After months of dismissing Donald Trump, many pundits are now anointing him with the Republican presidential nomination. I find this premature. With Tuesday night’s win in the Nevada caucuses, Trump has only 79 of the 1,237 delegates needed.Source: Why Trump Isn't the Inevitable Nominee...
Jeb Bush did a lot of things wrong on the campaign trail. One thing he did right, though, was raise money – lots and lots of money.Source: Campaign finance activists try to explain Jeb Bush’s $130 million fail...
Former Governor Rick Perry of Texas has been cleared of charges in yet another partisan witch hunt by Democrats.Source: Another Attempt to Criminalize Politics Fails as Charges Against Rick Perry Dismissed...
No. The answer to your question is no. There is nothing President Obama or Senate Democrats or a small army of attorneys can do to force Chuck Grassley and the Republican members of the Judiciary Committee to hold hearings for an Obama nominee to the Supreme Court.Source: Democrats Should Hold Hearings for Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee...
Mormons are the most heavily Republican-leaning religious group in the U.S.Source: U.S. religious groups and their political leanings...
Harvard law professor and political activist Lawrence Lessig declared his unlikely candidacy for president, last summer, on a single-issue platform: campaign-finance reform.Source: Campaign-Finance Crusader Lawrence Lessig Thinks We Have a Lot to Learn from Donald Trump...
Should Hillary Clinton succeed in beating back the Bernie Sanders challenge, don't look for her — or any of the remaining 2016 Republican White House candidates, for that matter — to provide a coattail ride for any congressional hopefuls.Source: Dems on their own? Republicans claim Clinton coattails 'fraying'...
Marco Rubio's addition of Marc Short, a top political adviser to the Koch Brothers, to his campaign signals the start of ramped up efforts to attack front-runner Donald Trump. | AP PhotoSource: Koch brothers’ D.C. guru joins Marco Rubio team...
Establishment Republicans are reckoning with something they thought would never happen: That it might soon be too late to stop Donald Trump.Source: GOP wakes up to Trump nightmare...
Jeb Bush’s decision to drop out of the presidential race after a dismal fourth-place finish in South Carolina sped up a process that Republican elites have long been praying for: a winnowing of the field that could thwart the candidacy of Donald Trump.Source: Four Problems With the 'Winnowing' Theory of Trump's Downfall...
