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All press is good press for Donald Trump, it seems. The brash billionaire said incoherent things about national security, and then gained after a confusing media mess about databases of Muslims. He spoke falsely about video of New Jersey Muslims celebrating after 9/11, and somehow even this has strengthened his support.

How GOP campaigns are strategizing for Super Tuesday’s delegate bonanza

Ben Carson journeyed here last week to the buckle of the Bible Belt, where he proclaimed the United States a “Judeo-Christian nation” and delivered a stern warning to his devoted followers: Show up at the polls March 1 or face consequences.

After a string of strong debate performances and some key endorsements, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has displaced former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as the choice of Republican Insiders to be their most likely standard bearer in 2016.

Huckabee: Iowa is ‘ground zero’ for campaign

Mike Huckabee leaned up to the phone in Albia Brewing Co.’s office as he dialed Reese Aarestad. The North Dakota third-grader had sent him a picture she drew along with a letter and $6 from her allowance, and he wanted to thank her.

How Ted Cruz is locking up the evangelical vote

The hearts of many evangelical voters, polls suggest, are with Ben Carson. But increasingly, their leaders’ heads are with Ted Cruz.

The Republican Party has traditionally favored governors (sitting or former) as presidential nominees, with vice presidents also getting significant consideration. In the past 50 years the Republican Party nominated exactly three presidential candidates who hadn’t been either a governor or vice president, all three of whom were crushed in the general election. Setting aside incumbent presidents, every Republican nominee who was either a governor or vice president won.

So we note with some interest that the first three candidates to drop ... Read More >>