There are enough potential candidates for president (on the GOP side at least) that you need an Excel spreadsheet just to keep them all straight. Instead of a complicated algorithm, I’ve boiled each candidate down to his/her most basic elements. At the end of the day, these are the things […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton has double-digit leads over potential GOP presidential rivals, poll shows
Hillary Rodham Clinton holds double-digit leads over potential Republican challengers Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney as the likely Democratic presidential candidate moves closer to entering the race, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. CONT. Anne Gearan & Peyton M. Craighill, Washington Post Read more »
History’s a Positive for Clinton; Not So for Bush or Romney
Hillary Clinton’s potential place in history and her husband’s tenure in the White House boost her presidential prospects, while Jeb Bush’s political legacy and Mitt Romney’s 2012 run for the office are negatives, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »
WSJ/NBC Poll: Republicans Like Romney More Than Jeb Bush
Mitt Romney begins the 2016 Republican presidential primary campaign with significant advantages over Jeb Bush, his chief rival for GOP establishment support, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. More than half (52%) of all Republicans still maintain a positive view of the party’s 2012 nominee, compared to […] Read more »
The leadership myth
Yesterday, National Journal columnist Ron Fournier wrote a piece that attempts to take down both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for their lack of leadership. The piece revolves around some familiar journalistic tropes about presidential leadership – that we just need the right leader, with the right biography and personal […] Read more »
‘Wealthy plutocrat’ isn’t Mitt Romney’s issue. It’s the Republican Party’s issue.
… If Republicans pursue an anti-inequality or anti-poverty agenda, the issue is less that any individual Republican messenger is wealthy. It is more that the Republican Party is fighting an image that is decades old and not easy to change. CONT. John Sides, The Monkey Cage Read more »