WaPo: Tom Cotton Emerges as Republicans’ Leading Hawk
Sen. Tom Cotton was working to build support for his now-controversial letter to Iranian leaders when he ran into an unexpected obstacle: Mother Nature.
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DeSantis’ Potential Senate Run in 2016
Popular conservative and Navy Reserve Officer, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), is mulling over a possible run for the U.S. Senate, if sitting Senator Marco Rubio decides to vacate his seat and run for president.
California GOP Moving Toward Center (Again)
Caving in to the conventional wisdom that moving to the center will garner popular support and electoral victory, some California Republicans are stating their disenchantment with conservative stances.
Over 300 GOP Members Ask SCOTUS to Support Same-Sex Marriage
Headed by former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, over 300 members of the Republican Party who have served in politics filed an amicus brief on Thursday to sway the Supreme Court to support same-sex marriage. The Court is scheduled to consider four same-sex marriage cases on April 28 that could make it legal across the nation.
Ted Cruz Offers Alternative to Obamacare
As the Supreme Court takes up a case that would rule out subsidies for health insurance in roughly three dozen states, which would crush insurance markets in those states and cripple Obamacare, Senator Ted Cruz—along with Senator Marco Rubio—is offering his own health insurance proposal.
Poll: Scott Walker Pulls Even with Jeb Bush in Florida
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has closed to within one point of favorite son former Gov. John Ellis (“Jeb”) Bush in Bush’s home state of Florida, according to a new poll of GOP voters in the Sunshine State.
Scott Walker Plans Two-Day Swing Through South Carolina
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker already has staff and time invested in Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two states in the GOP’s presidential sweepstakes. Now he’s plotting what CNN describes as a “blitz” in South Carolina.
CPAC 2015 Digital Action: Conservatives Have Fallen Behind in Campaign Tech
Conservatives and the Republican Party have fallen far behind the left in campaign voter outreach technology, and Ned Ryun hoped to help participants at CPAC 2015 learn how to gain that lost ground.
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson Rips GOP, Warns of Attacks on Malls
Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson again attacked House Republicans for their approval of a 2015 fiscal year budget for his department that would cut funding for President Barack Obama’s immigration programs. Obama, determined to keep his immigration programs in place, would kill the House bill, which would leave DHS without funding.
California Polls Set Tough Challenge for Republicans
Despite the presence of Republican presidential contenders in the Golden State this weekend, a pair of Field Polls released late last week look grim for the GOP. One shows President Barack Obama’s approval rating among likely voters in the Golden State rising to 57%, “the best appraisal of Obama in over two years by Californians.” The other shows that fewer than one in five Californians approve of Congress, and a near-majority say Republican control of both houses of Congress is a bad thing.
Obama Mocks Rand Paul, GOP, Death Panels: ‘Chicken Little is Quiet’
Friday at the Democratic National Committee’s 2015 Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama struck a highly partisan tone, laughing out loud at Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) suggesting the Republicans need to do more to reach out to minorities
Private Unions: Open for GOP Candidate in 2016?
A fissure erupting between private and pubic labor unions may pave the way for a GOP presidential candidate in 2016. On two significant issues, the differences between the private unions and Barack Obama have become public; the Keystone XL Pipeline and Obamacare’s tax on so-called Cadillac health insurance plans.
Exclusive — Under New Leadership, CPAC Heads In a More Conservative Direction
CPAC is coming up next week. And it’s going to look much different than in recent years. This year, the hosts have vowed to focus on three crucial elements of conservatism first outlined by Ronald Reagan.
Jeb Bush Hits Bumps Along the Road
A recent Politico article is pointing to two “embarrassing” technological issues that have apparently hampered Jeb Bush’s budding presidential exploratory campaign. The two issues in question are the firing of Bush’s tech guy, Ethan Czahor, who was fired after his
Marco Rubio Is Getting Closer to a Presidential Decision
After hiring a well-known Romney operative in New Hampshire to “help him on his upcoming book tour,” Senator Marco Rubio is really starting to look like someone who is focused on running for president in 2016.
Marco Rubio Is GOP’s Last Great Chance to Reach Hispanics
The Politico’s newbie reporter Marc Caputo, posted a story about Rubio’s side job of teaching college students, where he talks about … what else? Politics.
Aaron Schock’s Senior Adviser Resigns over Racist Facebook Posts
Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock’s week just got a little worse after one of his staffers was forced to resign for a series of posts over several years on his Facebook account comparing African-Americans to “zoo animals” engaged in a “mating ritual” and attacking them as “hood rats.”
Sen. Ted Cruz Offers a Choice, Not an Echo
When I read the report that Sen. Ted Cruz is going to oppose President Obama’s nomination of Loretta Lynch to be Attorney General, I thought, “There’s a gutsy choice.” I mean, who doubts that Cruz will be bombarded, once again, by the usual liberal hit-men, from Jon Stewart to E.J. Dionne to Rachel Maddow?
Republican-Controlled Senate Passes Keystone XL Pipeline
The Republican-controlled Senate voted overwhelmingly to build the long-awaited Keystone XL pipeline on Thursday–and they brought along nine Democrats, as well.
Gallup: Time favors GOP
According to a Gallup poll released on Thursday, demographic shifts in age may favor Republicans over time.
Mitt Romney Bashes Hillary Clinton on Foreign Policy
Many Republicans want new blood, and while they think Romney is a swell guy, they feel his time has passed, and that Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Scott Walker, or some other like-minded candidate would have a better shot of defeating the Democrat nominee in 2016.
Report: Koch Brothers Will Spend $889 Million on 2016 Elections
Billionaires Charles and David Koch, the libertarian-minded brothers who have become a major force in funding center-right political causes for over a decade, are set to spend nearly $900 million on the coming 2016 election cycle, a report leaked from inside their organization says.
House Republicans Fail Americans on Late-Term Abortion
House Republicans, worried about losing their majority in 2016, have caved to the pro-abortion lobby.
Obama: Republicans Pretend Major Issues Don’t Exist
Thursday at the University of Kansas, President Barack Obama accused Republicans of “pretending” major issues simply don’t exist. Obama said, “What you can’t do is simply pretend that issues like child care or student debt aren’t out there. That they
CBS Poll: 44 Percent of GOP Voters Don’t Want Chris Christie to Run
A new CBS poll reveals that 44 percent of Republicans do not want New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to enter the Republican primary.
