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Senators Running for President Face a Delicate Balancing Act
After Senator Marco Rubio announced his campaign for president in Miami last month, he did not catch the next plane to Iowa or New Hampshire. Instead, he raced back to Washington to attend a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on a bill giving Congress the power to weigh in on any nuclear deal President Obama reaches with Iran.
Read More >>Ted Cruz taps former Iowa secretary of state for campaign
Former Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz will chair the Iowa campaign for Ted Cruz as the Texas senator seeks the Republican nomination for the presidency.
The Cruz camp officially named Schultz as the chair of its Iowa campaign Wednesday.
Read More >>Ted Cruz ‘hitting on a lot of cylinders’ in presidential campaign
Sen. Ted Cruz’s month-old presidential campaign has won strong reviews from GOP insiders in key states who say he’s managed to tap into the anti-establishment sentiment of primary voters, and his allies have proved they have the ability to raise tens of millions of dollars to boost his bid.
Read More >>Crowded primary field creates dilemma for GOP leaders
The rapid growth of the GOP presidential field is causing major headaches for party bosses ahead of a primary debate season that begins this summer.
The dilemma for Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, is stark: If the declared field grows to 18 or 20 candidates, as now looks plausible, how can those numbers be winnowed in a way that seems fair and reasonable rather than arbitrary and undemocratic?
Read More >>How to Read the Ups and Downs of Polling in the G.O.P. Race
The polling roller coaster, as FiveThirtyEight’s Harry Enten put it, has begun. One week the headline is “Ted Cruz Surging in Polls.” Three weeks later, it’s “Marco Rubio Surges to Front of G.O.P. Pack.”
The wave of candidate announcements that began late last month has set off a new phase of volatile polling, when voters will rally behind news-making candidates and move on as soon as the next arrives.
Read More >>Campaign visits continue as presidential contenders stream into Granite State visits
Iowa 2016 GOP forum: 10 takeaways
Evangelicals are likely to stay splintered for much of this year, and it’s difficult to see the influential bloc of voters coalescing behind a single favorite before next February’s Republican caucuses.
A forum that drew nine likely presidential candidates and 1,200 activists to a church here Saturday night, along with a dozen other events around the Hawkeye State this weekend, reflected how crowded the competition already is for the support of social conservatives.
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