Apr 14, 2014 – If Republicans lose in 2016 it will be the sixth time in seven straight presidential contests the party … Thus, if they hope to remain a party of influence, he said on This Week With George Stephanopoulos, they better win in 2016: … -- that if it loses the 2016 presidential election, the Republican Party as we know it today will be extinct.”…

Apr 30, 2014 – Cilizza quotes Reed Galen, a Republican strategist in California as saying: "[I]n the case of the Tea Party, their lack of central … The GOP establishment has been unable to co-opt the Tea Party, and the Tea Party has been unwilling to take orders from the Republican … Cilizza quotes Mitch McConnell as forecasting the defeat of Tea Party candidates in the upcoming primaries: "I think we are going to…

Apr 29, 2014 – The left likes to lampoon the GOP as a party of grumpy old men. Wrong. A new generation is rising. … Leading GOP prospective Republican 2016 presidential candidates, Sens. … And practically every conservative’s first choice for 2016 vice presidential candidate, Sen.…

Apr 28, 2014 – And now, an obligatory 2016 speculation post. … Several major Romney donors told The Washington Post earlier this year that Bush would be their preferred Republican candidate in 2016 … presidential election, as it is still early 2014.…

Apr 26, 2014 – Marco Rubio’s fall from grace as a conservative stalwart in the Republican Party is well-documented. … And yet virtually everyone in the Beltway Media Complex still considers him to be a viable contender in 2016; Floridians, however, … presidential candidates since he was elected to the Senate in 2010, but voters in his home state of Florida are not enthusiastic about…

Nov 2, 2012 – The Tea Party News Network has released their endorsement editorial just four days before the 2012 presidential election. … As the voice of Tea Party conservatives across America, we are not comfortable endorsing either major party candidate this year based … Bush administration when Constitutional conservatism was confused with the interest of the Republican Party.…

Nov 10, 2012 – It's time for the Republican Party to stop the insanity and go in a different direction. 1) We need a better get out the vote campaign … Party? … Last but not least, our messaging has gotten way too wonky as a party.…

Nov 8, 2012 – Look how easily the Republican Party managed to turn what should have been a sure victory over an incompetent and dangerous incumbent … But it also lost because the Republican Party is all talk and no guts when it comes to fighting for real conservatism -- Ronald Reagan … Most of those Republican candidates who lost Tuesday played the same game of pretend. “I’m like Ronald Reagan!”…

Nov 8, 2012 – Well, my presidential pick was fairly accurate. … A Romney victory may have paved the way for Andrew Cuomo or some other statist in 2016. … candidates and their consultants.…

Nov 22, 2012 – The answer would be to start the Republican GOP contest even deeper in the South -- all the way to Florida. … To put it bluntly, it's time for the Republican Party to let the Democrats play games in the snow or learn how to eat grits overnight … The GOP needs a true "game change," and "Florida first" in 2016 can provide it.…

Nov 22, 2012 – He said, "This is not about the Republican Party. This is about limited government conservatism." … Rubio has the message the Republican Party needs. … It's a long way to 2016 and there are many good potential presidential candidates, but Marco Rubio could be the one candidate conservatives…

Nov 19, 2012 – Senate that tends to produce high-end Presidential candidates. … As the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza pointed out over the weekend "Remember that when the Democratic Party found itself in … The early line on who will run in the Republican and Democrat primaries for President in 2016 will be heavily weighted toward Senators…

Nov 18, 2012 – Bobby Jindal continued his critique of the Republican Party and its 2012 presidential contender Mitt Romney on Sunday as he argued … “We as a Republican Party have to campaign for every single vote,” Jindal said on “Fox News Sunday.” … Jindal, considered a top 2016 presidential contender, also noted comments on rape and abortion made by Senate candidates in Indiana…

Nov 29, 2012 – presumptive nominee for the position of Secretary of State, be held accountable for statements the ambassador made during the presidential … to make a case for finding certain kinds of candidates committed to an articulate, fighting conservatism. … Which is why the last elected I want to praise for taking action this week is West Virginia Republican Congresswoman Shelley Moore…

Nov 27, 2012 – All that being said, what the Republican Party does not need in 2016 is a field of presidential retreads.   … Frankly, I don't think any of the 2012 Republican candidates for president should run again next time. … In 2016, star power and conservative credentials probably won't be in short supply among the presidential field, so the dominant factor…

Nov 26, 2012 – The former Republican presidential candidate and House Speaker said he has not ruled out running for president in 2016 — but first … Party must "modernize and adapt," he'd slam the door shut on his own presidential ambitions.   … Frankly, I don't think any of the 2012 Republican candidates for president should run again next time.  …

Dec 9, 2012 – That's what I took away from recordings of Harvard's Institute of Politics quadrennial presidential campaign autopsy, which were released … 2016. … It's time for an upgrade at the Republican National Committee. Quoth David, "The beauty of technology is that you can buy it.…

Jan 1, 2013 – He is only the latest in a long series of presidential candidates backed by a Republican establishment that seems convinced that ad … Back in 1948, when the Democratic Party splintered into three parties, each one with its own competing presidential candidate, Republican … who feed pablum to the public, instead of treating them like adults.It is not just Republican presidential candidates who cannot be…

May 1, 2014 – “Post-racial” was the media buzzword from the moment Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election until well into his first term … after he exposed himself as a racist, pounced on the opportunity to label Sterling a Republican. … leaders than they do to help candidates.…

May 12, 2014 – Tuesday's primaries are just another round of the Republican Party trying to figure out how we are going to be defined for the next … 2 years going into the 2016 Presidential race. … We need to have good candidates represent the Conservative movement, hence why not all Tea Party groups have backed Matt Bevin's bid…

May 27, 2014 – The 2016 presidential election is shaping up as another close race, like the last four. … But Clinton is doing something in these polls that Democratic House candidates and, to a lesser extent, Democratic Senate candidates … The 2016 lineup, with many incumbents elected in the heavily Republican year of 2010, has many plausible targets for Democrats.…

Jun 3, 2014 – At which point the Democratic Party has a serious problem. … Like the Republican Party after it got crushed in 2006 and 2008, the Democratic Party, after its pounding in 2010 and only partial … rebound in 2012, has very few plausible presidential candidates apart from Clinton.…

Jun 29, 2014 – In our country today, the establishment is not just a problem in the Republican Party. … Republican voters should reflect on these problems as the 2016 presidential primaries draw closer. … It is time the Republican Party embraced conservatism for a change.…

Jun 28, 2014 – That's how the lunatic fringe of a party becomes its whole warp and woof. … And he hasn't even declared his candidacy yet for his party's presidential nomination come 2016. … The crazies in their party seem to have got them buffaloed. Jeb Bush is different.…

Jun 27, 2014 – From 1932 to 1964, FDR's party would win seven of nine elections. … White folks, who provide almost 90 percent of Republican votes in presidential years, are steadily shrinking as a share of the electorate … The presidency in 2016 is not beyond the reach of the GOP.…