Lanny Davis Purple Nation Weekly

by Lanny Davis – 11/3/16 There are three simple facts about Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy that are not disputable — even by supporters of Donald Trump. There are undisputed facts about Trump as well — that he has used bigoted words about Mexicans, questioned the integrity of a federal judge because of his Mexican heritage, […]

by Lanny Davis – 10/29/16 The following are undisputed facts about what FBI director James Comey did on Friday afternoon in a letter to Congressional Republican leaders just less than two weeks before Election Day: 1. Comey’s letter stated, in his own words, that he did not know whether any of the newly discovered emails […]

by Lanny Davis – 10/24/16 This column is tough to write. I know that, out of context, I might be accused of wanting to pull punches on GOP nominee Donald Trump and on many of his extreme, hateful supporters. The opposite is the case. Two points about Trump and some of his most extreme supporters […]

by Lanny Davis – 10/17/16 That great sucking sound you heard after the release by WikiLeaks of excerpts of some Hillary Clinton speeches to Wall Street is the deflation of the partisan hype that preceded them. Despite all the hopeful GOP predictions, the excerpts do nothing to show that Clinton was influenced in her stand […]

by Lanny Davis – 9/29/16 The most famous game-changing debate in U.S. history is well-known: On Sept. 26, 1960, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy clearly bested the incumbent vice president, Richard Nixon, but only among those who were able to compare the two visually on TV. Among radio listeners, at least as the anecdotal evidence […]

9/12/16 This is a weekly commentary by external experts. Samsung Electronics Co. finds itself in the crisis arena after halting sales and announcing a world-wide recall of millions of its Galaxy Note 7 phones following reports from customers their batteries were exploding while they recharged their devices. The company’s stock took a hit after regulators […]

by Lanny Davis – 9/7/16 Just imagine if Hillary Clinton were in the following scenario: Picture that she caused her family foundation to make an illegal $25,000 donation to a political campaign — expressly barred by law — to the campaign of a Democratic Florida attorney general. And that the AG, who was investigating Clinton […]

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 […]