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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.

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 >>

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.

While several of his competitors run in the opposite direction, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says he won’t attack primary rival Donald Trump for his comments on Mexican immigrants. Quite the opposite, in fact.

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 >>

The Daily 202: Why Donald Trump’s strength in the polls does not matter

Despite the hyperventilating of recent days, Donald Trump will not be the Republican nominee. Period. Full stop.

As Donald Trump surges in polls, Democrats cheer

For Democrats, Donald Trump amounts to a kind of divine intervention.