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 »
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 »
California: Trump and Clinton are leading contenders among their parties’ voters
As Republican candidates vie for the 2016 presidential nomination, Donald Trump is the leading the pack among registered Republican voters in California, according to the latest USC Dornsife/LA Times Poll. When asked to choose from a list of Republican candidates for whom they would vote if the presidential election were […] Read more »
Democrats claim resounding Latino support over GOP
Donald Trump may say he loves Latino voters, but Latino voters are not loving him back, according to a new poll. Any Democratic presidential candidate would resoundingly carry the Latino vote over the current Republican front-runner if the 2016 election were held today, according to the latest MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll released […] Read more »