Americans continue to list the economy — in all of its manifestations — as the top problem facing the country today. One might think that the recent prime-time Republican debate would have been a forum with a strong focus on exactly how the candidates — if elected as president — […] Read more »
Can Trump Turn From Summer Fling to Serious Relationship?
When it comes to picking candidates for president, summer is for dating and winter is for mating. The question is not so much why Donald Trump and other anti-establishment candidates like Ben Carson and Bernie Sanders are gaining traction this summer. Instead, the question is whether voters’ affection will stay […] Read more »
Bush and Trump face off in N.H. — and The Donald is winning
… In this first-in-the-nation primary state, tailor-made for a center-right, business-friendly, establishment-approved candidate, Bush is caught uncomfortably between the rising forces on his right and left. He has been unable to assert himself as the alpha candidate that many Republicans expected he would be. The dynamic here reflects the extent […] Read more »
The Most Important Story in the G.O.P. Race Isn’t About Donald Trump
Donald Trump is dominating the news media and the Internet. He is leading in the polls. But even as journalists scour those surveys for signs of whether his surge will last, an important story with the potential to decide the race is being overlooked. The Aug. 6 debate marked the […] Read more »
GOP Debate: Preliminary Data on Who Benefited and Who Didn’t
It has been one week since the Aug. 6 Republican debate, and although this is a very fluid process, some effects of the debate are evident in our tracking of rank-and-file Republicans’ views of the candidates. … It looks like one winner coming out of the debate is former Hewlett-Packard […] Read more »
Republicans 2016: What to Do With the Donald?
Whatever you think of him, Donald Trump is a stick of dynamite thrown into the presidential pond. All the boats have been rocked, and given Trump’s potential for more explosiveness, the political waters show little sign of settling down anytime soon. Donald Trump is so special that we’ve created a […] Read more »