The clock is ticking on the possibility of a Donald Trump independent presidential bid. The real estate mogul previously made headlines at the first GOP debate after saying he would not necessarily support the eventual Republican nominee, leaving the door open to a third-party run.Source: Why Donald Trump May Be Running Out of Time to Rule Out Third-Party Bid...
The Sacramento County elections office published sample ballot booklets last year with a number of errors: Omitted were a statement from a Sacramento City Council candidate and a list of endorsed candidates from the Democratic Party.Source: “City clerks criticize Sacramento County elections office”...
Twitter is a service that exists almost entirely in the present. It's the world's commenting system, prompting people to share information and opinions on things happening around them and happening in the news. Which means, naturally, that there are a lot of comments that age poorly.Source: How Twitter screwed up in shutting down its political tweet archives...
Campaigns and super PACs supporting four Republican governors running for president raised at least $2.Source: “State Contractors Aid Governors’ Campaigns”...
A Democratic legal watchdog group has filed a new Federal Election Commission complaint against 11 GOP presidential candidates, the Republican National Committee and several groups in the Koch political network, saying their participation in a data-sharing arrangement violates coordination rules.Source: Democratic group accuses GOP candidates of illegally coordinating with Koch political network...
On the surface this is an interesting if not strange decision. As the Associated Press reported, it is a move to diminish the role of the state in the Republican presidential nomination process. Perhaps, but FHQ is not of the opinion that that tells the full story here.Source: Colorado Republicans Opt to Forgo Presidential Preference Vote at 2016 Caucuses...
Lobbyists get a lot of bad press for pushing the causes of corporations and other special interests on Capitol Hill, trying to game the political process behind closed doors. But could it be the real problem is that they actually don’t push those interests enough?Source: Would more lobbying improve America?...
When billionaire developer Donald Trump entered the presidential race two months ago, he drew a sharp line between other candidates — needy candidates, always trading favors for money — and himself. But politics has a hardy euphemism that comes into play here: the word evolve.Source: Donald Trump's Evolution On Campaign Fundraising...
Donald Trump and Chuck Laudner in Iowa. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; Photos: Charlie Riedel/AP, Charles Ommanney/The Washington Post via Getty Images) DUBUQUE, Iowa — The call came with no warning last December, and, at first, Chuck Laudner thought it was a joke.Source: Trump’s Iowa field general is on a ‘crazy ride.’ But he knows how to win....
ASSOCIATED PRESS A recent ruling out of New Hampshire has election-law experts wondering out loud whether the ballot selfie is the next great threat to American democracy. The ruling, by U.S.Source: Experts Can't Agree On Whether Voting-Booth Selfies Will Destroy Democracy...
