Apr 5, 2023 – Federal lawsuits based on the First Amendment should be filed by Trump, the Republican Party, and any American voter to object to this … Federal courts are empowered by these and other decisions to protect presidential candidates against harassment by state officials, … “In a democracy, you can’t threaten to jail your opponents,” declared former President Obama in 2016.…

Apr 19, 2023 – Almost everyone who ran in 2016, once considered a deep bench, has been eviscerated, not even mentioned in presidential talks. … That’s also what Democrats want, seeing Trump as the more damaged of the potential candidates on the Republican side. … They slept on him in 2016; they won’t make that error again. …

Apr 30, 2023 – It would be grossly irresponsible not to weigh carefully whether these candidates have picked presidents-in-waiting who are up to the … and vice-presidential candidates, and Americans will have no choice but to vote for them. … Some have said that in 2016 only Hillary Clinton – a singularly weak and unlikable candidate – could have lost to Donald Trump.…

Apr 29, 2023 – Candidate Trump circa 2016 was aggressive and played to win. … Trump has never taken responsibility for his hand-picked candidates who lost. … None of the non-DeSantis Republican candidates seems like much of a threat to Donald Trump.…

Apr 27, 2023 – When it comes to the Republican primary, Enten sees that race as pretty much decided as well. … Bush in 2000, Al Gore in 2000 and Hillary Clinton in 2016 were the sole candidates running in incumbent-free primaries who were near … "Trump, like Biden, seems to have two things going for him: a large share of Republican voters and the party behind him.…

Apr 26, 2023 – The Tea Party moment is long gone, though that’s to be expected. … Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., for the Republican nomination for president.  "Why? … candidates."  […]  Carol Sides of Lycoming County was torn.…

Apr 25, 2023 – After the Republican National Committee announced some details for the first two 2024 presidential primary debates, Donald Trump shared … During the 2016 Republican primary season, Trump announced he would not participate in a scheduled March debate in Salt Lake City roughly … cycle in August 2015 to agree to a party loyalty pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee.…

Nov 16, 2022 – In 2015, the Republican Party was on life support, with a "Do Not Resuscitate" order pinned to its chest and a priest called to administer … That was more than we were getting from the Republican Party. … I defy anyone to name any of the other 16 GOP presidential candidates who could have beaten Hillary.…

Nov 16, 2022 – Earlier in the week, I mentioned a national YouGov survey showing Republican-leaning voters now preferring Florida Gov. … There's also this one out of Texas: 2024 TX Republican Primary PollDeSantis — 43%Trump — 32%Pence — 5%Haley — 4%T. … Since his upset 2016 victory over one of the most polarizing and unlikable major party nominees in modern American politics, Republicans…

Nov 15, 2022 – How can a Republican vote for Democrat Josh Shapiro for governor and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz for Senate in Pennsylvania? … the electorate is more Republican. … It ushered in a new wave of voters, injected energy into a party base that had just lost two back-to-back presidential contests, and…

Nov 14, 2022 – Matt Gaetz, have said the party needs new leadership across the board, including at the RNC." … Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel signaled on Monday that she plans to run for reelection as party chair, which … The New York Republican — who came closer than any Republican has in decades to winning the race for governor and helped flip enough…

Nov 14, 2022 – He commands a devoted following that is a force to be reckoned with, especially if a large group of Republican candidates (almost all … Leftists in the Democratic Party and media have been trying to take him out for the last few years.   … Maybe Republican voters are hungry for even more years of this sort of thing.  But maybe they aren't.  …

Nov 10, 2022 – That was proven false by Republican candidates who garnered Trump support. … Many Republicans believe that Trump supports some Republican candidates financially while lending his imprimatur and personal support … His pitch to Republican candidate rally audiences was “I won the 2020 Presidential election, but it was stolen from me and so I’m going…

Nov 9, 2022 – who recommend poor candidates. … And yet, voters did not decisively rush into the open arms of the opposition party. … A few pieces of data, for context: Hillary Clinton carried Miami-Dade County by 30 points in 2016.…

Nov 7, 2022 – Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), who also serves as the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) as his party is … Maloney has further concern, as he may lose his own seat against Republican opponent Mike Lawler. … The National Republican Committee Chairman (NRCC) Guy Vander Jagt lost his primary in 1992.…

Nov 24, 2022 – Party six years ago. … That year, a crowded Republican field splintered the primary electorate and allowed Trump to become the party’s presidential nominee … In the earliest days of the 2024 season, the 2016 parallels are eerie.…

Nov 18, 2022 – Republican elites and beltway conservative leaders, many of whom were less enthusiastic about Trump than rank-and-file party voters … establishment have the final say in these matters: Republican voters do. … Republican voters are looking for someone to lead the movement that Trump began in 2016 — not to abandon it altogether. …

Dec 2, 2022 – A return to the "dead consensus" status quo ante would be a disaster for the American Right and the Republican Party -- and thus for … Republican presidential primary field. … The voters are correct to intuit this reality -- and the Republican Party is now a working-class party, whether or not its own elites…

Nov 29, 2022 – Sununu said he believes it is time for new leadership in the party, beginning at the Republican National Committee. … "I think you'll have upwards of a dozen candidates early on. I think on the Republican side, no one is going to not run. … I think that approach really represents a lot of what the Republican Party has to get back to." …

Nov 29, 2022 – The Republican Party fumbled the ball in 2022. … With this Democratic Party, Republican members of Congress mustn’t buckle on anything from the Senate. That’s imperative. … Is that something worth gambling on in the next presidential election? …

Nov 28, 2022 – Trump had a bad couple of weeks among the Republican Party faithful. … He was written off as politically dead after he lost the 1960 presidential election. … Is Trump the best, and most electable, candidate for the Republican Party in 2024?…

Dec 16, 2022 – That is up to the Republican Party leadership, which is definitely a depressing thought given the people who occupy those positions … In any presidential election, 40% of the country is automatically going to vote Democrat, and 40% will vote Republican, regardless … Candidates like that will do only one thing: lose the 40% Republican vote.…

Dec 15, 2022 – "The former president was able to win his party’s 2016 nomination in part because the large number of candidates fractured support … But that sizable base becomes a lot less potent if the rest of the party consolidates elsewhere.   … Welcome to the 2016 dynamic all over again.  …

Dec 10, 2022 – of the electorate or the major party candidates in the runoff. … None of this makes persuadable voters want to pull the lever for Libertarian Party candidates over the major parties. … libertarian candidates to make an aggressive play for the direction of the Republican Party. …

Jan 5, 2023 – -Elect Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as their party leader. … presidential election.  … -Elect Donalds, also used the same tactic against another Republican nominee for Speaker.…