Just weeks before he is expected to announce his presidential campaign, Bobby Jindal is at the nadir of his political career. … Jindal is now so unpopular in deep-red Louisiana that his approval rating plunged to 32 percent in a recent poll — compared with 42 percent for President Obama, […] Read more »
Texas: Spotlight Finds Abbott, and It’s Not Flattering
Unlike his jet-setting predecessor or firebrand protégé, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has mostly stayed out of the national spotlight. It found him last week nevertheless. The new governor, who followed Rick Perry into the mansion and served as a mentor to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, became a target of widespread […] Read more »
Chris Christie’s Other Problems
There was a lot of talk last week about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential hopes suffering a mortal blow after two of his associates, including a former deputy chief of staff, were indicted on charges related to the “Bridgegate” matter, with a third pleading guilty. The only part I […] Read more »
Christie brushes off low polling numbers
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a possible 2016 presidential candidate, said in an interview Friday he wasn’t concerned about falling polling numbers in his home state. “Listen, these things go up and they go down. Right after I was re-elected, it was up in the high 60s,” he said during […] Read more »
Chris Christie’s Access Lanes To The GOP Nomination Are Closed
We may be about to find out whether a politician can have a negative chance of winning a presidential nomination. On Friday, two people, including a former member of Chris Christie’s staff, were indicted in Bridgegate, shorthand for the scandal that erupted after two of three access lanes to the […] Read more »
Enter Scott Walker, Stage Right
As Scott Walker has transformed himself from a three-time statewide winner in blue-leaning Wisconsin to a hard-right Republican primary candidate, he has jumped to the head of the pack in Iowa and New Hampshire. Walker’s re-creation of his political identity is a test of whether a Republican presidential candidate can […] Read more »