Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey has been writing about politics since 2003 in his blog, Captain's Quarters, and now writes for HotAir.com. His columns have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Post, The New York Sun, the Washington Times, and other newspapers. Morrissey has a daily Internet talk show on politics and culture at Hot Air. Since 2004, Morrissey has had a weekend talk radio show in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and often fills in as a guest on Salem Radio Network's nationally-syndicated shows. He lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota with his wife, son and daughter-in-law, and his two granddaughters. Morrissey's new book, GOING RED, will be published by Crown Forum on April 5, 2016.
Latest articles by Edward Morrissey
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Why Wisconsin is a bellwether for the GOP
opinion For years, the national GOP has failed to learn the lessons of Scott Walker's Wisconsin success. Will 2016 be any different?
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Why the GOP is dangerously obsessed with outsiders
opinion Donald Trump is just the latest in a long line of misfires
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The last stand for Marco Rubio and John Kasich
opinion Today may be the most important day in the Republican presidential race
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Why Bloomberg bailing on 2016 is an enormous coup for Hillary
The Explainer Trump's potential path to the White House just go a whole lot narrower
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Obama's Guantanamo Groundhog Day
opinion Have you heard the president wants to shutter Gitmo? Of course you have.
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How Antonin Scalia became an afterthought in his own demise
opinion Both sides are to blame
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It's time for the GOP to move on from attacking Obama
opinion It doesn't matter whether they say he's incompetent or extreme. What Republicans really need is to stop talking about him altogether.
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Why you should be furious over Hillary Clinton's email scandal
opinion This is an outrage. It's time America started acting like it.
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Why conservatives must do more than denounce Donald Trump
opinion On National Review and the pitfalls of yelling "stop!"
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Why the 2016 election has devolved into an authenticity sweepstakes
opinion Whatever happened to policy?
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The State of the Union has become a parody of monarchical excess. There's a better way.
opinion Time for a Debate of the Union?
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Obama's new gun control action isn't just bad policy. It's symptomatic of his incurable weakness.
opinion Why won't the president face political reality?
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The GOP's dead end on immigration
opinion Enough with the sloganeering. It's time for real policy solutions.
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Can Ted Cruz topple Donald Trump in Tuesday's big GOP debate?
The Explainer The new frontrunner in Iowa needs to swat down a maniacal attack from The Donald
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Democrats' demagoguery on gun control
opinion Liberal proposals about gun control and the no-fly list aren't just unconstitutional. They're also a red herring.
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The GOP really might nominate Donald Trump. That would be a disaster.
opinion Make no mistake: Donald Trump would lose to Hillary Clinton
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Obama's ISIS failure
opinion The leader of the free world looks remarkably petty, self-interested, and out of his league at a moment when the West needs a display of leadership and courage
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A viewer's guide to Tuesday's GOP debate
opinion The outsiders are cruising. But it's do-or-die time for the political veterans in the GOP's presidential field.
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Stop calling them 'debates.' They're game shows.
opinion And without true reform, they threaten to submarine the GOP's strong chance of retaking the White House
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Hillary Clinton's indefensible defense of the scandal-stained VA
opinion Clinton seems to be trying to ride the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy for one too many victory laps around the track after the Benghazi hearings
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Hillary, Hillary, Hillary: Why the first Democratic debate will be all Clinton, all the time
opinion Really, what else is there to talk about?
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What would the 2016 race look like without Donald Trump?
opinion Less huge. But much better!
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The government still hasn't learned the most obvious lesson of 9/11
opinion 14 years and two bureaucracies later, the TSA still can't "connect the dots"
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What happened to Scott Walker?
opinion He should be shining. Instead, he's floundering.
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