Aug 11, 2015 – Twenty-four million people tuned in to watch the first primetime debate among 10 Republican presidential candidates. … Limbaugh said the "war on women" is a Democratic construct and is the kind of question one might expect from the "drive-by media," … questions of those candidates, especially Hillary Clinton.…

Aug 10, 2015 – Now that the first of the GOP presidential debates is history, I offer some thoughts. … Anyone with any doubts about this need only ask themselves: Who even remembers the first of the GOP presidential debates of 2012? … Everyone knows that Trump alone among the candidates has refused to rule out a run as a third party run.…

Aug 10, 2015 – For a real full-contact sport, watch a lively Republican presidential debate. … Looking over the deep and impressive bench of candidates, I found a number of big takeaways. The weakest candidate? Dr. … presidential debate.…

Aug 28, 2015 – Mexican-Americans make up most of its viewers so the network’s editorial tone essentially echoes that of the Democratic-controlled … Democratic Party." … All candidates except Ron Paul were in lockstep with Gov. Perry on the Univision boycott.…

Aug 28, 2015 – Hampshire, the 2010 electorate that ushered her into office has changed, making her re-election chances dubious, especially if Democratic … We’ll see how Democratic Gov. … As Roll Call mentioned, “he [Toomey] will likely have to convince many Democratic voters to split their ticket to vote for him.”…

Aug 28, 2015 – To many in Washington, there's little question that the 2016 presidential election should feature a dynasty rematch between the Clinton … When considering the many candidates not named Clinton or Bush, most voters figure none of them could make things any worse than the … On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seemed inevitable for a while.…

Aug 28, 2015 – WASHINGTON -- Forget all the polls in the presidential sweepstakes and wipe the slate clean for a whole new set of numbers. … Biden dealt with that question Wednesday in a CNN recording of what was to be an off-the-record conference call with the Democratic … The Quinnipiac poll "shows Joe Biden performing a little better than Hillary Clinton against the leading GOP candidates in a general…

Aug 27, 2015 – Paul picked up that impulse, and defeated the Kentucky GOP Establishment and the weakening Democratic Party to become US Senator. … Despite Paul’s accomplishments, this presidential candidate is not raising money or getting enough media spotlight. Why? … Paul is doing the exact opposite of other candidates. When they go to gathers of candidates, Paul avoids them.…

Aug 27, 2015 – WASHINGTON -- I shall pose the question once again that I posed months ago: Why is the Democratic presidential field the field of … Turn now to the Democratic field. … Clearly the Democratic Party has plenty of angry women candidates, and it is doing well with the black vote, but what about the millennials…

Aug 27, 2015 – Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidates seem more interested in attacking each other than in naming and shaming the consequential … Commentator Jeff Greenfield, writing in Politico magazine, critiques the decline of the Democratic Party, which parallels its wrong-headed…

Aug 27, 2015 – Trump is ruining the race for the serious Republican candidates and thereby helping Hillary immensely. … Over time, Trump has donated more money to Democratic candidates than Republican candidates. … These are the Boehners and the McConnells who huff and puff about President Barack Obama and his "out of control" Democratic Party,…

Aug 25, 2015 – “Black Lives Matter” has made its presence known in the 2016 presidential campaign, much to the chagrin of candidates from both political … The group has bullied three-fifths of the Democratic field: They ambushed Hillary Clinton, shut down a Bernie Sanders campaign event…

Aug 25, 2015 – parties' presidential nominations next year. … Ironically, the Republicans have a much stronger set of presidential candidates than usual to choose from this year. … This is not just the candidates' problem.…

Aug 24, 2015 – His Republican opponents, both his rivals in the presidential primary contest as well as their apologists in the media, are laboring … This line of attack, however, is disingenuous, for neither are their candidates of choice—Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina—particularly … has expanded programs for the mentally ill, fought the nursing home lobby to bring down Medicaid costs and backed Cleveland’s Democratic…

Aug 23, 2015 – Bernie Sanders or the other candidates. … campaign against well-funded Democratic opponents with a huge head start. … He's older, a two-time presidential loser, and he’s going to be challenging the Democratic Party’s legacy of putting the first female…

Aug 21, 2015 – There is also the potential for political risks right when you would be launching your presidential campaign. … She’s been through months and months of pretty much 19 candidates on both sides attacking her every day, and she thrives.” […] … Herself, not merely an investigation that ultimately finds a fall guy in Clinton’s IT team or even among her intimates, to turn Democratic…

Aug 21, 2015 – WASHINGTON - A pivotal campaign issue seems to be all but missing from the 2015-16 presidential primary race – in both parties. … Yet with few exceptions, the presidential candidates are not focusing on those issues, and neither are their parties. … Among the Democratic candidates, its the same snake oil medicine: raise taxes on the wealthy, businesses large and small, boost the…

Aug 20, 2015 – Just eight years ago we were watching candidates for the GOP and Democratic nominations for president start their first series of … Readers will recall that just a year after that 2007 presidential debate the housing, mortgage and financial industries had virtually…

Aug 20, 2015 – absolutely certain mine is not one of the email addresses that are now floating around opposition research firms looking for names of candidates … ; names of friends of candidates; names of donors to candidates; or anyone named Carlos Danger. … For those who have forgotten, Carlos Danger was the stage name of former Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner - husband of the woman…

Aug 20, 2015 – A few months ago, when the first Republican presidential contenders threw their hats into the ring, I tweeted this message a number … But the current crop of Republican candidates makes that meme much harder to maintain. United States Sens. … By contrast, what do we hear from the Democratic Party's frontrunners?…

Aug 19, 2015 – Among the candidates who received the highest net scores: former corporate CEO Carly Fiorina (+12 points), retired neurosurgeon Ben … This week's Fox poll found that she now leads Sanders among Democratic primary voters by 19 percent – 49 to 30 percent. … And a Democratic frontrunner is being investigated by the FBI for sending illegal emails. What next I wonder?…

Sep 5, 2015 – During every presidential election cycle, both Democratic and Republican talking heads trot out the same tired conventionalities that … they predictably use to promote their preferred candidates and undermine those whom they dislike. … And as I’ve shown, Trump’s detractors among his rivals in the presidential contest are hardly conservatives.…

Sep 3, 2015 – And the candidates and parties are feeling it, too. … The Republican and Democratic parties have mirror-opposite problems. … Presidential elections are messy and unpredictable, and this cycle is unpredictable on steroids.…

Sep 3, 2015 – After all, the polling they rely on shows Trump with higher negatives than many of the other candidates in the Republican race. … After two dismal showings in presidential contests both in '08 and '12 it became conventional wisdom among longtime Republican "experts … That means Republicans must not only convert some otherwise likely Democratic voters.…

Aug 29, 2015 – But so far too few candidates, clergy and business leaders have shown the courage to speak out – even as every Democratic presidential…