Carl Golden

06/04/2021

While the half dozen Republican Senators who supported the creation of an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 assault on the U. S. Capitol ... Read More

Republicans Hoping to Ditch Trump Are Forgetting Something

05/19/2021

When a group of 150 Republicans and independents issued its “A Call for American Renewal” manifesto, speculation abounded that it represented the first step toward ... Read More

Liz Cheney For President?

04/28/2021

On paper, it appears to be the kind of lopsided contest that even the Vegas bookies won't take any action on - Representative Liz Cheney, ... Read More

Biden’s Supreme Court Commission is About One Thing

04/13/2021

Disregard the policy, the law school lecture language, the obfuscation and don't be misled by the bureaucratic psychobabble. President Joe Biden's executive order creation of a ... Read More

So Much For a Bipartisan Investigation into the U.S. Capitol Attack

03/23/2021

Whatever faint flicker of hope remained for the creation of a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 storming of the U. S. Capitol has been ... Read More

Pelosi Wants To Ruin Capitol Commission Before It Begins

03/02/2021

It is universally acknowledged that the 9/11 Commission is the gold standard for after event investigatory panels, an example of what can be accomplished when ... Read More

Two Members of Congress Will Dominate the Next Election

02/09/2021

Republicans are within a mere six seats of winning control of the House of Representatives, well within striking distance heading into the 2022 mid-term election. It ... Read More

The Evolution of Mitch McConnell

01/21/2021

When Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell took the floor of the chamber and, in his smooth Kentucky tone, declared that President Trump provoked the Jan. ... Read More

What’s the End Game of Trump’s Desperation?

12/23/2020

Despite having failed to prevail in any consequential legal challenge to overturn the presidential election, President Trump and his team of conspiracy theorist attorneys - ... Read More

Biden’s Call to Mask Up Good Policy and Good Politics

12/09/2020

While President-elect Joe Biden's recent suggestion that all Americans wear face masks for the first 100 days of his presidency was as much public relations ... Read More

Carl Golden

Carl Golden is a senior contributing analyst with the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He served as press secretary for New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean (1982-1990) and as communications director for New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman (1994-1997). His commentary appears on editorial pages of newspapers in New Jersey and Philadelphia as well as on news websites.

Carl Golden

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