Block that metaphor
Cutting loose a hot potato.
Scabs and banjos
Chris Matthews, speaking of Donald Trump on Meet the Press today : “He knows he can find the issues that rip the scab off this cultural divide, and he plays it like a banjo.”
Analogy
Similes, metaphors, analogies: from xkcd
Political tropes of the day
The campaign aides cited in this New York Times article do just fine. But watch the reporter overreach: One aide wearily compared the cam...