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Campaign Finance Reports Offer Clues to Campaign
Wednesday was the filing deadline for the 2016 presidential candidates to reveal their fundraising and spending details, and while the overall numbers are fairly easy to digest and understand (Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lead their respective parties’ contenders in money raised, for example), there are lots of details buried in each report that will take a few days for the media to find and report on their likely meaning for the campaign.
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Who’s in and who’s out in the first Republican debate
With new polls out Tuesday from CNN and the good people at the Washington Post (in partnership with ABC News), we’ve updated our widget to reflect what the stage would look like if the first debate were held today.
Read More >>Pataki in Iowa: ‘I know I can win’
In his first swing through Iowa since announcing his run for the presidency, long-shot candidate George Pataki has kept his events low key.
Read More >>The Candidates Who Can’t
Which presidential candidates have a low to nonexistent chance of winning?
Read More >>GOP gears up for long primary grind
The Republican National Committee changed its presidential nominating process to make it more clean and decisive, to avoid the rotating gang of front-runners many believe damaged the party’s prospects in 2012. But many candidates are preparing for a messy, fractious crawl to the 2016 nomination anyway — and they’re stockpiling the cash to do it.
Read More >>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 >>
Debate Qualifying Standards A Problem for Some Republicans
One month from today, ten Republican candidates for President will walk out onto the stage in Cleveland, Ohio for a debate. Left off of that stage will likely be six additional candidates. And that’s causing problems for some, according to Bloomberg Politics:
The Republican Debate Selection Process Is a New Wild Card in Presidential Politics
A month from now, 10 Republican presidential candidates will walk out onto a primetime debate stage in Cleveland and confront each other face to face for the first ... Read More >>