
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker rolled out a new healthcare plan on Tuesday, and almost immediately after he did Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal came out guns-a-blazing against it, calling it an expansive new entitlement program that centralizes power in Washington, D.C.
by Matthew Boyle18 Aug 2015, 1:59 PM PST0

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has unveiled his “Day One Patient Freedom Plan,” a replacement for ObamaCare, which he says he would repeal in its entirety. The centerpiece of Walker’s plan is to restore market competition without entirely removing subsidies for health insurance coverage.
by John Hayward18 Aug 2015, 12:42 PM PST0

Bernie Sanders came out ahead of Hillary Clinton Among Democrats voting in the Iowa State Fair straw poll last week, the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office reported on Monday. But the biggest political draw was Donald Trump and his helicopter.
by Warner Todd Huston17 Aug 2015, 8:51 PM PST0

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told Fox News on Monday he supports building a wall along the U.S-Mexico border and ending birthright citizenship, echoing GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s immigration plan.
by Katie McHugh17 Aug 2015, 5:23 PM PST0

UDPATE: Later in the evening, Hunt tweeted a statesman from a Walker campaign spokesperson saying, “We have to enforce the laws, keep people from coming here, enforce e-verify to stop the jobs magnet, and by addressing the root problems we
by Ian Hanchett17 Aug 2015, 1:08 PM PST0

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ran into union protesters while speaking at the Iowa State Fair on Monday, who booed him as he promised to fight Washington politics.
by Katie McHugh17 Aug 2015, 10:03 AM PST0

Scott Walker is the Tim Tebow of politics…the pro-life, conservative sensation on top of the world (or the polls) one moment, the invisible man the next.
by Breitbart News16 Aug 2015, 6:06 PM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown is not running for president–yet, anyway–but he came under fire from three Republican presidential candidates in Nevada on Saturday, as they slammed him for his policies on California’s drought, and for linking it to climate change.
by Joel B. Pollak16 Aug 2015, 5:28 AM PST0

Nobody has a God-given right to others’ money, pried from their hands by an intrusive, redistributionist government. But Kasich seems to disagree. Kasich is obviously of the opinion that government can be a force for good. Reagan ran and won on the principle that “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” He governed on the principle that “as government expands, liberty contracts.” Not so with Kasich.
by Ben Shapiro13 Aug 2015, 12:27 PM PST0

As for that thumb drive, current reporting suggests it contains only the 30,000 or so emails Hillary Clinton didn’t decide to classify as “personal correspondence” and destroy. Up until a few days ago, Clinton World assured us her lawyer David Kendall was also a super-spy with all the security clearances necessary to handle the former Secretary of State’s email.
by John Hayward12 Aug 2015, 8:35 AM PST0

Donald Trump seems to be weathering a weekend of controversies surrounding his criticism of questioning from Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly during the debate.
by Mike Flynn11 Aug 2015, 7:29 PM PST0

Was Megyn Kelly’s performance “good journalism”? Here are her questions, evaluated one by one.
by Stephen K. Bannon & Alexander Marlow11 Aug 2015, 6:21 PM PST0

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton is touting that access to higher education should be available for every individual – not just those who can pay for it – and she’s been selling her college plan with posts on Twitter.
by Alex Swoyer11 Aug 2015, 4:30 PM PST0

Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker accused fellow candidate Donald Trump of using “Democrat talking points” against him, and said, “instead of doing what Donald Trump is, and that’s attacking other Republicans, I’m going to focus, as I
by Ian Hanchett11 Aug 2015, 8:46 AM PST0

Trump’s 32 percent is also up seven points over last week’s Morning Consult poll, which had him at 25 percent. The poll was conducted Aug. 7 through Aug. 9—Friday through Sunday—which means most of the polling was done not just after Trump’s debate performance in which he battled Fox News anchors seemingly determined to take him out but also after Friday evening comments about Kelly.
by Matthew Boyle10 Aug 2015, 11:50 AM PST0

Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker argued, “it’s time to start focusing on who the real opponent is in the general election, and that’s Hillary Clinton” and that the focus on Trump is “like watching a car accident
by Ian Hanchett10 Aug 2015, 10:18 AM PST0

Donald Trump continues to take fire from his competitors for the Republican nomination for president after controversial comments he made about Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly. Carly Fiorina and former Gov. George Pataki (R-NY) chimed in late Friday evening, and several other candidates added their voices on Saturday.
by Sarah Rumpf8 Aug 2015, 12:22 PM PST0

None can speak to central issue of our day. They’re all so enthralled by business interests, they’ve convinced themselves that that thing with Eric Cantor didn’t happen.
by Ann Coulter6 Aug 2015, 10:38 PM PST0

Thursday night’s Fox News debate featured a bevy of explosive moments, several problematic gaffes, and a binder full of opposition ads for Hillary Clinton, as debate moderators grilled Republican 2016 presidential candidates with alacrity.
by Ben Shapiro6 Aug 2015, 9:09 PM PST0

Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker slammed Hillary Clinton over her private server and email, arguing “probably the Russian and Chinese government[s] know more about Hillary Clinton’s email server than do the members of the United States Congress.
by Ian Hanchett6 Aug 2015, 7:59 PM PST0

CLEVELAND, Ohio: GOP presidential candidate Gov. Scott Walker stepped in to keep the peace when Fox News anchor Bret Baier was going back and forth with GOP frontrunner Donald Trump on the topic of his donations to Democrats and the Clinton Foundation.
by Alex Swoyer6 Aug 2015, 7:36 PM PST0

Russ Feingold, who served 12 years as a hard-left Senator from Wisconsin and lost in the Republican wave of 2010, is hoping to make a comeback in 2016. It has been more than 80 years since a defeated Senator reclaimed
by Mike Flynn5 Aug 2015, 9:52 PM PST0

Scott Walker, John Kasich, and Bobby Jindal have enlisted their states in a legal challenge to Obama’s new EPA coal power plant regulation.
by Michael Patrick Leahy5 Aug 2015, 8:43 PM PST0

(From The Ferenstein Wire) — The Republican field for president is massive, and conservative contenders are scrambling to stand out from the crowd. Polls tend to swing wildly from month-to-month, as new candidates enter the race or happen to get into a headline-making story.
by Ferenstein Wire5 Aug 2015, 8:30 PM PST0

On a national grassroots call hosted by Mark Meckler, tea party leader and founder of Citizens for Self Governance, Texas Senator Ted Cruz came out as the clear early favorite of national grassroots leaders. The call included over 100 tea party leaders and some former country Republican Party officials from 33 states including the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
by Warner Todd Huston5 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM PST0