Lanny Davis Purple Nation Weekly

by Lanny Davis – 8/30/16 There are some serious people whom I respect, including some editorial writers and pundits, who have called for shutting down the Clinton Foundation if Hillary Clinton is elected president, even if Bill Clinton resigns from leadership, as he has promised to do. Their reasoning, however, is based on an entirely […]

by Lanny Davis – 8/8/16 America has great divisions, exemplified by the red states and blue states on presidential election maps. But ironically, thanks to Republican nominee Donald Trump’s willingness to insult and offend virtually everyone, there appears to be a growing chance that an unprecedented number of Republicans will decide to support Democratic nominee […]

by Lanny Davis – 8/3/16 Dear friend: I often send you my “purple nation” column about politics. But today, I am sending you a brief message urging you to read an op ed column published in today’s (August 3) New York Times. Please open the link below this introductory comment to the Times’ editorial page […]

by Lanny Davis – 7/28/16 Day Two – Democratic Convention Diary On Tuesday night, President Clinton seemed to want to accomplish two things: First, to describe the real Hillary Clinton as a human being vs. the cartoon character, created in large part by hateful partisans and repeated endlessly and uncritically by the media; and second, […]