In America, racial and gender progress often can be a challenge to measure. This is why we so effusively celebrate "firsts." When someone becomes the first of a given ethnicity or gender to occupy a job we've all heard of, it's shorthand for, "Look, we're breaking down barriers!"Source: What if Rubio and Cruz were Democrats?...
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...
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...
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...
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'...
With Jeb Bush‘s dismal finish in South Carolina comes his long overdue exit from the 2016 Republican primary contest for the presidency.Source: The Key Lesson from Jeb Bush’s Failed Campaign: You Still Can’t Buy Elections...
This Article has both positive and normative objectives.Source: Neutral Principles and Some Campaign Finance Problems...
It’s one of the biggest mysteries in Republican circles: Why has Sheldon Adelson ― who spent upward of $100 million during the previous presidential campaign ― suddenly stopped pouring huge sums of money into politics?Source: Sheldon Adelson and the missing $100 million...
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Monday released the first of three voter registration reports ahead of the June 7 primary election.Source: Independent Voters Will Soon Outnumber Republicans in California...
What you’ve heard is true: There is indeed an underdog presidential candidate stoking a political revolution, luring the disaffected, disenfranchised, disengaged and demoralized off the sidelines and into voting booths. Only a year ago, few took this candidate seriously.Source: Who’s leading a voter revolution? Hint: It’s not Bernie Sanders....
