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

2020 Democrats will be on the attack. The question is who they target.

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Opinion

What the Democrats should have learned from Republicans' 2016 debates

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Opinion

Why Trump may regret picking a tariff fight with Mexico — even if he wins

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Opinion

Breaking the Supreme Court to fix it

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Opinion

Why Trump is happy to start running against Joe Biden now

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Opinion

The limits of Justin Amash's independent streak

Opinion

How unlimited congressional investigations could destroy our constitutional order

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Opinion

The dangerous precedent of Congress demanding Trump's tax returns

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Analysis

Could the crowded Democratic primary field still have room for more?

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Opinion

The Mueller War rages on

President Trump, Adam Schiff, and Jerrold Nadler.

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Feature

Everyone is going to be disappointed by the Mueller report

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Opinion

Trump's big gamble with the Homeland Security Department

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Opinion

Joe Biden has no shame

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Opinion

Why the collusion myth might destroy the Democrats in 2020

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Opinion

How Pelosi lost her impeachment groove

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Opinion

Is Nancy Pelosi's speakership over?

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Analysis

How a heartland governor could be Democrats' route to victory in 2020

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Opinion

How walking away from Kim Jong Un strengthens Trump's hand

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Opinion

Congress' feigned shock over Trump's national emergency is pretty rich

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Opinion

Amy Klobuchar's presidential campaign is doomed

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Opinion

Trump's grand occasion for score-settling

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Opinion

Why Trump's immigration compromise is a shrewd move

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Feature

Why the Catholic Church's anti-populist crusade is doomed

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Opinion

America's forever standoff

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Opinion

Why Democrats and Republicans love to fight about immigration

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Opinion

Trump's desperate hunt for a new chief of staff

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Opinion

The Democrats' 2020 field is overrun by Washington insiders

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Opinion

Mia Love's ominous warning for the GOP

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Opinion

Republicans' Arizona debacle

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Opinion

The GOP's Midwestern peril

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Opinion

Arizona's blue moment

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Opinion

Are Democrats about to blow it in Minnesota?

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Opinion

Democrats' bad bet on Beto

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Opinion

Florida's political hurricane

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Opinion

Why Democrats won't win the Senate

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in Washington

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Analysis

The Rod Rosenstein drama isn't over yet