Jul 27, 2016 – With so much attention focused on the high-octane presidential race, it can be easy to overlook important down-ballot races. … Six years later, those Senate freshmen are up for re-election, in a presidential year, and in a decidedly different political atmosphere … table in all of the other contested races in order to maintain their edge -- unless they can pick off a seat or two currently in Democratic…

Jul 27, 2016 – Seeing that Hillary Clinton is a radically pro-abortion candidate and seeing that the Democratic platform reinforces those radical … The Democratic Party platform already supports legalized abortion on demand for any reason up until birth. … It’s one thing to be uncertain about voting for Trump (or other candidates).…

Jul 26, 2016 – Democrats have every reason to rage against the Democratic National Committee: Newly leaked DNC memos confirm that Donald Trump was … Wasserman Shultz maintained that the DNC schedule was designed to "maximize the opportunity for voters to see our candidates." … After all, it was Sanders who looked at Clinton during the first presidential debate in October and said, "The American people are…

Jul 25, 2016 – Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee Debbie Wasserman Schultz has resigned, but the Clinton campaign tossed her a life … They should, as it shows the Democratic Party establishment was, for all intents and purposes, in the bag for Clinton. … The Democratic Party is running on the most left wing platform ever thanks to Sanders’ performance.…

Jul 25, 2016 – One of the most easily drawn contrasts is the amount of A-list establishment talent at the Democratic event. … Both the current and former two-term Democratic Presidents will speak at the Democratic convention. … The Democratic Convention will be more focused on broadening the base and unifying the country.…

Jul 25, 2016 – The Constitution has become just another thing on the list of items presidential candidates check when they con constituents. … The dissembling words of many a Republican presidential candidate notwithstanding—for most promise constitutionalism—a liberty-lover … Put differently, in this age of unconstitutional government—Democratic and Republican—the best liberty lovers can look to is action…

Jul 22, 2016 – Chris Christie, and Trump's vice presidential running mate, Indiana Gov. … "Vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution." … candidates past and present, in a powerful show of unity, support and diversity.…

Jul 21, 2016 – Hemmer told Collins that no one could be happy about the fact that media coverage is less on Trump’s vice presidential pick, Indiana … These candidates are far from perfect. In fact, they’re weak. … But for those in the anti-Trump camp—the question now is whether they want to deal with a Clinton presidency working the a Democratic…

Jul 21, 2016 – That is a reliable formula for capturing 0.99 percent of the popular vote, as they did in the 2012 presidential election. … Faced with a Democratic legislature, Johnson vetoed more than 700 bills. … Weld managed to work with a Democratic legislature in pulling the state out of a fiscal crisis and balancing the budget.…

Jul 21, 2016 – party from the seemingly never-ending nomination marathon to the next phase of the campaign, which is one that will test the candidates … First, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has to be proven unfit to serve as president. … Second, Trump has to be seen as presidential material. The first will be easier to accomplish than the second. New Jersey Gov.…

Jul 20, 2016 – Manafort did head off any floor challenges, but he appears to have ignored the most important part of a presidential nominating convention … Aside from the debates, the candidates never will have this large an audience listening to them as they and their supporters deliver … to make every straw be the one that breaks the camel’s back while dusting every straw off the back of the donkey that is the Democratic…

Jul 20, 2016 – In an embarrassing turn of events for presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, one person that was rumored to be on her vice … presidential candidate list may not even be voting for her in November. … I try to judge each election on the candidates in front of me and make an informed decision as a citizen and that’s what I would expect…

Jul 20, 2016 – It's not just presidential politics this year that may be spinning wildly, but his head. … It's embarrassing, but what isn't about this year's presidential contest? … Meanwhile, the Democrats' search for a vice presidential candidate proceeds from left to lefter.…

Jul 19, 2016 – Donald Trump postponed the announcement of his vice presidential candidate, Mike Pence, because of the terrorist attack in Nice, which … Disarray and disorder work against the party in power, especially if the president and his presidential candidate refuse to identify … It's likely that many alternative Republican nominees would easily beat Clinton and that many alternative Democratic nominees would…

Aug 6, 2016 – The presidential race has now become Donald Trump versus the world. … While he overcame unfair media treatment in the primaries and dispatched the party establishment and 16 entrenched candidates to win … The latest analysis from the Media Research Center shows the mainstream news media gave the Democratic National Convention more attention…

Aug 5, 2016 – Bush, many presidential candidates have been able to close a 10-point gap and win. What does Trump need to do? … As of mid-July, 56 percent of Americans thought the Democratic nominee should have been indicted.…

Aug 5, 2016 – WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's presidential campaign is coming unglued, a victim of his own erratic behavior and often bizarre, self-inflicted … In any other presidential election where the economy would be the centerpiece of the GOP's offensive, Trump has been focusing on one … However, his vice presidential running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, is having none of this childish pettiness.…

Aug 4, 2016 – Candidates dislike and fear reporters, and so seek to flatter them. … Modernist candidates voice platitudes about border enforcement. … All presidential candidates court top party officials, former presidents and defeated rivals, and seek praise from newspapers and magazines…

Aug 3, 2016 – Let's also pretend that Trump's presidential effort is staffed with the best and brightest political minds. … coming out hard against Trump. — Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) August 3, 2016 A campaign directive distributed to House GOP candidates … by the NRCC encourages any member whose fate may be dragged down by Trump to cut the presidential nominee loose.  …

Aug 3, 2016 – Third-party candidates are majoring in muddying the waters again in our electoral politics. … This year, the Libertarian Party presidential candidates were featured in their own kind of prime-time primary debates. … repeal the (Lyndon Baines) Johnson Amendment, a subversive section of the tax code which has muzzled churches from advocating for candidates…

Aug 2, 2016 – Republicans for Johnson/Weld," wherein disaffected righty activists are throwing their support behind the Libertarian Party's presidential … “We will do our part to ensure the Johnson-Weld ticket is included on all 50 state ballots and included in the presidential debates … Many conservatives who may be strongly considering casting Libertarian presidential ballots as clean-conscience protest votes against…

Jul 31, 2016 – Both the Republican and Democratic National conventions featured remarks from retired army generals. … The Washington Post, Dempsey explained why he thinks it's unacceptable for his fellow retired generals to get involved in a presidential … It was a mistake for our presidential candidates to ask them to do so.” "The military is not a military prize," he added.…

Jul 30, 2016 – One Democratic strategist said Clinton will win if the Obama coalition of young and minority voters show up in force. … Democratic pollsters are also worried about the phantom white man vote. … These are both very flawed, and very polarizing candidates.…

Jul 30, 2016 – release his tax returns, then the news networks should refuse giving him airtime: The media is nothing if it can’t hold a presidential … candidates accountable—if newsrooms and editorialists can’t force a White House aspirant to keep a promise, uphold precedent, and … Now, to be fair, Fournier has criticizes both presidential candidates, Clinton especially for her email fiasco.…

Jul 29, 2016 – That’s a treasure trove of campaign memos and opposition research: The computer network used by Democratic presidential candidate … and the party’s fundraising committee for candidates for the U.S. … candidates in campaigns for the House.…