Aug 15, 2013 – One of the most popular leaders of the opposition, much-touted as a leading presidential candidate for 2016, goes on the air to inform … It’s like a boxing match where the GOP gives itself a black eye before the first bell is rung.  … Republicans accept leftist rules of engagement without quarrel, obediently sidelining the narratives that would change the terms of debate…

Feb 2, 2025 – has a 6-3 conservative majority thanks to the first term's political tag team of Trump and Mitch McConnell.Trump became the first GOP … He controls the GOP now, having helped elect many members. He’s already avoided stumbles that hurt him last time.And oh, look? … There were questions then whether the GOP would survive as a viable national party.But just four years later, an unpopular Johnson…

Jan 29, 2025 –    Link to poll: https://t.co/NbJlnRjNLzAnd link to my piece today on the debate inside the Democratic Party about … The Democratic Party is currently sitting at its all-time low approval rating while the GOP has reached its all-time high. … Republicans will eventually face headwinds again as no presidential term goes perfectly.…

May 18, 2022 – That is how it’s done, and it’s not something Joe Biden would be able to effectively counter should the issue come up in a presidential … debate between the two in 2024 (assuming DeSantis runs). … But that’s unlikely to happen, which will mean more GOP victories in future elections at the state and local levels that will have…

Aug 7, 2015 – There are a very few questions that have any place in a presidential debate. … TRUMP: Why not use this first Republican presidential debate to share your proof [IRT illegal immigrants and crime] with the American … BUSH:  [A] story appeared today quoting an anonymous GOP donor who said you called Mr.…

Aug 7, 2015 – Last night’s GOP presidential debates were, in Churchill’s phrase, not the end or the beginning of the end, but the end of the … First, a few words on the debate itself. … That debate drew 10.7 million viewers.…

Aug 7, 2015 – Here at the Redstate Gathering, we’re going to be hearing from most of the Republican Presidential candidates. … Then he had a meek performance in a debate, seeming to shy away from Mitt Romney, and he was done. … I think many of us hope she’ll be in the ‘main debate’ next time.…

Aug 4, 2015 – On Monday evening, GOP front-runner Trump officially blessed a strategy that would include a rider that defunds Planned Parenthood … Like it or not, everyone in the GOP is reacting to what Trump does right now. … He is absolutely and without a doubt driving the debate on all its terms.…

Aug 17, 2015 – His polling fell after the first debate, but there are limited debates and the second one is still a month away. … Usually it is the GOP who want a coronation. … This time, a quarter of the GOP has fallen head over heels in love with the flamboyant Donald Trump while Democrats have rushed to…

Aug 15, 2015 – Via that arbiter of GOP presidential choices, the New York Times, John Kasich’s Appeal to Moderates Gains Traction in New Hampshire … Because the New Hampshire GOP electorate doesn’t look like the GOP electorate in virtually any other state: Mr. … For instance, when Megyn Kelly wasn’t preening during the GOP debate, she took the time to ask Kasich this question: “if you had a…

Aug 11, 2015 – Donald Trump presents a threat – we can debate how big a threat, but a threat – to the conservative movement and the Republican … primaries without running a third-party campaign, and brings his current supporters into the fold to not only support the Republican presidential … only–the #Jebbernaut. https://t.co/WRzHe1kWen — Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) July 8, 2015 Hilarious that pundits are demanding GOP…

Aug 26, 2015 – I am pretty much with most of the GOP electorate. I like Florida [mc_name name=’Sen. … would probably win rave reviews at a debate festival, but when you are talking to working men and women who are worried about their … We’ve seen two presidential campaigns run by happy losers using happy talk.…

Aug 25, 2015 – or interest in the details), he said, in effect, “Well, you know, I could, I make $500 million a month, and then at some point the GOP … He said “According to literally every poll I won that debate. … Each thing he says is so bizarre, or ill informed, or demonstrably false, or un presidential in tone or character, that it becomes…

Aug 25, 2015 – Probably, we are past the point where the GOP Presidential candidate can have a reasonable chance of outright winning the Hispanic … Hispanics have mostly positive-to-neutral attitudes towards the GOP candidates – ranging from +11 (Bush) to -7 (Cruz). … elections (although to what extent remains a topic of hot debate).…

Aug 24, 2015 – I know and like many of the Presidential candidates for the GOP. … His 2012 debate performance lingers on too. … I am so happy for a number of the Presidential prospects this time.…

Sep 6, 2015 – Now, registered as an independent, he leads the Republican 2016 presidential field. … He criticized presidential candidate Steve Forbes for favoring a flat tax, which Trump thought unfair to the poor. … Yes, the Establishment GOP is awful. We should have supported Alison Grimes in the general election, just to be rid of Mitch. …

Sep 2, 2015 – The Republican presidential primary has both a blessing and a curse: a staggeringly deep field of candidates, many of them talented … In past presidential contests, some early entrants dropped out well before the voting started. … And Graham’s not even on the first debate stage. Two: Do I have the resources to keep going?…

Sep 2, 2015 – Megyn Kelly and co. grilled him on his liberal past during the Fox News debate early last month, and Bush and other GOP hopefuls have … accusation that the billionaire businessman is not a true conservative, amid an intensifying feud between the two Republican presidential … In an environment where large parts of the electorate feel alienated, where massive portions of the GOP base feel like we’ve been used…

Sep 2, 2015 – Her inclusion is not just a positive addition to the GOP field, but to the idea of a presidential campaign as a whole. … In July, Carly Fiorina delivered a speech at the Reagan Library which was, without a doubt, extremely presidential. … I am looking forward to Carly being included in the debate, but not because we share the same gender.…

Sep 1, 2015 – In our book on the 2012 presidential election, “The Gamble,” Vavreck and I documented this pattern over and over in 2011—for Perry, … Rand Paul (R-KY)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’P000603′ ] was arguably the first negative ad in the GOP primaries this cycle. … Only about $8 million in total was spent before the first debate.…

Sep 17, 2015 – Right now, roughly 55% of the GOP electorate is splitting its vote between Trump and Carson, as the most highly visible outsiders in … What last night’s debate showed is that both of them are the wrong choice, among the outsiders in the group. … And I think Carson got badly exposed in last night’s debate.…

Sep 17, 2015 – After McCain ultimately lost, Weaver took his football and went home, or at least left the GOP. … Pat Roberts (R-KS)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’R000307′ ]’ Kansas Senate seat against the GOP. … Kasich, in the debate last night, had few memorable lines.…

Sep 16, 2015 – Well, the second primetime GOP Presidential Primary debate is in the can. … That said, there were some clear winners and losers from tonight’s debate, and we are here to separate the two. … Scott Walker – For people who only tuned in to the first 15 minutes or so, Scott Walker had a great debate.…

Sep 16, 2015 – During the GOP primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the issue over whether or not Planned Parenthood should…

Sep 16, 2015 – 5:57pm ET – CNN just finished allowing Jerry Brown an uninterrupted 10 minutes to attack all the GOP candidates. … Every presidential candidate since JFK has tried to portray themselves as outsiders. 6:18pm – The debate has started. … I don’t think Graham has any clue where the GOP electorate is right now.…