The Republican Party establishment has dithered for months, hoping against hope that they could stop the insurgent candidacy of real estate magnate Donald J. Trump. Now Trump appears headed for a sweep of Super Tuesday, which wouid all but assure him the nomination. Yet his GOP opponents can’t seem to unite forces against him.
Hillary Clinton is running a campaign based on incrementalism. Unlike Bernie Sanders, who proposes full throated solutions to major problems, Clinton argues that Republican control of Congress makes it unrealistic to attempt anything more than defending the status quo or perhaps, at best, fighting for minor reforms.
If Bernie Sanders is nominated, he would face numerous attack ads smearing him as a socialist and communist by his future Republican opponent. Given how unpopular capitalism is now, however, it may not hurt as much as it would have years ago.
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has triggered a political battle between conservatives who want another constitutional originalist to replace him and Democrats who want President Obama to nominate a liberal in order to change the balance of the Supreme Court.
Hillary Clinton has supported most “free trade” agreements that have encouraged American jobs to leave overseas. Now she’s heading to states that have been devastated by outsourcing. Will people forgive and forget and vote for her?
Hillary Clinton’s campaign believes it has a “firewall” against insurgent candidate Bernie Sanders in the form of African-American voters in Southern states where President Bill Clinton is remembered fondly. Do blacks really want to be her firewall? We’ll see soon.
Ted Cruz upset Donald Trump in the Iowa Caucus. Who is he? What do you need to know about our possible next president?
Hillary Clinton is extremely concerned about Americans who lost their homes. Well, she’s particularly worried about one: herself. The home she used to live in, of course, is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Hillary, solving the housing crisis one person at a time.
In an aggressive move that recalled the Bush campaign in its Florida 2000 judicial coup d’etat, Hillary Clinton declared victory in the incredibly tight Iowa Caucus a full day before the state officially announced the results and before any TV network issued a projection.
