Edward Morrissey

Columnist

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.

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Opinion

Do polls show the media is missing the story on Trump?

Mitch McConnell, Steven Mnuchin, and Chuck Schumer.

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Opinion

Congress almost rises to the occasion. Almost.

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Opinion

The Tea Party case for the Trump stimulus

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Opinion

What Joe Biden still needs to prove

President Trump, Joe Biden, and Bernie Sanders.

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Opinion

Fidel Castro was the biggest Super Tuesday loser

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Opinion

CPAC feels the Bern

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Analysis

Has Trump solved his biggest 2016 campaign problem?

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Opinion

Why moderates should think twice about Klobuchar

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Opinion

Trump's State of the Union was surprisingly conventional

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Opinion

Did John Bolton actually do Trump a favor?

Sens. Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer.

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Analysis

The impeachment rules fight is another blowup in the slow destruction of Congress

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Opinion

Did Trump bet 2020 on Iran?

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Opinion

Mitch McConnell outmaneuvers the Democrats — again

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Opinion

An impartial Senate? Come on.

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Opinion

Did the inspector general vindicate Comey — or Trump for firing him?

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Opinion

Democrats' impeachment desperation

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Opinion

Same schtick, different debate

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Opinion

Why the Democrats' impeachment hearings have a politics problem

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Opinion

Will Democrats impeach their way to a 2020 loss?

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Opinion

The Democrats' impeachment process has a credibility problem

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Opinion

Conservatives need to wake up to the threat of big business

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Opinion

The utter insignificance of the Democratic debates

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Opinion

Why Senate Republicans may decide impeaching Trump is actually the safer option

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Opinion

Democrats aren't helping themselves by attacking Bill Barr

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Opinion

Will Democrats come to regret their impeachment push?

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Analysis

Can Republicans take back suburbia in 2020?

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Opinion

The looming foreign policy conflict between Trump and the GOP

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Opinion

Kamala's curious collapse

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Opinion

The mistake both sides are already making in the 2020 election

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Opinion

The Democrats' calls for impeachment are going nowhere slowly

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Opinion

How a Trump recession could cement Biden's 2020 victory

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Opinion

Is Donald Trump the smartest Republican?

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Opinion

Are Democrats running against the wrong president?

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Opinion

The Mueller testimony completely backfired on Democrats

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Opinion

Trump just did Democrats a huge favor

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Opinion

Democrats' desegregation gamble