As Gov. Chris Christie prepares for a 2016 presidential run in the midst of declining ratings at home, 59 percent of New Jersey voters say he would not make a good president, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Just 34 percent believe Christie would do well in the Oval Office. […] Read more »
It’s 2015, not 2016: The presidential races won’t be decided today
Sometime in the future, people will look back on these early weeks of 2015 and decide what, if anything, was important in the making of the president in 2016. At this point, it’s all normal people can do to keep their bearings. … People seize on early polls at the […] Read more »
The early states for the GOP
Let’s talk Republicans. As I write, it’s 365 days before the New Hampshire presidential primary, which makes this a propitious time to cast an eye toward the only party likely to have a serious nomination battle; and engage in some rank and nearly meaningless speculation. I’ll focus here on what […] Read more »
In Iowa, Republican field wide open as moderates stake their caucus claims
Less than a year before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, it appears that every Republican contender is making a serious play to win the state, setting up what is likely to be one of the most active, competitive campaigns here in recent memory. Political observers in Iowa say the field is wide […] Read more »
New Hampshire Poll: Jeb Bush Grabs Narrow Lead
Jeb Bush has taken a slight lead over other potential Republican presidential candidates in a new Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm New Hampshire poll, even though his party’s voters have doubts about his famous last name and his positions on immigration and education. CONT. Michael C. Bender & Lisa Lerer, Bloomberg Politics Read more »
The new vaccine politics
… In 1954, Gallup found that more Americans knew about the polio vaccine trials than could give the full name of President and former allied commander Dwight Eisenhower. Our family eagerly rushed to the doctor’s office to take both versions of the vaccine. Only 53 percent then thought it was […] Read more »