Results for: Democratic Presidential Candidates

Bettors Know Better Than Pundits
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2016/01/06/bettors-know-better-than-pundits-n2100582
Presidential nominees are not yet taking up space in most people's minds. … But candidates' odds are somewhat off on that site because bettors may not trade more than $850 per candidate. … Sadly, Hillary Clinton is a 95 percent favorite to win the Democratic nomination and has a 55 percent chance of becoming our next president…
Inside the Garden of Political Town Hall Plants
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2016/01/06/inside-the-garden-of-political-town-hall-plants-n2100364
– But they later turned out to include a former Arkansas Democratic director of political affairs, the president of the Islamic Society … --A young woman named "Journey" who questioned the candidates on abortion and whom CNN failed to properly identify as an outspoken … Bill Richardson's Democratic presidential bid. --A staffer for Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; a former intern for Rep.…
Crazy Candidates, Crazy Election
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2016/01/20/crazy-candidates-crazy-election-n2106990
– Other allies are worried about other over-the-top GOP candidates, like freshman Texas Sen. … The contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, between former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. … Bernie Sanders, who calls himself a "democratic socialist, is growing nastier, too.…
Will The Republican Establishment Stand Down?
https://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2016/01/19/will-the-republican-establishment-stand-down-n2106375
– As Republicans prepare to cast their first presidential ballots in Iowa and New Hampshire, the field remains dominated by "outsider … " candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, while establishment favorites Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, John Kasich and Marco Rubio have been … stay home and tempting an aggrieved candidate to mount a third party or independent presidential campaign.…
The Divided State of the Union
https://townhall.com/columnists/stevechapman/2016/01/17/the-divided-state-of-the-union-n2105296
– In the 1800 presidential election, a Federalist newspaper warned that under Thomas Jefferson, "murder, robbery, rape, adultery and … Not the 1940s, when our politics were so fractured that in the 1948 presidential election, the leftist Progressive Party and the white … supremacist States' Rights Democratic Party each got more than 2 percent of the popular vote.…
Seven Bad Habits of Highly Progressive People
https://townhall.com/columnists/johncgoodman/2016/01/16/seven-bad-habits-of-highly-progressive-people-n2105185
– You may have noticed that Paul Ryan and the Republican presidential candidates were guests of the Jack Kemp Center in North Carolina … Unfortunately, there is no Democratic Jack Kemp. … There are some very wealthy Democrats who support reform but very few Democratic candidates.…
The Bogeymen of the 'Billionaire Class'
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2016/01/15/the-bogeymen-of-the-billionaire-class-n2104753
– Instead, he's got a plausible, if not yet entirely probable, shot at the Democratic presidential nomination. … According to OpenSecrets.org, of the top five organizations -- i.e., unions and corporate PACs -- that give to federal candidates,…
Bizarro Theater: Pelosi Says She's Not For Abortion On Demand
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/01/14/bizarro-t…emand-but-says-lawmakers-shouldnt-set-limits-either-n2103986
– Yet, it’s a piece of Bizarro Theater that captures how abortion has become the lynchpin for the Democratic Party. … To help them in this effort, Planned Parenthood, who we all know is one of the many groups allied with the Democratic Party, has tapped … Burgess managed Democratic Sen.…
Change Politics Launches New Grassroots Election Platform
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amandamuñoz/2016/01/14/changeo…es-new-grassroots-election-platform-change-politics-n2104571
– platform Change.org launched their new mobile web app and desktop site, Change Politics, Thursday morning, increasing access to candidates … in the presidential field. … Through Change Politics, users can submit questions directly to participating candidates, search through the endorsements from prominent…
Sanders Campaign Counter Punches: Hillary Is Using 'Karl Rove'-Like Tactics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/01/14/sanders-campaign-hillary-is-using-karl-rovelike-tactics-n2104565
– The battle brewing between the two headline-making Democratic presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, reached … Should Sanders beat her to the Democratic nomination, Clinton claimed the party would be forced to “rip up” the Affordable Care Act … “Clinton’s attacks on a Democratic Party rival over universal health care marks a very public flip flop by her and her campaign," Sanders…
Ideas, Inclusion and Inspiration
https://townhall.com/columnists/jackiegingrichcushman/2016/01/14/ideas-inclusion-and-inspiration-n2104215
presidential nomination. … The two leading candidates are so flawed that they cannot win on their own. … Bernie Sanders, 74, a U.S. senator from Vermont who might win Iowa and New Hampshire, recently joined the Democratic Party.…
GOP Race Hasn't Stuck to the Script
https://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2016/01/13/draft-n2103384
– As Bill Clinton once said, "In every presidential election, Democrats want to fall in love. Republicans just fall in line." … There's a chance the power of love will still triumph in the Democratic primaries. … The so-called establishment GOP candidates look like they're re-enacting the fight scene in the movie "Anchorman," attacking one another…
Veterans, Trump and the Hypocrisy of the Democratic National Committee
https://townhall.com/columnists/leighwolf/2016/01/29/veteran…the-hypocrisy-of-the-democratic-national-committee-n2112038
candidates. … (Emphasis added) “Once again, it’s insulting that Republican presidential candidates are using veterans like myself to get media … candidates and the Democratic National Committee."…
Poll: Only Half of Non-Trump Republican Voters Would Support Him in General Election
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2016/01/29/poll-only…blican-voters-would-support-him-in-general-election-n2110994
– No other candidate registered in double digits...Only 50 percent of Republican primary voters who backed other candidates said they … would vote for Trump if he became the Republican presidential nominee. … The bulk of the remainder pledged they would vote for the Democratic nominee (13 percent); write in another candidate (13 percent);…
Finding Religion and God in the Presidential Caucuses and Party Primaries
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2016/01/29/candidates-still-scramble-to-appeal-to-religious-voters-n2111529
– WASHINGTON -- The presidential candidates have been talking about God lately, which is understandable because most of them haven't … However, the self-described "democratic socialist" says he's "not actively involved with organized religion," although he believes … In fact, he was seen as the least religious of all the candidates.…
Missing From Both Parties' Candidates' Campaigns: Work
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2016/01/29/missing-from-both-parties-candidates-campaigns-work-n2111453
– So instead let's focus on a topic that candidates of either party haven't talked much about. … What do the 2016 presidential candidates propose to do about this? … The Democratic candidates haven't talked much about economic growth and jobs.…
It's the Negativity, Stupid
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelreagan/2016/01/28/its-the-negativity-stupid-n2111407
– Watching all the negativity flying around the stage at the Democratic Town Hall Forum the other night, something struck me. … But I bet half of the GOP candidates won't have the stomach to vote for the nominee in the fall. … If you believe all their negative ads and what the candidates say about each other and their ideas, it makes sense.…
Courage Versus Bravado
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2016/01/28/courage-versus-bravado-n2111044
– The GOP leadership is unhappy about the current state of presidential primary affairs? … not because those candidates were strong advocates for conservative principles, but -- to quote Thomas Sowell -- "better a third-rate … Millions of Americans do not agree with the policies of the Democratic party, and are demanding political representation.…
Caucus Away
https://townhall.com/columnists/jackiegingrichcushman/2016/01/28/caucus-away-n2110926
– This Monday, Iowa will kick off the 2016 presidential primary process. … for the Republican and Democratic parties. … Republican caucuses require valid ID; Democratic caucuses require none.…
The Most Unpredictable Presidential Election Cycle
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2016/01/27/the-most-unpredictable-presidential-election-cycle-n2110421
– We are less than a week from the first electoral contest of the 2016 presidential cycle. … It is a phenomenon that has never been seen before in American presidential electoral politics. … One thing is certain, it is certainly the nation’s most unpredictable presidential election cycle. …
Corny Crony Capitalism in Iowa
https://townhall.com/columnists/jacobsullum/2016/01/27/corny-crony-capitalism-in-iowa-n2110327
– If you are a presidential candidate participating in Monday's Iowa caucuses and you support "the commonsense, bipartisan Renewable … Despite its simplicity, this single-item checklist is a useful test of character -- one that all but two candidates fail. … She changed her tune when she ran for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, and this time around she is also keen on the ethanol…
The Rejection Election
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2016/01/26/the-rejection-election-n2109812
– The consensus candidate of the Democratic Party elite, Hillary Clinton, has been thrown onto the defensive by a Socialist from Vermont … Seizing his opportunity, Nixon created a "New Majority" that would win four of five presidential elections from 1972 through 1988. … And minorities vote 80 percent Democratic.…
Effort Underway to Block State Dept From Delaying Clinton Email Release
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2016/01/25/effor…lock-state-dept-from-delaying-clinton-email-release-n2109821
– “[I]f the Court allows State to delay release of thousands of pages of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s official … will be forced to vote without the benefit of important information to which it is entitled about the performance of one of the candidates
Cruz Has Been Right All Along
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2016/01/25/cruz-has-been-right-all-along-n2109774
– Never mind that the only time we've resoundingly won these elections -- presidential and congressional -- is when we've run decidedly … conservative candidates or pushed strongly conservative themes. … establishment has always justified their position by claiming that we didn't have the votes to override Obama's vetoes or overcome Democratic
Iowa Caucuses a Week Away, and Both Parties Spilling Blood
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnkass/2016/01/25/draft-n2109642
– But before our presidential candidates do any more harm to what a few of us still consider the republic, what of the Iowa caucuses … The use of the federal hammer is actually the statist Democratic position. … But other Democrats wonder who the Democratic establishment might draft, if Hillary's email issue becomes truly septic and the FBI…
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