Mark Stone

“It’s the economy, stupid”. It was back in 1992 when political strategist James Carville coined a phrase that feels to me to be wholly apt again right now. It was by focusing on the state of the economy that Carville […]

The cardinal rule surely is – say what you like about the candidate but don’t be seen to insult those who chose to vote for that candidate. Hillary Clinton learned that lesson in 2016 when she dismissed Donald Trump supporters

The world’s richest man was late for his own town hall. The crowd had been queuing for several hours. The line of enthusiasm stretched out of the hotel in this county town in Pennsylvania. Lancaster, in Lancaster County, is an

America is full of contradictions. This is the story of one of them: the Arab-Americans who will vote for Donald Trump.  He’s the man who says immigrants are “poisoning the blood of the country”, who calls them “terrorists”, and who

It was a gamble for Kamala Harris to agree to this interview – Fox News is the place where no Democrat likes to go. But in an election so unbelievably close, and with less than three weeks to go, she

Barack Obama’s message to “the brothers” late last week was blunt. “I’m here to speak some truths, if you don’t mind,” the former president told a group of black voters. “My understanding based on reports I’m getting from campaigns and

I’ve spent the day driving north along Florida’s west coast from Fort Myers. The coastline from Fort Myers to Tampa and a little beyond was all part of an evacuation zone as the authorities warned of a once-in-a-generation storm and

It was always probable that Donald Trump would return to Butler; that he would want to go back to the place where he almost died. That moment exactly twelve weeks ago was more than a near-death experience. For his most

It was always probable that Donald Trump would return to Butler; that he would want to go back to the place where he almost died. That moment exactly twelve weeks ago was more than a near-death experience. For his most

The challenges are greatest in the rural parts of this western half of North Carolina. The road into Swannanoa is open now but many roads within the small town are not. Population 5,000, it is a town in pieces days