2016 Campaign Watch

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina announced this morning via a video that she would seek the GOP nomination for president. The Washington Post reported on her announcement with this:

Carly Fiorina begins presidential bid

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is joining the race for the White House.

“I am running for president,” said a message posted to her Twitter account on Monday.

Fiorina, 60, has pitched herself as an outsider who can bring a business mentality and global contacts to the White House — ...

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced today he will run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, making him the second Democrat* to officially join the race and the fifth overall. The New York Times reports this morning on Sanders relatively low-key announcement:

Bernie Sanders Announces He Is Running for President

Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, announced Thursday that he was running for president as a Democrat, injecting a progressive voice into the contest and ...

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum rose to become Mitt Romney’s primary rival in 2012 largely based on his focus on social issues. As National Journal reports, it looks like a 2016 campaign by Santorum would attempt to expand beyond that message.

Santorum, Reincarnated

Rick Santorum is in the mood to criticize Republicans. Standing behind a lectern, without a prepared speech, the suit-clad candidate delivers a riff about the GOP’s inability to connect with working-class voters. Promises of tax cuts and balanced budgets ...