“If you look to prior elections, the one thing that’s clear, is if we nominate in 2016, another candidate in the mold of a Bob Dole, or a John McCain, or a Mitt Romney…but what they did, didn’t work. And
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is doing opposition research on himself and asking Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about how he can potentially win the GOP presidential nomination without conservatives. Bush, who has said he would make a 2016 decision in
From Bloomberg Politics: Over the last several months, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush has been giving speeches, campaigning for candidates, appearing at public forums, and meeting with wealthy donors, which has led many people to believe that he may soon
On Friday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews speculated on the 2016 race for the Republican presidential nomination and predicted former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), the 2012 GOP nominee for president, would once again receive the party’s nomination despite the
During a happenstance meeting outside an early polling site on the first day of voting in the 2012 Primary, I said to Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus, “I was surprised to see you get that pro-life endorsement when
Former Massachusetts Governor and failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney is not yet ready to relinquish his title as the head of the pale-pastels establishment wing of the Republican Party to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. “A senior Republican who has
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ–The late, great Washington Redskins coach George Allen once said, “Every time you win, you’re reborn; when you lose, you die a little.” If this is true, Rex Ryan certainly shortened his life last night. After the most
Failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is leading a 2016 survey of likely Republican voters. Romney has insisted that he will not run again unless all of the top candidates urge him to do so. However, a new CNN/ORC International
A new national Quinnipiac poll shows that GOP voters prefer former failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in 2016. The early poll shows Romney leading with 19 percent, while Jeb Bush earns second place. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is
Failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is still earning high marks from New Hampshire Republican voters. A new Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm New Hampshire poll shows that Mitt Romney leads the 2016 field with 30 percent support. Sen. Rand Paul comes
Those on the left previously sought to win elections by pandering to single women voters — but that hat trick may not be so effective anymore. Thanks in part to savvy female political consultants, Republican candidates are learning how to show
“It’ll be an event that all the nation stops and looks at,” said Iowa’s Steve King in announcing “an annual multi-candidate forum for presidential hopefuls.” King made the announcement in a Monday telephone interview with The Des Moines Register. The move formally sets
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest dismissed the growing number of Jonathan Gruber comments about the misleading nature of the Obamacare political debate to help it getting it passed. ABC News White House reporter Jon Karl noted during the White
Molly Ball, Politics Writer for The Atlantic, said that President Obama’s claim that Jonathan Gruber was not on staff during the drafting of Obamacare was “a bit of a misdirection” on Monday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC. “To say he [Gruber] was not
Comedian and radio host John Fugelsang argued that Jonathan Gruber’s comments about American voters were “stupid,” but that “there’s no scandal here” in an interview on Saturday’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” on the Fox News Channel. “I think Mr. Gruber
The Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus said Democrats got walloped in the midterm elections because white Southern voters are racists. “We lost because of ideological differences within the Democratic Party and with our Administration. We lost because our party
Dan Henninger at the Wall Street Journal thinks Obama’s weaksauce economy cooked Democrat geese during the midterm elections: “Low economic growth in the modern U.S. economy is a total, across-the-board, top-to-bottom political loser.” Normally “economic growth” is an economist’s term
Since at least 2009, Democrats have branded the GOP as the “party of no.” This claim has some basis in fact but it was also used as lazy shorthand nearly every time Republicans opposed the actions of a progressive President,
On Wednesday, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said Tuesday’s midterm elections did not destroy the chances of amnesty legislation passing. Addressing reporters along with National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman Sen.
With Republicans expected by virtually every prognosticator to take back the Senate in today’s midterm election, the GOP has reached a turning point. Win or lose, the Republican Party will have to do some serious thinking about next steps. Should
Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney predicted Democrats will “lose big-time” in the 2014 elections and that the defeat will be “a complete rejection” of the Obama administration’s agenda on Monday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto”
Hours after Mitt Romney declared that Republicans should pass amnesty legislation if the GOP takes back Congress, Pat Caddell blasted the incompetent Republican establishment for being beholden to their “other masters” and not nationalizing the illegal immigration issue. On Breitbart
President Barack Obama has an empathy problem heading into the midterms, as the percentage of Americans who believe he understands them or cares about their problems hits a record low. According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll, “A career-low 46
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Under Democratic rule in New Hampshire, there’s been “insanity,” former Gov. John Sununu told Breitbart News exclusively on Sunday night at a campaign event for former Sen. Scott Brown and the rest of the state’s GOP
Some prominent Republicans seem to be feeling their oats, assuming what are sometimes infamously referred to as “RINOs” or Republicans in name only by the Conservative GOP base, eat oats, of course. Mitt Romney is merely channeling Jeb Bush here in
