A new Rutgers-Eagleton poll demonstrated both the strength of Hillary Clinton and demise of Chris Christie as Clinton leads Christie by 23 points in his home state of New Jersey.
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In the last several presidential election cycles, South Carolinas has held one of the earliest and thus most consequential nominating contests. With the potential entry of Lindsay Graham, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, that might not be the case in 2016 writes Byron York in the Washington Examiner:
“…Graham’s candidacy would be unique, not because he would be running to make a point but because he is from a critical early-primary state. The South Carolina primary plays a crucial ... Read More >>
Republican presidential hopefuls beware: The opposition’s war-on-women clarion call is being sounded anew.
Read More >>Sen. Rand Paul’s first bill out of the chute this year was pro-Israel legislation cutting U.S. assistance to Palestinians, followed up a couple of weeks later by his father’s signature Audit-the-Fed measure.
Read More >>They accuse President Obama of being a socialist. He denies it. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants to be called a socialist. He embraces it. Obama is smooth and cool. Sanders is rough and gruff. Obama equivocates and evolves. Sanders is blunt and bombastic.
Read More >>But within his own party, he’s the opposite of polarizing, and that’s been an early boon to his all-but-certain bid for the Republican nomination.
Read More >>Jeb Bush came here this weekend to bask in the glow of his extended family. His sister called him “remarkable and brilliant,” a president-in-waiting. His mother said she had changed her mind, that it was time after all for another Bush in the White House. And his father, the 41st president, cheered him on.
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