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The Iowa caucuses are closer than you think
The Iowa caucuses are 11 weeks away. That is a lifetime in a political campaign. Except that it’s really not.
The campaign is about to enter its holiday period — a time when people, including Iowans and New Hampshire types, start paying much more attention to how to stuff their turkey and what’s under the Christmas tree than they do to politics. TV ads, stump speeches and even debates tend to get lost — or plain ignored — in the holiday maelstrom.
Read More >>Carly Fiorina backers flee to Ben Carson as voters seek top insurgent alternative to Donald Trump
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, who surged in polls this fall, has seen her support wilt as backers across the board have shifted from her to retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Read More >>Pro-Carson Super-PAC Begins TV Ads With Syria Refugee Swipe
Pro-Ben Carson super-PAC “2016 Committee” will begin advertising on TV today in Iowa and New Hampshire with ads targeting social conservatives and attacking President Barack Obama’s Syrian refugee plan.
Read More >>Paris Attacks Could Mark Turning Point in Republican Race
Deadly attacks Friday night by the Islamic State in Paris have thrust foreign policy to the forefront of the 2016 presidential debate in the United States, providing an important gut-check moment for Republican voters who rank outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson as their top choices.
Read More >>Second-tier GOP Candidates in Florida Find Familiar Struggle for Attention
The Republican presidential candidates already pushed to the edges of the televised debates found a similar second-class reception in Florida Saturday, with smaller crowds and less media coverage.
Read More >>Endorsements Reflect Upended GOP Presidential Race
With only a couple months to go before voters begin weighing in on their choice for president, just fewer than half of the members of Congress have made their favorite candidates known in the presidential race.
Read More >>Florida Contest Could Be Crucial in the GOP Nomination Fight
The state of Florida is home to four candidates running for president, two of whom have won statewide office: former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee also lives in the Sunshine State these days, as does retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. And it’s beginning to look as though the state’s mid-March primary could be vital for several candidates. The Washington Post this morning explains how Bush and Rubio are both trailing the frontrunners, businessman Donald ... Read More >>