… We liked Rubio and Walker for pretty much the same reason: They seemed to have the best claims in the field for balancing conservatism with electability, historically a sweet spot for Republican nominees. … But any time a new product is billed as the best of all possible worlds, […] 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 »
Carly Fiorina Gets a Lift From Iowans After Debate
Carly Fiorina hit a walk-off homer, helium is leaking from Ben Carson’s balloon and Scott Walker’s candidacy is on life support, according to the Republicans in Iowa who will cast the first votes of the nominating contest in less than five months. Oh, and Donald J. Trump is still Donald […] Read more »
How polls have changed since last debate: Outsiders up, establishment down
At Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate, 11 candidates will take the stage in an unexpected order – with the outsiders very much on the inside. That’s because they have broken away from the rest of the field since the first debate. CONT. Kevin Schaul, Washington Post Recent polls: GOP presidential […] Read more »
The Republican Candidates Donald Trump Has Hurt the Most
Donald Trump is hurting all his fellow Republican presidential candidates, though some more than others. Rick Perry, who suspended his campaign on Friday, is at the top of that list but is far from alone. To assess the flow of support among the many candidates since Mr. Trump entered the […] Read more »
Trump, Carson top GOP race; Clinton leads Dems but support drops
Two non-politicians, businessman Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, dominate the contest for the Republican nomination, together accounting for more than half of the potential vote as support for traditional politicians continues to decline, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. In the contest for the Democratic nomination, […] Read more »