THINKERS

The Republican vice-presidential candidate’s return to the fold may not be permanent if Trump doesn’t recognise how much the party — and Trump — need him on board

As a preview of the presidential debates, the forum has been disturbing, at least when it comes to holding the Republican and Democratic hopefuls’ feet to the fire

The chasm between what Trump thinks he knows and what he actually knows is so gaping that he ends up being against you even when he’s for you

If the Democrat front-runner’s arrival at this point had not been gradual, we’d have to pinch ourselves to believe we weren’t watching a made-for-TV-movie

Rubio made Trump look like a huckster who fleeces the little guy to make a buck

For Jeb, the presidential candidate who was supposed to run away with the nomination, his brother is a one-man WMD

With America being disrupted in so many ways, it’s high time America’s broken politics be disrupted

There is a school of thought that holds that the crowds turn out to see the celebrity tycoon, but they may not be as eager to trudge to a dreary voting site

Neither candidate has lit up their party’s activists, though this is less of a worry for Hillary than it is for Jeb, who finds himself in a tough fight for the nomination

He will have to choose very soon who he loves most

Presidents are always having to put on a happy face and bounce back, but his remaining two years in White House can be a gift to all