A new national poll indicates, that for the first time, there may be an early frontrunner in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. And according to a CNN/ORC International survey, if Hillary Clinton decides against making another bid for the White House, Vice President Joe Biden would be […] Read more »
Dreaming of the White House
Is it too early to think about who’s running for president in 2016, three years from now? Not in Washington, a city with more campaign consultants than dry cleaners. After all, we’re talking about a business that raised and spent more than $2 billion, employed thousands of people and consumed […] Read more »
What if Race No Longer Matters in City Politics?
The most significant development in the mayoral election in Boston earlier this month was hardly discussed: the absence of open racial animosity. … The absence of race as a divisive issue was also striking in New York’s recent mayoral election — and before that in the March 5 mayoral election […] Read more »
NBC poll: Christie faces divided GOP, trails Clinton in hypothetical ’16 race
If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie runs for president in 2016, he would face the dual challenges of uniting a fractured Republican Party and besting a formidable Hillary Clinton in a general election, according to a new NBC News poll. Following his resounding re-election victory last week, 32 percent of […] Read more »
Wide-Open Race in 2016 Offers Ocean of Possibilities
It’s hard to remember interest in a presidential election beginning to build so early. Wide-open presidential contests—that is, those without an incumbent seeking reelection—aren’t that infrequent; they’ve occurred a total of six times in the post-World War II period, four of those in the past 50 years. However, all the […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton is the most formidable presidential frontrunner in modern era
Hillary Clinton remains the most formidable presidential nomination frontrunner for a non-incumbent in the modern era. As I wrote about last year, Clinton’s combination of a number of factors made her strength pretty much unprecedented. Clinton has, if anything, become stronger over the last 12 months. CONT. Harry Enten, The […] Read more »