Conventional wisdom dictates that the presidential race is typically won by the candidate best able to appeal to the collective better angels of the American public, the person who can make us believe that hope and change, for example, is actually possible.Source: 2016: The ‘race to the bottom’ election...
On Sunday, the day after Antonin Scalia's death threw the political world another curveball, Fix Boss Chris Cillizza wrote that the Supreme Court vacancy would be a good thing for one man: Ted Cruz.Source: Counterpoint: How a Supreme Court vacancy could weaken both Cruz and Trump...
For months, the specter of a contested Republican convention has lingered over the crowded race for the nomination.Source: Reid: Contested Democratic convention 'would be kind of fun'...
On Monday, Donald Trump held a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he merrily repeated a woman in the crowd who called Ted Cruz a pussy. Twenty-four hours later, Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide.Source: The rise of Donald Trump is a terrifying moment in American politics...
Don’t be fooled by what might sound, at times, like complaining about a “crazy,” “scary,” “topsy-turvy” presidential campaign taking place in a “parallel universe.” Journalists are in media nirvana.Source: A brokered convention? A third-party candidate? Welcome to the media’s nirvana....
In the run-up to their big presidential campaign moments, the big media players in Iowa and New Hampshire gave voters a useful online feature, an interactive calendar that let them track where candidates were appearing in person. Down in South Carolina, it’s different.Source: Warning: The dirty tricks are about to start...
Campaign finance law was already in tatters. But according to expert Richard L. Hasen, it'll soon get even worse While there have been two national elections since the Citizens United ruling upended campaign finance law in the U.S.Source: “More corporate money in our elections”: Believe it or not, big money is about to get even more powerful...
This post was updated at 4:50 p.m. ET to reflect revised delegate counts Bernie Sanders delivered the second-biggest rout in New Hampshire Democratic primary history last night, besting Hillary Clinton by 22 percentage points.Source: How Hillary Clinton Might Actually Win In N.H., Even Though She Lost Big...
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at Bernie Sanders’s desire to banish the Citizens United decision, and the constitutional barriers in the way.Source: Constitution Check: Will a Sanders “political revolution” overthrow Citizens United?...
In the midst of her concession speech on Tuesday night, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pivoted to a seemingly impromptu aside about Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court decision allowing corporations to spend unlimited sums electioneering. “Sen.Source: Hillary’s Citizens United Criticism Makes It Sound Like She Hates Free Speech...
