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My last bit of ghost-writing for a candidate was in 2012, and though my career as a secret scribbler stretches back to Richard Nixon’s The Real War in 1980, I’m pledged to neutrality this year until the GOP has a nominee.

It looks like a quiet Christmas on Iowa’s campaign trail

Iowans will have some political respite around Christmas: The nonstop presidential candidate blizzard is forecast to die down for three days straight.

We haven’t had a three-day candidate-free spree since Thanksgiving, The Des Moines Register’s candidate visit tracker shows.

Donald Trump, the national front-runner, keeps his big lead in two of the three early states of New Hampshire and South Carolina, but now Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has moved past Trump into a lead of his own in Iowa.

Poll: Christie up to 4th place in New Hampshire

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has ascended to fourth place among likely New Hampshire primary voters, according to a Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll released Thursday.

After ‘V-word’ controversy, Fiorina pitches herself as ‘iron lady’

Will anyone accuse Carly Fiorina of going “full vagina” in her new campaign advertisement?

That two-word phrase was tweeted by a top surrogate for Ted Cruz in Iowa, Steve Deace, a conservative radio host on Tuesday night. Deace apologized for what he called a “vulgar” reference but didn’t back off his complaint that it was “disgusting” for a presidential candidate to play the “gender card.”

What happened to Carly Fiorina?

The campaign of Carly Fiorina, a business executive and the only female candidate in the Republican primary race, is foundering.

Fiorina gained a key opportunity this fall when she rose in the polls after two strong debate performances that showcased her direct delivery style and command of the issues.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio turned in another credible debate showing, but New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie also took advantage of his return to the main GOP debate stage and former Florida Gov. Jeb Brush turned in the kind of performance that many had been waiting for. In a survey of Republican political Insiders by Ballotpedia, 31 percent judged Rubio to be the “biggest winner” of the December 15 GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas conducted by CNN, while 21 percent awarded that title to Christie, and 21 percent gave the nod to Bush.