Dec 9, 2016 – The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index shot up Wednesday to their strongest gains since the presidential … I will never forget a political gathering sponsored by the Democratic National Committee in Washington during the 2008 presidential … campaign where the party's candidates pitched their agendas to the party faithful.…

Dec 8, 2016 – Even Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton came out against this failed initiative. … The 2016 presidential campaign was among the nastiest on record. … Riots followed the recent presidential election.…

Dec 7, 2016 – He would be approaching 78 years of age by the time the next presidential race comes around; a stinging reminder that the Democratic … Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are probably the only candidates with wide name recognition who could successfully reach into the working class…

Dec 7, 2016 – re-election bid), with the president's sellout, Republicans gave up "a political weapon so fearsome that it had destroyed three Democratic … presidential candidates in 12 years.” … (It is an amazing fact that at the 2016 State of the Union, both the Democratic president's address, and the Republican governor's…

Dec 6, 2016 – For some, electors have to vote in accordance to how their states went in the presidential election. … They also reportedly have eight Democratic electors who are ready to bolt from Clinton. … He might want to run again and this would taint any future presidential ambitions.…

Dec 25, 2016 – The 2016 presidential election is in the rearview mirror and now Americans can focus on other distractions instead of seeing political … On top of this, Trump’s incoming nominees are leaving behind vacancies across the states for new candidates to fill. … He has pumped millions into his campaign and has been the clear frontrunner in the Democratic primary so far.…

Dec 23, 2016 – Now that the 538 electors have voted -- and, with only the most minor of exceptions, for the expected candidates -- we can marvel … And let's not start re-litigating the count in Florida in the 2000 presidential race. … And often neither party gets to 50, as with 15 of the 41 Democratic-Republican presidential contests since 1856 (and one 50 percent…

Dec 18, 2016 – Even though ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson was chosen for the position in the end, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee says that … who were not just skeptical of his presidential bid – but downright hateful during the election. … The president-elect met with Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard last month.…

Jan 2, 2017 – never saw coming, once again advanced his new cause, namely the abolition of the electoral college, and the substitution of the presidential … Most of our states have chosen to require candidates for state and county offices to stand before the voters in direct elections.   … In point of fact, the USA is not a democratic republic.  We are a constitutional republic, with democratic elements.  …

Dec 30, 2016 – After the Christmas holiday, outgoing Labor Secretary and 2016 Democratic National Committee chairman candidate Tom Perez said that … Clinton’s Democratic opponent, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. … It all comes down to candidates.…

Dec 27, 2016 – . […] Conservative opponents of a direct vote say it would give an unfair edge to large, heavily Democratic cities and states … Second, it’s a rare occurrence that the winner of a presidential election wins the Electoral College and not the popular vote. … A presidential candidate cannot easily prevail by dominating just a few heavily populated regions or municipalities.…

Dec 27, 2016 – Retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid had an interesting analysis of the prospective Democratic candidates looking to challenge … Already the Democratic leadership in Congress is up in age. … The 75-year-old Bernie Sanders has not ruled out a 2020 presidential run either.…

Jan 10, 2017 – Stars aligned themselves with the Democratic Party, which championed these social divisions. … We saw this in the recent presidential election, as scores of celebrities threw their support behind Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton … Whether making videos slamming Trump on behalf of establishment candidates like Clinton or fronting for globalist conventions like…

Jan 6, 2017 – election represent the most recent expression of Moscow’s longstanding desire to undermine the US-led liberal democratic order, but … We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. … Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability…

Jan 23, 2017 – Harry Reid (D-NV), decided to nuke the filibuster rules for presidential appointments. It's quite the embarrassment.  … They brainstormed Democratic nominees, plotted legislation, planned rollouts. … Yet, when you look at the list of 21 possible candidates for SCOTUS, the list isn’t absurd.…

Jan 23, 2017 – is surely your right to say and do as an American is not what is best for our country at this perilous and treasured time of presidential … The dignity of the office and the legacy of over two centuries of highly contested democratic elections demands more than hateful rhetoric … They understand the respect that the office of the President deserves in our democratic republic.…

Jan 20, 2017 – traditional ride from the White House with the departing president, leaving President Barack Obama to tough it out alone in the presidential … The Democratic donkey was born on a cartoonist's easel at the time then-presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was called a jacka--, … Later, we watched Americans whose candidates had lost adjust to the day with stoic appreciation.…

Jan 18, 2017 – PARIS -- It dawned on me while watching the French Socialist Party presidential primary debate over the weekend just how old-fashioned … As the candidates debated marijuana legalization and lamented not having taken in enough Middle Eastern migrants, the ideology that … Le Pen is the only viable presidential contender in France who is not an establishment fixture.…

Jan 30, 2017 – The truth is Hillary Clinton was an unattractive presidential candidate who did little to inspire Democratic voters to go to the polls … None of the other three most recent Democratic presidential nominees—Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and Al Gore—inspired great turnout … If the far-left elitists controlling the Democratic Party have their way, the Democratic Party will likely become a European-style…

Jan 30, 2017 – Whoever the next Democratic nominee is, Republicans will be worried about them taking our guns, raising taxes and expanding government … The Electoral College was intended to force candidates to spend time in small states and it does this very well. … For one thing, going by the popular vote would cause the candidates to spend most of their time in states like California, Texas, New…

Feb 12, 2017 – So, Donald Trump would have won 1.4 million more popular votes than Hillary Clinton if it weren’t for California’s legions of Democratic … Michael Moore said that if you add up Clinton’s vote totals with that of third party candidates, 54 percent of the country didn’t vote … Yes, some might have gone to Clinton if these candidates vanished from the ether. But some would have certainly gone for Trump.…

Feb 11, 2017 – We’ve written about the Democratic Party’s woes extensively, especially at the state and local level where they have been virtually … The losses are so deep that it might have wiped out a new generation of Democratic talent. … “That demonstrates the importance of recruiting strong candidates all the way down the ballot.”…

Jan 8, 2016 – The 2016 presidential campaign is fully underway as it races toward the November election to decide who can lead and protect our country … He began running for president the day he was sworn in, and lately has been soaring in the GOP's presidential polls. … The Democratic candidates are no better.…

Jan 7, 2016 – Debbie Wasserman Schultz resign from her position has chair of the Democratic National Committee. … Many liberals, including some of the Democratic presidential candidates, have echoed the group’s complaints, suggesting the DNC is … “Democratic leaders have considered replacing Chair Wasserman Schultz before,” the statement reads.…

Jan 7, 2016 – We will know - or we will think we know - who won on both the Republican and Democratic sides by about 11 PM Central Time. … In Iowa in the wintertime there isn't very much to do, and in a Presidential year every candidate campaigning for anything shows up … at any event involving any Presidential candidate to buddy up to the press corps following him or her.…