… Democrats have enjoyed the summer of Trump and hope it lasts long enough to inflict serious damage on the Republican brand. But they no doubt saw enough Thursday night to begin to worry about what a general election pitting a vulnerable Clinton against one of the non-Trumps could portend. […] Read more »
Moments From the First G.O.P. Debate
Times reporter Adam Nagourney analyzes key moments from the first Republican presidential debate on Thursday. New York Times Read more »
The Next Phase of the G.O.P. Race Starts Now
Most of the important action in the Republican presidential race has been out of sight, as candidates have courted donors and party leaders before formally jumping into the race. The first debate on Thursday starts a new phase, as the campaign begins to play out much more in front of […] Read more »
Republicans View Rubio, Walker Most Positively on Debate Eve
Just ahead of the first official Republican debate of the 2016 presidential campaign, Republicans give Marco Rubio and Scott Walker the highest net favorable ratings among any of the major 16 candidates running for their party’s nomination, followed by Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Rick Perry. At the other end […] Read more »
CBS News poll: Donald Trump leads GOP field
Donald Trump (24 percent) leads a fractured Republican field in the race for the GOP nomination in the latest national CBS News Poll. Behind him are Jeb Bush (13 percent) and Scott Walker (10 percent). Trump leads among a wide array of Republican primary voters. He appears to have tapped […] Read more »
Donald Trump Dominates Republican Field in Pre-Debate Bloomberg Poll
Billionaire Donald Trump is lapping the Republican field, a new Bloomberg Politics national poll shows, as two prominent governors, Chris Christie of New Jersey and John Kasich of Ohio, rank in the top 10 ahead of the first presidential debate. CONT. John McCormick, Bloomberg Politics Recent polls: Republican presidential preference Read more »