Carl Golden
Month after month, poll after poll, a majority of Americans express their dissatisfaction with the Biden administration over virtually every issue of concern – domestic and foreign...
With President Joe Biden's approval ratings lodged stubbornly on the minus side – some by as much as 30 percent – his re-election campaign team seems to be teetering in the verge of desperation to strike a message and drive a narrative to halt t..
The Biden campaign is floundering – directionless, unable to formulate a coherent second term vision and battered by a series of national polls that place his public standing at historic low levels for an incumbent president seeking re-election...
In nine months, Americans will select a president, choosing between two candidates despite numerous poll findings that a majority of voters prefer neither one. (Nikki Haley notwithstanding)...
Following months of wrangling over strategy, direction and messaging, President Biden’s campaign brain trust has seemingly settled on a re-election theme – if former President Trump returns to the White House, American democracy and all the inhe..
For three years, the Biden administration has engaged in denial, blame shifting and half-truths before conceding the southern border is in crisis...
Following last week's fourth – and final – 2024 presidential debate sanctioned by the Republican National Committee, increased attention has turned to the continued presence of former New Jersey Gov...
Stung by a succession of high profile polls showing President Joe Biden trailing former president Donald Trump among crucial swing state voters, the White House and its allies in Congress have scrambled to calm jittery nerves and reassure donors and..
Former vice president Mike Pence was the first domino to fall, drawing increased focus and pressure on the remaining single-digit candidates for the Republican presidential nomination to confront the harsh reality that victory will not be theirs...
As the Republican effort to select a Speaker of the House stumbles and staggers ineffectually into its third week, it has deteriorated from drama into farce...
There exists an “acute and immediate need” for a border wall in the Rio Grande Valley – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Oct...
Every presidential campaign requires a slogan – a pithy message in six words or less to convey a candidate’s vision, principles and qualifications to serve as leader of the free world...
Full Archive
- 04/22/2024 Biden is weak, but Republicans are embarrassing themselves
- 03/26/2024 Joe ‘It’s not my fault’ Biden
- 03/11/2024 The struggling Biden campaign
- 02/01/2024 The yawn-inducing election of 2024
- 01/10/2024 Biden can’t run on his record, so he’s running on Trump
- 12/27/2023 Biden gets a potential political rescue from Republicans
- 12/12/2023 Moment of truth coming for Republican presidential candidates
- 11/28/2023 Biden continues to face political headwinds
- 11/06/2023 More Republican candidates need to follow Pence’s lead
- 10/25/2023 Speaker fiasco an embarrassment for Republicans
- 10/12/2023 No one’s buying Biden’s flip-flop on Trump’s wall
- 09/27/2023 ‘Bidenomics’ is a hard sell to Americans
- 09/13/2023 It’s time for Biden to pass the baton
- 08/30/2023 Four indictments later, nothing’s changed for Trump
- 08/22/2023 How the prosecution of Trump in Georgia could backfire
- 08/09/2023 The Trump show keeps going, this time to court
- 07/26/2023 Why are Democrats even acknowledging Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
- 07/18/2023 Fox News praying Trump shows up to debate
- 07/06/2023 Bidenomics will be on the ballot
- 06/14/2023 Why did Trump take classified documents in the first place?
- 05/31/2023 Biden campaign to take a ‘Where’s Waldo?’ approach
- 05/15/2023 To defeat Biden, Republicans could look back to 1972
- 05/02/2023 Is Donald Trump’s nomination inevitable?
- 04/20/2023 DeSantis locked in a battle he can’t win
- 04/11/2023 What’s taking Biden so long?
- 03/27/2023 Trump is right where he wants to be
- 03/08/2023 ‘Defund the police’ continues to haunt Democrats
- 02/21/2023 Democrats face a Biden-Harris dilemma
- 02/07/2023 Trump is a monumental problem for Republicans
- 01/18/2023 Biden hands Trump a political gift
- 01/04/2023 Biden will have to face reality about border situation
- 12/07/2022 Trump 2024 campaign is over before it began
- 11/16/2022 Republicans face a moment of truth
- 10/17/2022 Democrats shouldn’t feel good about the midterms
- 10/03/2022 Pelosi’s time as speaker is just about over
- 09/21/2022 Immigration a top issue again ahead of the midterms
- 09/06/2022 Biden’s abrupt change on Trump attack line
- 08/24/2022 Aftermath of Mar-a-Lago search plays into Trump’s hands
- 08/11/2022 Playing right into Trump’s hands
- 07/26/2022 Time for Republicans to break from Trump
- 07/05/2022 Damaged Trump could weigh down Republicans
- 06/20/2022 January 6 public hearings aren’t changing minds
- 06/01/2022 It’s inflation, stupid
- 05/10/2022 Biden’s hyperbole is getting a bit ridiculous
- 04/20/2022 Biden’s problem isn’t his failure to communicate
- 04/11/2022 Biden and Harris present a shaky future for Democrats
- 03/28/2022 Clarence Thomas and his Virginia problem
- 03/10/2022 Trump, the insurrection, and Nixon’s pardon
- 02/24/2022 Pelosi versus the progressives
- 02/10/2022 A Civil War going on among Republicans
- 02/01/2022 Republicans biggest foe heading into the midterms? Donald Trump.
- 01/19/2022 Could Hillary Clinton really run for president again?
- 01/06/2022 Build Back Later
- 12/22/2021 CNN, Fox News, and the Unraveling of Journalism Ethics
- 12/07/2021 Republicans In Disarray
- 11/23/2021 Support For Biden Still Flailing Despite Infrastructure Success
- 11/09/2021 Democrats Still Reckoning With Election Losses
- 10/13/2021 For Republicans, It Remains the Donald Trump Show
- 09/28/2021 Joe Biden Versus the Press
- 09/14/2021 Biden Putting Jackson’s Theory of Executive Power to the Test
- 09/02/2021 Reporters Deserve Praise for Tough Coverage of Biden
- 08/25/2021 Biden’s Failed Response to the Fall of Afghanistan
- 08/05/2021 Republicans Continue Petty Political Squabbles Amid the Pandemic
- 07/15/2021 Fauci Can Defeat the Virus, But Not Conspiracy Theories
- 07/01/2021 Biden’s Crumbling Infrastructure Deal
- 06/04/2021 Mitch McConnell’s Cynical Gamble
- 05/19/2021 Republicans Hoping to Ditch Trump Are Forgetting Something
- 04/28/2021 Liz Cheney For President?
- 04/13/2021 Biden’s Supreme Court Commission is About One Thing
- 03/23/2021 So Much For a Bipartisan Investigation into the U.S. Capitol Attack
- 03/02/2021 Pelosi Wants To Ruin Capitol Commission Before It Begins
- 02/09/2021 Two Members of Congress Will Dominate the Next Election
- 01/21/2021 The Evolution of Mitch McConnell
- 12/23/2020 What’s the End Game of Trump’s Desperation?
- 12/09/2020 Biden’s Call to Mask Up Good Policy and Good Politics
- 11/24/2020 Republicans Can’t Allow Trump to Remain the Party’s Leader
- 11/10/2020 Nancy Pelosi Among the Election’s Biggest Losers
- 10/13/2020 Just Give Us An Answer, Joe!
- 09/28/2020 Biden Right To Sidestep Calls for Court Packing Scheme
- 09/08/2020 With Polls Steady, Debates Will Be Key for Trump and Biden
- 08/10/2020 Biden Would Pay a Steep Price For Skipping Debates
- 07/21/2020 Once Again, Americans Have A Less Than Stellar Choice For President
- 06/24/2020 Biden Faces A Tricky VP Choice
- 05/29/2020 Biden’s Demeaning Remarks Should Worry Democrats
- 05/12/2020 Biden Needs To Get Out Of The Basement
- 04/24/2020 Biden About To ‘Feel the Burn’ From Progressives
- 04/07/2020 Fears Grow About Biden’s Chances in a Coronavirus World
- 03/10/2020 Why Top Democrat’s Attack On The Supreme Court Matters
- 02/16/2020 Trump-Style Payback for Bernie
- 01/28/2020 Hillary Clinton: Go Away
- 01/06/2020 Impeachment Isn’t Exactly the Trial of the Century
- 12/17/2019 For Good or Bad, Pelosi Owns Trump’s Impeachment
- 11/21/2019 More for Joe Biden To Worry About
- 11/01/2019 Democrats See Trouble at the Top of Their Ticket
- 10/15/2019 Do the Democrats Need Hillary or Michelle to Enter the Race?
- 09/03/2019 The Media Should Cover Trump, Not Play His Game
- 08/16/2019 Many Democrats Remain Undeterred by Long Odds and Low Numbers
- 07/26/2019 Democrats Should’ve Been Prepared For Disappointment
- 07/09/2019 Democrats Risk Irrelevancy in Sprint to the Left
- 06/20/2019 Sarah Sanders Doesn’t Deserve the Media’s Abuse
- 05/09/2019 Biden Occupying the Least Crowded Primary Lane
- 03/13/2019 Democrats Have a Socialism Problem
- 02/12/2019 The Green New Delusion
- 01/29/2019 Out of a Large Democratic Field, Can a Woman Emerge?
- 01/09/2019 Pelosi Keeping Loud New Progressives in Line… For Now
- 12/04/2018 Bill and Hillary Clinton Just Won’t Go Away
- 11/13/2018 Acosta Flap Proves It’s Time to End White House Briefings
- 10/11/2018 Sadly, Kavanaugh Fight Night Over Yet
- 09/19/2018 Not Only is a Blue Wave Coming, Its Getting Stronger
- 08/29/2018 How Democrats Could Hurt Their Chances in November
- 08/09/2018 Trump’s War on the Press Won’t End Well
- 07/16/2018 Dems at Odds Over Trump’s Supreme Court Pick
- 06/27/2018 Civic Discourse Has Tumbled to a Shocking New Low
- 06/06/2018 Democrats Might Have Reason to Worry About November
- 05/22/2018 Robert Mueller’s Investigation Plods On
- 05/07/2018 The Stunning Hubris of Nancy Pelosi
- 04/17/2018 Don’t Get Too Cocky, Democrats
Carl Golden is a senior contributing analyst with the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He served as press secretary for New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean (1982-1990) and as communications director for New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman (1994-1997). His commentary appears on editorial pages of newspapers in New Jersey and Philadelphia as well as on news websites
Column Archive
- 04/22/2024 Biden is weak, but Republicans are embarrassing themselves
- 03/26/2024 Joe ‘It’s not my fault’ Biden
- 03/11/2024 The struggling Biden campaign
- 02/01/2024 The yawn-inducing election of 2024
- 01/10/2024 Biden can’t run on his record, so he’s running on Trump
- 12/27/2023 Biden gets a potential political rescue from Republicans
- 12/12/2023 Moment of truth coming for Republican presidential candidates
- 11/28/2023 Biden continues to face political headwinds
- 11/06/2023 More Republican candidates need to follow Pence’s lead
- 10/25/2023 Speaker fiasco an embarrassment for Republicans
- 10/12/2023 No one’s buying Biden’s flip-flop on Trump’s wall
- 09/27/2023 ‘Bidenomics’ is a hard sell to Americans
- 09/13/2023 It’s time for Biden to pass the baton
- 08/30/2023 Four indictments later, nothing’s changed for Trump
- 08/22/2023 How the prosecution of Trump in Georgia could backfire
- 08/09/2023 The Trump show keeps going, this time to court
- 07/26/2023 Why are Democrats even acknowledging Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
- 07/18/2023 Fox News praying Trump shows up to debate
- 07/06/2023 Bidenomics will be on the ballot
- 06/14/2023 Why did Trump take classified documents in the first place?