Nov 12, 2015 – The Fox Business debate this week was truly a treat to those who crave bona fide policy discussions among the candidates. … And in such a format Republicans should take solace that none of the candidates in the so-called "big debate" in any way performed … Indeed his somewhat paternalistic embrace of the other candidates likely helps his polling when it comes to his "favorability" rating…

Nov 12, 2015 – Vice President Joe Biden blatantly lied about his grades in 1987, when the then-Senator was a presidential candidate. … Presidential candidate Biden also said he was descended from coal miners. … candidates' claims that they are facing a hostile audience when they deal with the press."…

Jan 9, 2018 – Sexism at work. — Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) January 2, 2018Strange how losing male presidential candidate Mitt Romney is being … I thought failed presidential candidates were only allowed to take up knitting. — Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) January 2, 2018 Yeah … She has a super PAC that fights the Trump agenda and is projected to give monetary support to 2018 candidates as well.…

Jan 5, 2018 – Trump was one of 17 GOP presidential candidates in what amounted to among the most crowded and competitive of presidential fields to … It isn’t just the Clintons, Bushes, and Obamas over whom Trump prevailed; he defeated as well the Democratic and Republican Party Establishment…

Jan 4, 2018 – “I think it’s going to be a bit of a circus in the Democratic Party. I think we all could name 30 people who might run,” Mr. … The top Democratic aide is supporting the removal of Mr. Trump while party leaders try to figure out a strategy. … His answer came after a graduate student asked what the Democratic Party could do to boost turnout among younger voters.…

May 6, 2011 – It is the Republican wager, and not a bad one, that these conditions remain the context for the 2012 presidential election. … But with no Democratic contest this time around, independents will vote in the Republican primary in large numbers. … Candidates must motivate an impatient base without alienating centrists -- not a bad description of their national task.…

Mar 27, 2011 – Aging hippies trashed the state capital, union members were bused in from across the country in color-coded T-shirts, and Democratic … All in a state that Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama won as the Democrats’ presidential candidates. … While Wisconsin’s story fell off the front page, the left – fueled by unions, the Democratic Governors Association, and MoveOn.org…

Mar 30, 2011 – The New York Times marked Geraldine Ferraro's death with the observation that by gaining the Democrats' vice presidential nomination … How did that differentiate her from the male donkeys in the Democratic wagon train? … For women gubernatorial candidates, 2010 was a great year: major pick-ups by Republicans in South Carolina (an Indian woman yet), Oklahoma…

Jun 6, 2012 – recall Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker failed by the surprisingly wide margin of 55 percent to 44 percent for the Democratic … Much of the Political Punditry Class has been touting this as a preview of the 2012 Presidential election, but now that the Republican … That leaves plenty of time for the supporters of the other candidates to get in behind Mitt Romney.…

May 31, 2012 – Heilemann is a fine reporter and was co-author with Time's Mark Halperin of a best-selling book on the 2008 presidential campaign. … And he's capable of directing snark at both candidates. Samples: Romney "seems to suffer a hybrid of affluenza and Tourette's." … A more plausible explanation is that big Democratic donors don't trust the political judgment of super PAC head Bill Burton -- who…

Jun 3, 2012 – The Egyptian presidential election was held last week. … with one that respected human rights and democratic values in the Western sense. … Indeed, the desire to become part of a democratic Europe captured the national imagination.…

Jun 2, 2012 – The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows Mitt Romney picking up 48% of the vote, while President Obama … But, with the race virtually tied and demographics that favor Democratic candidates in Massachusetts, ‘‘this will be a really close…

Jun 5, 2012 – That's why candidates keep using it. However, when you throw mud, you inevitably get some of it on you in the process. … The problem for Obama is that those have proven to be poor strategies for Democrats at the Presidential level. … For example, Bob Shrum is famous for running Democratic presidential campaigns that rely heavily on populism.…

May 30, 2012 – The 2012 presidential election is shaping up to include an argument over opportunity versus equality. … Both in Congress and in the presidential race monetary policy is shaping up as a potentially important political battleground. … Not that peoples whose social state is democratic naturally scorn liberty; on the contrary, they have an instinctive taste for it.…

Mar 22, 2011 – Pawlenty is coy about presidential ambitions. … There is a long graveyard of Minnesota presidential candidates who were not successful. … These are all things he will almost certainly talk about in a presidential campaign.…

Sep 17, 2010 – In the process, Republicans wasted an unusual opportunity to win a Senate seat in a heavily Democratic state. … Hayworth showed that the tea party label does not guarantee success for buffoonish candidates. … Without the primary victories of tea party candidates in Nevada and Delaware, that control would be more likely.…

Sep 15, 2010 – are Nashua, Salem, Keene, and the significant Dixville Notch—the community that’s been a reliable indicator in predicting how presidential … While the area has been trending Democratic, it is by no means a “safe” district for candidates running to help Speaker Pelosi: Its…

Sep 9, 2010 – Blinder is a liberal Princeton economist who advised President Bill Clinton and presidential candidates Al Gore and John Kerry. … House Democrats happily call Zandi -- with whom they agree and who advised presidential candidate John McCain -- a "conservative Republican … At Harvard, 15 econ faculty members belonged to the Democratic or other left-wing party, and only one was a Republican or libertarian…

Sep 9, 2010 – In fact, most embattled Democratic candidates don't want the president to even set foot in their districts. … He looked decisive and presidential; his Republican opponents looked nitpicking and petty. … Democratic candidates would find a more united nation suddenly far more worried about Mideast Armageddon than unemployment and record…

Sep 9, 2010 – infrastructure of the United States in brand-new ways.Have you noticed that the infrastructure always is "crumbling" in news stories and presidential … cuts help hedge fund managers, who should be drawn and quartered, not rewarded.During Labor Day weekend, I caught a number of Democratic … candidates calling themselves tax cutters in ads.…

Sep 24, 2010 – 1972 in which the forces of George McGovern took over the Democratic Party, overthrew the Democratic Party establishment and moved … Obama’s other presidential reinforcements came from the failed leadership of Jimmy Carter. … When Obama calls for the Democratic base to help, the top constituencies respond aggressively.…

Sep 20, 2010 – voting Republican as a protest against drunken-sailor spending and the gallop toward socialism will reluctantly fall back to their Democratic … manifested itself again last week as Republican political consultants sternly lectured GOP primary voters about choosing the “wrong” candidates … The GOP will certainly lack the numbers to overturn Presidential vetoes and the country is most likely stuck with Obamacare for the…

Oct 7, 2010 – While not quite as exciting as a presidential election, this year's midterm elections will determine which party controls the House … Currently, the House is split between 255 Democratic and 178 Republican representatives. … The Senate is split with 57 Democratic, two independents who caucus with the Democratic Party, and 41 Republicans.…

Oct 7, 2010 – Birnbaum is also a Georgetown Professor Emeritus and former advisor to three Democratic Presidential candidates. … Within the MSM/Democratic axis such insults can only apply against Cuban-Americans. … The head explodes imagining the MSM hysteria to such depictions of any reliably Democratic ethnic group.…

Oct 4, 2010 – In 2010, the Plain-Dealer apparently wants to mitigate the damage caused by their risky presidential choice by sending a Republican … Lee Fisher, Portman's Democratic opponent in the contest to replace the retiring George Voinovich, is a talented and smart public servant … Yet after listening to both candidates for months now and watching how each man has conducted his campaign, there is no doubt that…