Donald Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr)Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio mostly traded barbs last Tuesday night during the GOP Debate, but they created a moment of levity when the two issued the same call to action back to back.Source: Donald Trump may be a self-starter, but he’s not self-funded...
As I watched the coverage of the coordinated terror attacks against Paris on Friday night, I thought back to what I — and the political world — was focused on just 24 hours earlier. This was it.Source: The Paris attack and the remarkable smallness of our politics...
There is a growing panic behind the scenes throughout the upper echelons of the Republican Party.Source: Is a Draft Romney movement — with running-mate Rubio — coming soon?...
If you work for the federal government, your Twitter or Facebook profile can show a photo of you hugging Ben Carson or Hillary Clinton. But you can’t share, tweet, ”like,” friend, follow, comment on or retweet anything your candidate says or does when you’re on the clock.Source: “No tweeting what you actually think about Clinton or Carson if you’re on the clock: new limits...
Less than three months before the kickoff Iowa caucuses, there is growing anxiety bordering on panic among Republican elites about the dominance and durability of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and widespread bewilderment over how to defeat them.Source: Time for GOP panic? Establishment worried Carson or Trump might win....
A deadlock by the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Public Citizen’s request that the agency close a loophole of its own making that allows federal contractors to make campaign contributions through subsidiaries means the loophole remains. The 3-3 vote came Tuesday evening.Source: “FEC Refuses to Close the ‘Chevron’ Loophole in the Ban Against Campaign Contributions From Government Contractors”...
It’s unlikely to happen, but voters could elect two different congressmen to fill John Boehner’s vacated seat in the March primary. That’s because Ohio Gov. John Kasich has chosen to conduct the primary for Boehner’s unfinished 6-month term and the two-year term on the same date.Source: “Boehner resignation leads to election oddity”...
↓ Post navigation ← “2016’s ‘Missing Voters’ Can Be Found with Automatic Voter Registration” “How the Timing of Elections Shapes Turnout, Election Outcomes, and Public Policy” → An extensive 17-page concurring statement, which begins: On JulySource: Interesting Statement from FEC Commissioner Goodman on Role of Press in Presidential Debates...
After serving eight terms in Congress, Tom Coleman got used to asking people to vote for him. This Election Day, though, Coleman camped out in front of a Virginia precinct asking for signatures on behalf of another candidate.Source: Presidential Campaigns Use Virginia Elections as Opportunity to Qualify for 2016 Primary...
