Carl Golden

Republicans Can’t Allow Trump to Remain the Party’s Leader

11/24/2020

In politics, conventional wisdom embodies a narrative created by like-minded individuals who promote it relentlessly until it achieves credibility and acceptance by a broader audience. It ... Read More

Nancy Pelosi Among the Election’s Biggest Losers

11/10/2020

Despite an Election Day disaster - at least six House seats lost and potentially up to a dozen when all the votes are tabulated - ... Read More

Just Give Us An Answer, Joe!

10/13/2020

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's stubborn, self-defeating refusal to venture an opinion on suggestions to increase the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices is a ... Read More

Biden Right To Sidestep Calls for Court Packing Scheme

09/28/2020

It took a few days, but cooler and infinitely wiser heads among Democratic Party leaders - including presidential candidate Joe Biden - distanced themselves from ... Read More

With Polls Steady, Debates Will Be Key for Trump and Biden

09/08/2020

Joe Biden's seven point national average lead over President Trump is holding fairly steady. But with his margins in several key battleground states - Florida, ... Read More

Biden Would Pay a Steep Price For Skipping Debates

08/10/2020

If the trial balloon floated by Democrats gains altitude and Joe Biden withdraws from participation in the three scheduled presidential debates, it will surely go ... Read More

Once Again, Americans Have A Less Than Stellar Choice For President

07/21/2020

When the Iran-Iraq war broke out in 1980, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger opined on the hostilities this way: "It's a pity they can't ... Read More

Biden Faces A Tricky VP Choice

06/24/2020

While Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden remains semi-cloistered in the bunker/basement/television studio of his Wilmington, Del., home, the vice presidential selection process plods on. Biden's ... Read More

Biden’s Demeaning Remarks Should Worry Democrats

05/29/2020

Not since Hillary Clinton described supporters of then-candidate Donald Trump as "a basket of deplorables" has a public official or candidate uttered such an insensitive, ... Read More

Biden Needs To Get Out Of The Basement

05/12/2020

He's stuck in the basement of his home in Wilmington, Del., unable to engage in traditional campaigning, soak up the cheers of raucous rally crowds ... 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

Carl Golden

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