The last time Stuart Spencer courted delegates at a Republican National Convention, in 1976, he kept a roll of quarters in his pocket for when he had to run to the pay phones and call in reports to President Gerald R. Ford’s campaign headquarters. This year there will be no running.Source: Potential G.O.P. Convention Fight Puts Older Hands in Sudden...
WASHINGTON — When it comes to nominating presidential candidates, it turns out the world’s foremost democracy is not so purely democratic.Source: As Campaigns Seek Delegates, Ordinary Voters Feel Sidelined...
The phenomenon of the Republican presidential frontrunner has convulsed the media class for almost a year now. Donald Trump has defied every expectation and shown himself impervious to the scientific laws of politics.Source: The Media vs. Trump story that’s been overlooked: Freedom of Speech...
(CNN)Nearly half a million California voters may be unable to participate in the state's presidential primaries on June 7 as a result of confusion in the voter registration process, a Los Angeles Times investigation has discovered.Source: Report: Up to 500K Californians may be blocked from voting...
Richard L. Hasen is Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Plutocrats United (Yale University Press 2016). The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.Source: Is Trump right about 'rigged' nomination?...
It would only take one little button. It’s November 6, 2016. The world is not in good shape.Source: How Facebook Could Tilt the 2016 Election...
In a March 8, 2016, op-ed in The Los Angeles Times, Nick Penniman and Wendell Potter argued that money raised by federal political candidates from individual donors, known as hard money, makes up the lion’s share of campaign spending, while independent expenditures by outside groups like superSource: Verbatim fact check: Is hard money a larger share of political spending than...
Republicans may be bracing for chaos in Cleveland, but there's one aspect of the party's quadrennial nominating convention that appears on track: fundraising. GOP officials said the two committees charged with raising money for the festivities are already close to meeting their goals, with $67.Source: GOP outstripping Democrats in hunt for convention cash...
Karl Rove has publicly blasted Donald Trump as “a petty man consumed by resentment and bitterness” with little gravitas and almost no chance of beating Hillary Clinton.Source: Karl Rove-backed PAC warms to Trump...
Imagine this: Donald Trump wooing delegates with rides on his gold-accoutered private jet. A wealthy Ted Cruz supporter wining and dining them at the Cleveland convention. Welcome bags stocked with expensive swag awaiting party activists in their hotel rooms, courtesy of a well-funded super PAC.Source: How far can campaigns go to win support from a Republican delegate?...
