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Can Hillary Clinton lead the Keystone army?

An army of liberal green activists has yet to coalesce around a Democratic presidential candidate, and Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley are fighting to win them over.

Hillary Clinton’s White Male Voter Problem

Karl Savage is the kind of guy that makes top Democrats nervous.

POLITICO Caucus: Insiders say Scott Walker is dominant in Iowa

When Scott Walker announces for president on Monday, he will do so from a position of strength: four in five early-state insiders consider him a top tier candidate. And he’s the clear frontrunner in Iowa: 82 percent of Hawkeye State Republicans also said he would win the caucuses if they were held tomorrow.

2016 Predictions Require Caution

With the field for the 2016 nomination nearly filled out, political pundits and prognosticators of all stripes are making their assessments about who is a viable candidate and who is not, which “lane” a given candidate is competing in and who they might be blocking, and how the overall campaign is likely to play out. One prominent forecaster, Sean Trende of RealClearPolitics.com, takes to Politico Magazine this morning to urge a little caution about how much stock to put in ... Read More >>

Clinton, Bush lead 2016 fundraising race as Cruz, Carson exceed expectations

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jeb Bush, two establishment candidates with long-polished fundraising machines, are poised to finish the first half of the year with the most donations in a crowded 2016 presidential campaign field where the money chase is the first real primary.

In N.H., the huge GOP field surprises, but not Clinton’s liberal challenge

New Hampshire’s political dynamic at the midpoint of this preelection year is both utterly familiar and unlike anything voters here have seen before.

Hillary Clinton is a near-lock for the Democratic nomination for many reasons, but among the most significant is that her challengers have minimal appeal to the party’s base of African-American voters.