about

Our long national nightmare is over. At least temporarily.

December 19, 2018

Why Hillary Clinton’s existential crisis still torments

The death stare gave it away. As President and Mrs. Trump greeted the Obamas and Clintons at the funeral of former President George H.W. Bush, Hillary Clinton nodded coldly to the first lady and then glared straight ahead rather than acknowledge Mr. Trump. Two things became immediately evident: 1) she's still in bitter denial about losing to him; and 2) she's back.

December 12, 2018

How Donald Trump can beat the deep-state coup

When Donald Trump glided down the golden escalator in June 2015 to announce he was running for president, little did he know that he was about to become the most hunted political figure in recent history.

December 5, 2018