Jan 7, 2014 – Which of course brings me to the presidential nomination process. … Neither John McCain in 2008 nor Mitt Romney in 2012 benefitted from the fiascos, and we forget how terribly the 2008 Democratic nomination … much more difficult task, but he and his team are wrestling with that too, and there is a very good argument that serious GOP candidates…

Jan 7, 2014 – puzzler in that she's habitually dishonest, nasty, annoying, and generally unlikable; yet she's risen to become the Chair of the Democratic … Defining quote: "...Democratic candidates will be able to run on ObamaCare as an advantage leading into the 2014 election!" … screwed half of Arkansas behind her back, leveraged people's pity for her into a Senate seat in New York and then turned a failed presidential…

Jan 6, 2014 – more seats in the Senate than Republicans, but six of those seats are in red states - states won by Mitt Romney in the 2012 Presidential … (read, Christine "I am not a Witch" O'Donnell) or qualified candidates who say untenable things (remember Todd "Legitimate Rape" Aiken … This will not make many Democrats up for re-election in red states beg for a Presidential appearance.…

Jan 17, 2014 – WASHINGTON - We're getting closer to the 2015-16 presidential election cycle, and for many White House aspirants, it's already … The talk among Republicans, especially in the nation's capital, is about the early leaders in the GOP's presidential sweepstakes and … "Christie knows how to exploit power," says state Democratic Sen. Ronald Rice.…

Jan 16, 2014 – The Iowa caucus is two years away, and if past cycles are any indication, candidates typically launch their campaigns more than six … That means 2014 is the year when would-be candidates start securing big donors and laying the groundwork in early-voting states. … But what about more establishment presidential hopefuls like Chris Christie and Jeb Bush? Will they attend?…

Jan 30, 2014 – I touched on this phenomenon tangentially in my piece from yesterday: Hillary Clinton is the hands-down favorite to win the Democratic … morning drives that point home: Clinton trounces her potential primary rivals with 73 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning … Although Clinton’s favorability rating has fallen since she stepped down as secretary of state a year ago, she has broad Democratic…

Jan 28, 2014 – And vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's budget deal with Democratic Sen. … Martin O'Malley has raised taxes in Maryland -- maybe not a problem in a Democratic primary -- and has seen his Obamacare health exchange … But both Republicans and Democrats have a problem if they want to be serious candidates in the 2016 cycle.…

Jan 26, 2014 – John Edwards' presidential campaign got from so many receptionists, paralegals and other low-level staffers at plaintiff's law firms … The $2,000 donors include many employees who had not given to candidates or even voted in the past, and others who are listed on the … If straw donors had been reported contributing $20,000 to a Congressional Democrat’s campaign, would this Democratic administration…

Jan 22, 2014 – Here in Colorado, supposedly moderate Democratic Gov. … Pueblo Democrat Angela Giron lost in her Obama-loving Democratic Senate District 3 by a whopping 12 points. … Once a hot 2016 Democratic presidential prospect, Hickenlooper's approval ratings have plunged.…

Feb 6, 2014 – That’s to say, the progressive super Pac Priorities USA Action won’t be supporting any Democratic candidates this … Buzzfeed’s Ruby Cramer has the exclusive: The Democratic Party’s biggest super PAC, recently retooled … candidates.…

Feb 2, 2014 – “I felt bad for Dorothy, but it was a million bucks for the Democratic Party,” he wrote. … “The center of power in the Democratic Party in terms of money really has moved to Katzenberg,” a top Democratic strategist recently … Rumors swirled in November that Priorities was looking to pick up some of the top Democratic political talent in Washington.…

Feb 2, 2014 – As the Democratic Party's candidate, the board is naturally tilted in Smith's favor. … By the way, Obama spent $1.5 billion on his two presidential candidacies, all but killing public campaign finance. … Oh, and don’t worry about our candidates.…

Feb 1, 2014 – Chris Christie's potential presidential campaign for the February issue of Townhall Magazine. … In a presidential context the truculent governor’s aggression against critics could rub some people the wrong way. … The question is whether he’s disciplined enough to be a successful presidential candidate,” Wehner says.…

Feb 18, 2014 – then-First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton, who, of course, is now widely considered the odds-on favorite to win the Democratic … course, that Hillary critics are guilty of the very grave sin of sexism, when criticizing the former first lady and putative Democratic … She goes on to outline a plan whereby Hillary can escape the emerging unpleasantness, and continue with her presidential prospects…

Feb 17, 2014 – presidential nomination ever. … The next presidential election is not going to be “Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden.” … The 2016 presidential election has transformational potential because the world, almost unnoticed, has transformed.…

Feb 13, 2014 – Federal campaign finance records show that over the past decade, Johnson has contributed more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates … During the 2008 presidential campaign, Johnson donated more than $33,000 to Obama's campaign, federal records show.…

Feb 12, 2014 – The RGA's overriding purpose is to raise money to support GOP gubernatorial candidates around the country. … But if the various investigations fail to implicate him in the scandal, as they have thus far, his viability as a presidential candidate … The RNC trounced the DNC in 2013: The Republican National Committee beat the Democratic National Committee in 2013…

Feb 12, 2014 – The most interesting dynamic about the presidential race so far is that the Democrats are behaving like Republicans -- and vice versa … On the Democratic side for 2016, the two top-tier candidates are both next-in-liners, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden (stop laughing…

Feb 27, 2014 – At the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, he pledged, "I will end this war in Iraq responsibly and finish the fight against … As the April presidential election looms, major candidates support the security agreement. … Tom Umberg, a former Democratic state assemblyman in California and an Afghanistan War veteran, disagrees.…

Feb 25, 2014 – The South was still solidly Democratic, providing a majority of the Democratic Caucus when O'Neill came to Washington, but it started … Coal country became Republican, hybrid vehicle country Democratic. … During Tip O'Neill's years in Congress, presidential candidates won the popular vote by an average 12 percent.…

Feb 21, 2014 – Some 90 percent of union political contributions go to Democratic candidates, and union staff and "volunteers" are the backbone of … Yet 40 percent of union households voted Republican in the last presidential election, despite unions' unprecedented efforts to turn … Unions have become little more than subsidiaries of the Democratic Party, promoting liberal policies with which many of their own members…

Feb 20, 2014 – The number of electoral votes needed to win a presidential election is 270. … Electoral votes for Republican presidential candidates have steadily declined since Ronald Reagan's impressive 1984 victory over Walter … elections, four have gone to the Democratic nominee, at an average yield of 327 electoral votes to 210 for the Republican.…

Mar 4, 2014 – Many Republicans argue that Tea Party candidates have lost winnable Senate races, cementing the Democratic majority there rather than … The peace groups secured the Democratic presidential nomination for George McGovern in 1972 and, more successfully, generated support … The peace movement permanently changed the character of the Democratic Party.…

Mar 3, 2014 – Only twice since Richard Nixon was elected in 1972 have Republican presidential candidates ever won Americans between the ages of 18 … That’s a lot of what we’re doing, and helping candidates do.” … “To help facilitate this we are putting together templates that candidates can use to host events.…

Mar 20, 2014 – It was thought to be marginally Democratic. … They preferred three earlier candidates. … In this election they will not be able to rely upon their presidential base.…