Paul Ryan’s admission that immigration reform will not happen as long as Barack Obama is President simply reflects the reality of immigration politics in Congress.
Marco Rubio has won the support of a top Republican donor and bundler, giving a much needed boost to his campaign.
Marco Rubio’s performance in this week’s debate is once again leading to speculation about whether is about to have a breakout moment.
As expected, the Senate easily passed the two-year budget deal early this morning.
Gross Domestic Product grew at a sluggish 1.5% in the just-concluded Third Quarter, calling the Federal Reserve’s apparent plan to raise interest rates at some point even further into question.
With only a handful of opposition, Paul Ryan was easily elected the 62nd Speaker of the House.
Rand Paul is promising to filibuster the budget deal when it gets to the Senate, but it’s extremely unlikely he’ll be able to do anything but delay the inevitable.
Marco Rubio is taking heat for missing a lot of Senate votes since he started running for President, but he’s not really any worse than other legislators who have run for President.
One unqualified outsider with a history of saying outrageous things replaces another unqualified outsider with a history of saying outrageous things, at least according to yet another new poll.
A new poll shows that the Tea Party movement is more unpopular than it has ever been before, even among Republicans and conservatives.
Once the Republican frontrunner, Jeb Bush is now floundering and dealing with donors worried that they may be backing the wrong horse.
Two new Iowa polls show Ben Carson passing Donald Trump in the Hawkeye State, but that’s not necessarily good news for Republicans.
A pair of new polls confirms that Republican hopes that Donald Trump would fade are failing to come true.
With Congress set to come back from its recess, attention is once again turning to the race for Speaker and one Paul Ryan, Congressman from Wisconsin.
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.
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.
Paul Ryan is getting pressure from all sides to get into the race for Speaker Of The House.
Another political earthquake in Washington as Kevin McCarthy drops out of the race for Speaker, and the House GOP doesn’t seem to know which way to go.
With just a day to go before House Republicans pick their candidate for Speaker, conservatives don’t seem to be able to unify behind a candidate.
The marriage equality issue is resolved, but that doesn’t mean the Supreme Court won’t have a lot of high profile cases on its docket over the next eight months.
Thanks mostly to Republicans unhappy with the Court’s decisions on same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act, public disapproval of the Supreme Court is nearing a new high.
September’s Jobs Report was disappointing to say the least, and calls into question the Federal Reserve’s apparent plan to raise interest rates in the near future.
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.
Vice-President Biden will apparently not be at the first Democratic debate, which may be yet another sign that he’s not running for President.
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.
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.
Congress has just over a week to pass a funding bill, and it’s not looking very good.
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.
With the exception of Rand Paul, the foreign policy discussion at last night’s debate was about as bad as you’d expect.
A Texas 9th Grader named Ahmed Mohammed was arrested because school officials and police refused to believe that the clock he built wasn’t a bomb.
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.
Some House Republicans are trying to delay the vote on the Iran Nuclear Deal with an argument that has no merit whatsoever.
Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis is being released from jail, but it may end up being a very short reprieve.
A trial court Judge in Oregon is the latest public official to refuse to do his job.
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.
Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kimberly Davis was found in contempt of court and jailed for her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
Mitch McConnell spoke a truth that many conservatives are likely not going to want to accept.
CNN has revised its criteria for the main September 16th debate such that Carly Fiorina will now most likely make the cut.
The Supreme Court has denied a Kentucky Clerk’s request to stay a ruling requiring her to comply with the law and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Two candidates with no political experienced whatsoever are tied in Iowa as Republican voters continue to reject anyone with political experience.
Some of Hillary Clinton’s Democratic opponents are complaining about the DNC’s parsimonious debate schedule.
Carly Fiorina will most likely be excluded from CNN’s prime time debate in September, so of course her campaign is complaining about rules that were established months ago.
Thanks in part to a slow summer news cycle, the speculation about Vice-President Biden entering the race for President seems to be reaching a fever pitch.
