After complaints from several campaigns, and threats of a boycott by the men at the top of the field, CNBC and the RNC have agreed to some rule modifications for the upcoming Republican debate.
Donald Trump is threatening to boycott the next Republican debate if there aren’t format changes. The GOP should call his bluff.
Ben Carson will spend most of October on a book tour rather than campaigning for President. Further proof that he is not a serious candidate despite his standing in the polls.
Donald Trump and Ben Carson are still the top two candidates in the GOP race, while Chris Christie and John Kasich appear to be in danger of being relegated to the “KIds Table” debate at the end of the month.
With the first Democratic Presidential Debate just hours away, Hillary Clinton got some good polling news from Fox News Channel.
While Donald Trump and Ben Carson have slipped somewhat in the polls, they both continue to lead the GOP field while Marco Rubio shows signs of breaking out of the middle of the pack.
An FCC rule from a bygone era may get Bernie Sanders and company some time on NBC.
One of the nation’s preeminent polling firms is sitting out the 2016 primaries.
Quietly, Florida Senator Marco Rubio has been moving close to the front f the race for the Republican Presidential nomination.
Rand Paul’s fundraising in the just completed quarter is disappointing enough that it’s clearly time for him to consider calling it a day.
The criteria for next month’s third Republican Presidential debate have been announced, and they’re likely to end up being bad news for several Republican candidates.
Trump remains in the lead, but he has been steadily falling over the month of September. (And this triggers, as these things do, musings about institutions and our party system).
The next Republican debate is likely to be a lot smaller than the previous two, and that could prove fatal for several candidates.
One week after the second Republican debate, Donald Trump is still at the top of the GOP field, and that doesn’t seem likely to change any time soon.
Vice-President Biden continues to rise in the polls even though he has yet to actually enter the race for President.
The Club For Growth has released two ads criticizing Donald Trump, so of course Trump is threatening to sue them.
Once a candidate that many believed could become the Republican nominee, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is dropping out of the race for President.
The first significant national polls taken in the wake of last week’s debate show that Donald Trump has slipped somewhat, but still remains the clear leader of the Republican race for President.
There was far too much pseudoscience in evidence during the Republican Debate on Wednesday.
More than 23 million people watched the debate Wednesday night.
At a town hall last night in New Hampshire, it became clear just what kind of supporters Donald Trump’s demagoguery is attracting.
With the exception of Rand Paul, the foreign policy discussion at last night’s debate was about as bad as you’d expect.
The Republican candidates for President took to the stage last night for a debate that seemed to last forever and accomplished nothing.
What was promoted as major foreign policy speech by Donald Trump turned out to be more substance-free stream-of-consciousness rambling from an egomaniac.
Polling shows that Republicans increasingly see Donald Trump as Presidential and trustworthy. The rest of America disagrees.
Even taking the fact that he is the Republican frontrunner into account, Donald Trump is getting a disproportionate amount of attention from the political media.
Ben Carson has no government experience, he has a history of saying things that don’t seem grounded in reality, and he lacks the resources for a credible campaign. And yet, he’s closing in on Donald Trump in the polls.
To listen to many of the Republican candidates for President, it would appear that the lights have been turned out on Ronald Reagan’s shining city on a hill.
Donald Trump and Ben Carson remain at the top of the Republican Presidential field heading into the second debate on Wednesday.
Contrary to his claims, Donald Trump would not win the Latino vote if he were the nominee. In fact, it looks like he’d end up doing much, much worse.
Scott Walker used to have a commanding lead in Iowa, now he’s in 7th place. That’s just another sign of the troubles facing his campaign.
Donald Trump is back to hurling insults at his opponents, but it’s unlikely his supporters are going to care.
Some House Republicans are trying to delay the vote on the Iran Nuclear Deal with an argument that has no merit whatsoever.
The 2016 election will be fought on a very small battlefield, and right now the makeup of that battlefield heavily favors the Democrats.
Most of the Republican candidates for President would rather support a lawbreaker than the Rule of Law. The American people should judge them accordingly.
In an interview, Donald Trump reveals that when it comes to foreign policy he has no idea what he’s talking about.
The RNC wants Donald Trump to sign an oath that he will not run as a third-party candidate if he doesn’t win the Republican nomination.
CNN has revised its criteria for the main September 16th debate such that Carly Fiorina will now most likely make the cut.
The longer this race goes on, the hard it becomes to deny the truth about Donald Trump.
None of the top eight candidates in current polls have made a previous bid for the nomination.
Two candidates with no political experienced whatsoever are tied in Iowa as Republican voters continue to reject anyone with political experience.
Scott Walker and Chris Christie apparently think that the key to turning around their dying campaigns is to pander to the people supporting Donald Trump’s anti-immigration platform.
A new poll shows Bernie Sanders gaining traction outside of New Hampshire for the first time.
