A new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that a quarter of Republicans think that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) can’t become president because he was born in Canada to an American mother.
One of the problems faced by Republican campaigns is that Silicon Valley tends to lean left, giving Democrats substantial support in a variety of forms from the big tech companies. There are plenty of great tech people out there ready to work for Republican campaigns, though. Recruiting them early and folding them into a well-organized campaign is essential. Gov. Scott Walker seems to have done just that.
Trump has been decrying the lax state of immigration enforcement in the U.S. and related problem of sanctuary cities. He has brought to national attention the stories of families killed by illegal aliens. Since his announcement, Trump has catapulted to the top of polls for 2016 GOP Presidential hopefuls. “Now he galvanized them,” McCain said. “He’s really got them activated.”
Cruz received more than 175,000 donations, and the average contribution was $81. Donors from every state in the nation and five territories backed him, and he has donors in 48 percent of all postal ZIP codes in America. Outside groups backing Cruz have also raised an addition $38 million.
Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Governor Rick Perry said that no one in the presidential race has “more experience of dealing with the border than I have” and argued “it’s the federal government’s responsibility to take care of border
Former Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) had some sharp words for his fellow Republican presidential contender Donald Trump, slamming the New Yorker’s “fundamental misunderstanding of border security” and saying that Trump was not offering conservatism to primary voters, but instead “Trump-ism — a toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense.”
Business Insider rates the presidential candidates from last (Jindal) to first (Hillary Clinton). Read the entire piece and see where they stack up.
Wednesday, on Fox News Radio’s “The Alan Colmes Show,” former Congressman Dr. Ron Paul called Republican presidential candidate and billionaire business mogul Donald Trump a “dangerous person.” [Relevant portion at the 16:17 mark] Paul explained, “They like him because he’s so
President of the TRA and conference organizer, Sharon Ford, stated that “the NFRA seeks to bring the Republican Party back to its core values through grass roots activism. Our national conference allows people from across the country to meet, share views and listen to a great group of speakers about issues important to them. We are so glad to have Donald Trump confirm his attendance and expect that he will electrify the crowd with his plain speaking style and vision to make America great again!”
Breitbart News previously reported that Rubio’s campaign had raised more than $12 million. The final figures, as reported by Politico, are $12,942,732.44 raised (including $3.2 million transferred over from Rubio’s Senate campaign account) and $3,083,666.95 spent. This resulted in a total $9,859,065.49 cash on hand and a burn rate of 18.37 percent.
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Joe Scarborough and Lawrence O’Donnell, host of MSNBC’s evening program “The Last Word,” got into a heated debate over Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s salary for his NBC television show “Celebrity Apprentice.” In his campaign’s
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Steve King (R-IA) discussed Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump and his strength as a candidate in the early going of the 2016 primary contest. King attributed Trump’s success to his tough tack
Hillary Clinton’s approval rating has plummeted among Americans, including Democrats, as more voters do not think she is compassionate or honest. A new AP/Gfk poll found that only 39 percent of Americans view Clinton favorably and nearly half of Americans “say
Despite the best efforts of CNN and Brianna Keiler to give Hillary Clinton a series of softball questions that would allow the Democrat presidential frontrunner to clean up all her scandals and well-publicized ethical lapses, in the latest Associated Press poll, her favorability numbers have actually decreased since their last poll in April.
The Clinton campaign raised $47.5 million, spent $18.7 million, with a total debt of $574,000, and cash on hand of $28.85 million. This is a burn rate of nearly 40 percent, a figure that is generally considered to be high at this point in the campaign cycle.
We have all been predisposed to treat Donald Trump as a sideshow, and he certainly has done nothing to make himself a plausible candidate to win the Republican nomination. But Trump has made himself an important factor. His effect on the race to date has been larger — and, from the Republican standpoint, more damaging — than anybody expected.
In a matter of days, Donald Trump has gone from flame-throwing insurgent to statesmanlike front-runner, at least in his own mind.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said of Hillary Clinton ” I’m the only one that’s going to beat her…nobody else is going to beat her” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Trump was asked about the US’ standing
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said “commonality of the standards is important” on Common Core and criticized the Iran deal in an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Jeb was asked
The Senate voted to end debate on the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA) Wednesday, 86-12, allowing for a final vote on Thursday on the measure that is that chamber’s version of the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind law.
Republican presidential candidates are all weighing in after the revelation from undercover video that captured a Planned Parenthood official discussing the money acquired from the sale of aborted baby body parts.
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz repeated references he heard to the Iran nuclear deal as the “the jihadist stimulus deal” and said “If this deal goes through, the Obama administration will become the leading financier of terrorism against America
The New York Times acknowledged on Wednesday that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s book, A Time For Truth, belongs on its best-seller list and gave it a no. 7 ranking in nonfiction, after snubbing it and accusing the Cruz campaign of making “strategic bulk purchases.”
Former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) called fellow South Floridian Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) for her birthday on Wednesday, and the voicemail message he left her is getting a lot of buzz on social media.
Maryland’s Republican Gov. Larry Hogan endorsed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for president Wednesday.
At this year’s annual National Council of La Raza Conference, Kansas City Mayor Mark Holland—a Democrat—boasted that 62 languages are spoken in one school district.
