So far no presidential candidate is making much of a fuss about frontrunner Donald Trump's hosting gig on Saturday Night Live last weekend.Source: Ben Carson and Ted Cruz won't ask NBC for 'equal time' after Trump's Saturday Night Live ratings triumph...
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....
Alabama: House CD 2: Rebecca Marie "Becky" Gerritson (Republican) - added. Florida: House CD 10: Jeffrey G. Rabinowitz (Independent) - added. House CD 13: Jean-Paul Piccion (No Party Affiliation) - added.Source: The Green Papers: What's New?...
The recent off-year elections brought with them laments about poor voter turnout. The challenge is especially stark in the Los Angeles area. With 4.9 million voters, LA County is home to the largest voting jurisdiction in the U.S. But in recent elections, turnout there has hit record breaking lows.Source: Los Angeles Updates Voting Procedures To Help Curb Declining Turnout...
Filing has closed for Republican presidential candidates to file in Alabama. Three candidates for president, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, and Lindsey Graham, did not file any candidates for Delegate. However, there are no actual consequences.Source: Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, and Lindsey Graham File No Candidates for Alabama Delegate to Republican Convention...
Candidates looking for guidance on how to navigate the legally tricky waters of coordinating with super PACs didn’t get any help on Tuesday from the Federal Election Commission, the agency charged with clearing up the finer points of election law.Source: Clinton, Bush lawyers square off in FEC proxy war...
WASHINGTON -- A request to relax limits on coordination between candidates and super PACs left the Federal Election Commission divided and, at times, confused at a hearing on Tuesday.Source: FEC Deadlocks On Whether Candidates Can Coordinate With Their Own Super PACs...
