By now, everyone has an opinion on who “won” and “lost” 1) the summer; 2) the last debate and 3) the momentum to win the party nomination. What’s more important is to see how actual voters perceive this race. The latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll – the gold standard of […] Read more »
Poll Shows Why Rand Paul Is in Danger of Becoming an Also-Ran
With 15 candidates and several months remaining in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, picking a winner is a tough proposition. But a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll provides insight into which candidates are in danger of shifting from “in the running” to “also-ran.” … With nearly six […] Read more »
G.O.P. Field Wrestles With Questions on Islam and the Presidency
Faith and politics intersected on Sunday when discussions of how Donald J. Trump handled a question about President Obama’s religion evolved into an awkward debate over whether a Muslim could ever be commander in chief. Several Republican presidential candidates offered halting responses to the question when it was posed to […] Read more »
Debate Reveals a GOP In Search of Direction
That sound reverberating from the Ronald Reagan presidential library was the crash of conservative icons crumbling as 15 Republican contenders tussled over the party’s current identity and future direction in two revealing debates Wednesday night. Only Reagan seemed entirely immune from attack. CONT. Ronald Brownstein, National Journal 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 »
GOP debate contenders give Democrats reason to worry
… 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 »