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The ‘POLITICO Caucus’ Unveiled
By Sean Parnell
Those looking to follow the 2016 presidential nomination fight just gained a valuable tool, the ‘POLITICO Caucus,’ courtesy of Politico, a Washington, DC based newspaper that covers politics. Here’s how they describe it:
More than 100 of the most plugged-in activists, operatives and elected officials in Iowa and New Hampshire have agreed to answer a weekly survey over the next year, which will be published here every Friday. It’s a diverse mix of powerful figures from across the political ... Read More >>Dems Ready for Warren?
by Sean Parnell
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been denying much interest in running for President in 2016, but that doesn’t seem to be bothering some of her supporters. The Washington Post has an interesting article today on how some Democrats aren’t thrilled with the prospect of Sec. Hillary Clinton and are trying to get the junior Senator from Massachusetts to join the race:
Democrats suffering from Clinton fatigue say they’re ready for Warren
AMES, Iowa — Thirteen Iowa Democrats wearily took their seats ... Read More >>
Eventually, Jeb Bush Will Need to Claim He’s the Conservative Candidate
Yesterday I mentioned that immigration reform and Common Core could represent huge issues of contention between Jeb Bush and conservative Republican primary voters — and yet that when he was governor, one of Bush’s crusades was a key priority of conservatives, school choice:
Read More >>Why Marco Rubio Should Be the GOP’s Presidential Front-Runner
The leading contender for the GOP’s presidential nomination is polling at a measly 3 percent in two new national surveys testing Republican primary candidates. He wasn’t even included in Bloomberg’s November poll of likely New Hampshire primary voters. He’s been overshadowed by the media’s obsession with brand-name candidates, like Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush, even though his profile is more compelling than either.
Read More >>Mike Huckabee Defies Assumptions About GOP 2016 Field
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has been something of an afterthought in the early coverage of the emerging Republican presidential field.
That might be a little shortsighted, according to the results of a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released last week.
Read More >>Bobby Jindal: I won’t be deterred in 2016.
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said there is no single potential entrant into the GOP presidential field who would deter him from seeking the White House.
Read More >>Clinton, Biden called out for ‘plutocratic populism’
Victor Davis Hanson, a scholar at the Hoover Institute and also a policy adviser for our related entity, the Leadership Project for America Foundation, has some tough words over at National Review Online for leftist politicians who rake in big bucks while decrying the wealthy (Plutocratic Populism Pays). Here’s part of Hanson’s critique of Hillary Clinton:
In mid-October, Hillary Clinton gave a short lecture at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas bewailing the crushing costs of a university education. “Higher ... Read More >>