Tom Shattuck

Off-the-Cuff Chris Christie Comes Out Swinging

Originally published February 27, 2015. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie won friends here at CPAC with good old-fashioned tough talk. “Sometimes people need to be told to sit down and shut up,” Christie huffed to interviewer Laura Ingraham, drawing a burst of applause. Christie went back to the rhetorical trough... Read more →

Poor Hillary Clinton Needs All the Holiday Cheer She Can Get

Originally published December 4, 2014. It was a speech for the ages. Hillary Clinton's rousing oratory at Georgetown University yesterday brought the packed house to their feet ...the problem? Their feet were elsewhere. In fact it was a humiliating day for Madame Secretary as many, many seats remained empty, a... Read more →