Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have a better shot at the presidency this week than he ever has before. Devon Archer's testimony has put a spike in the Biden 2024 re-election effort. It's still rolling on, but eventually that tire is going to deflate and the whole thing could end.
If it does, Democrats will still need a candidate. Gavin Newsom has been working to boost his national profile (while ignoring his actual job in California), so he is the likeliest alternative -- except for the fact that Kamala Harris, the first black female VP, may want the job.
There are also looming deadlines for qualifying for the ballot in various early primary states. Newsom can make most of these -- or Democrats can change the rules, which they obviously have done before -- but it will be a tough lift to put together a national effort.
So... Democrats may be stuck with Kennedy (or Marianne Williamson, who is not building much momentum). They don't know it yet, but that could help them, because there will still be voters that are looking for an alternative to Donald Trump -- including Republicans.
That's where the genius -- intentional or not -- of Kennedy's campaign comes in. If he does, in fact, squeak in as the Democratic nominee -- if he can get past the constant attacks and the superdelegates and the rest of it -- he will pull in crossover votes.
Kennedy's "conservative" positions, which were once common-sense views within the Democratic Party, are already attracting positive attention from the conservative media. On Thursday, for example, he is presenting a documentary about his recent trip to the border.
He wants to seal that border -- just as Trump and most of the other Republican candidates want to do. That may not attract "progressive" votes in a Democratic primary, but it could make an impact in some early primary states, and it could attract Republicans in the general.
Democrats have backed themselves into this corner by marching in lockstep with the Biden White House and its lies about Hunter and corruption etc. They are so dug into their anti-Trump media bubble that they may not realize it has burst until it's far too late.
What will that mean? Will they rally around Kennedy, on the basis of Supreme Court choices, and so forth? Maybe. Or maybe they'll have to come to terms with the policies he's brought them, even if they are now seen as "conservative" positions. It can only be for the good.
I should have noted in my message about the weekly Torah portion that this week is Shabbat Chazon, the Sabbath of Vision. We are about to mourn -- but see through that pain to something better that lies beyond, on the other side.
Wishing you the best vision -- and an incredible reality to follow. It happens!
We begin the final speech of Moses to the people of Israel before they enter the Promised Land. He relates the ups and downs of the years of wandering in the desert, before, finally, the people have the merit to enter the land itself.
This Sabbath always precedes Tisha B'Av, the Ninth of Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. It is the anniversary of the destruction of both of the Holy Temples, and a catch-all for many calamities that befell the Jewish people.
A word on Tisha B'Av. This year I am leaving for an overseas trip during the afternoon of the holiday -- in the middle of a fast day. Not idea, but there was no other choice. But my flight is in the afternoon, which is significant.
We relax some of the harsh, mournful customs of the day in the afternoon. We start to pray normally; we sit on regular chairs; we start to have hope again in the redemption that will, one day, lead us all back from exile to our home.
I'll be taking a trip to a land where an important part of ...
President Trump is in Scotland, playing golf and making big trade deals -- a major deal with the EU, in fact. Meanwhile, there is a global outcry about humanitarian aid to Palestinians (not about the Israeli hostages, mind you).
On top of that, Democrats are at their lowest polling numbers ever -- so they are trying to win control of the House by redistricting in the middle of a 10-year Census cycle. Oh, economic optimism is up, so they have a tough road.
And Tulsi Gabbard's revelations about the Russia collusion investigation make it clear that Obama's lieutenants lied to Congress. How deeply was he himself involved? The media continue to ignore the evidence, but we certainly won't.
Special guests:
Nick Gilbertson - Breitbart News White House correspondent, on EU deal
Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on Trump abroad and Russia
John Spencer - urban warfare expert, on humanitarian aid and war in Gaza
Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on the ...
