May 7, 2014 – appearance on ABC News’ This Week in which he said the investigation into the attack was driven by a “delusional minority” of the GOP … If so, was there a presidential finding that authorized providing weapons to al Qaeda fighters in Syria? … Was the self-absorbed “selfie” Commander-in-Chief really so hotly engaged in debate prep that he couldn’t be bothered as one of his…

Jul 18, 2014 – So Warren’s race was much more contested than Cruz’s or than the presidential race in either state. … The proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the 2016 presidential race is Hillary Clinton. … If you compare them to the roster of Republicans who might be in the Presidential or Vice Presidential mix (by design, this is an overinclusive…

Jan 5, 2013 – The GOP has the weakest defense in the league. … Based on the demographic debacle of the 2012 presidential elections, the GOP can’t afford to lose any more of the booster club. … The GOP has celebrities too.  Use them.  …

Mar 19, 2013 – Reince Preibus, chairman of the RNC, ordered up the autopsy to try to find a way forward for the GOP without repeating many of the … Candidates like Josh Mandel were model candidates for the GOP who ran great races, but still lost. … Many Republicans wondered why the GOP would ever allow NBC to host a debate, let alone with the Politico, given the biases involved.Additionally…

Mar 28, 2013 – In the 1996 GOP Presidential primary I persuaded my parents to cast a protest vote for Pat Buchanan, as I felt Bob Dole was too liberal … Three reasons: The debate over SSM is a divisive political issue that is tearing this country apart culturally and politically, while … This whole debate begs the question, Why does the government have an overriding interest in my personal contract to love and care for…

Jul 17, 2013 – But the vehemence directed at Trende’s number-crunching suggests a Democratic establishment that fears honest debate intruding in its … and demographic determinism, even if the GOP does defeat the current iteration of “comprehensive immigration reform.” … Stripping away the rhetorical overkill (“GOP phone home!…

Jul 27, 2013 – for the Republicans is for the same reason why it has for the Democrats: the 2014 election cycle will only have an effect on the GOP … For better or for worse, 2015 will be giving us a bunch of viable Presidential candidates who will being able to claim “successful … governor” on their resumes… including at least least two candidates that certain factions in the GOP will positively loathe.…

Aug 6, 2013 – We do not yet know who the Republican presidential nominee will be in 2016. … If you can’t win an exchange with a heckler, how are you going to win one with a presidential candidate? … Nobody ever had their campaign sunk by skipping a primary debate.…

Aug 5, 2013 – The head of the Republican Party threatened Monday to cut out CNN and NBC from the GOP presidential primary debates if the networks … Moe Lane (crosspost) PS: You may safely assume that I – and a lot of my compatriots – will not be unhappy to see our 2016 debate…

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…

May 6, 2013 – been warned that our massive and weaponized bureaucracy would run us into the ground going back to Dwight Eisenhower’s final Presidential … The real debate for the next 30 years is not how we go about paying our bills, but how we go about not paying them. … The GOP has to discuss how we can be the alternative to the coming Big Government Chernobyl.…

Jun 24, 2013 – In addition to lacking any core principles, the GOP consultant class is completely tone deaf to the electoral tea leaves of their own … After all of the GOP-backed enforcement laws, every voter knows where they stand on the issue.  … As this debate heads to the House, Republicans have two options. …

Oct 16, 2013 – It’s hard for me to even calculate the amount of words that have been used to debate the merits of defund vs delay vs some other … Now, if you were on the other side of the debate, I beg you not to get too glued to that second paragraph.   … Eventually, perhaps inevitably, the conversation gravitated towards this debate.  …

Oct 18, 2013 – In an article titled GOP Strikes Truce on Abortion Issue, CNN covered the machinations of the pro-abort faction of the GOP to torpedo … If it is not abandoned, it will drag down the GOP. … When social subjects arise, GOP candidates go For an example of the truce strategy in action, recall the July 19 debate between Cuccinelli…

Nov 21, 2013 – And McCain’s gang of GOP senators agreed, blocking all 3 of Obama’s nominees. … For 200 years, we’ve had the right to extended debate. It’s not some “procedural gimmick.” … I urge all of us to think not just about winning every debate but about protecting free and democratic debate.” (Sen.…

Nov 22, 2014 – Do not believe what liberals may tell you about there being any kind of presidential precedent for stretching the doctrine of “prosecutorial … of whether or not this action is technically unconstitutional — and again, I do think it is — the fact we are even having this debate … This offense falls squarely within the original meaning of the Constitution’s language of limiting presidential impeachment to “treason…

Dec 9, 2014 – There is a debate on whether to restore the filibuster for judges. I’m divided on the issue. … It’s nice to imagine a Kumbaya moment that would restore Senate comity, but this is a case when the GOP could do more political harm … Hugh Hewitt: “No, no, no, no, no to the idea moving around some Senate GOP circles of ‘restoring’ the judicial filibuster.…

Apr 20, 2019 – Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney weighs in on the Republican presidential race during a speech at the University … The 2012 GOP presidential nominee has been critical of front-runner Donald Trump on Twitter in recent weeks and has yet to endorse … The GOP is never going to let him lose another presidential campaign.…

May 15, 2019 – Steve Bullock — in the Democratic presidential primary contest, it’s officially the largest primary field in modern American history … Bill Weld, challenging Trump for the GOP nomination, and this crowd of 25 far exceeds the presidential primary candidates we’ve seen … Buttigieg is gay and checks another diversity box as one of the youngest candidates (I believe he’s the first millennial presidential…

Sep 29, 2021 – expert Lorraine Voles, who once served “as a strategist and adviser to Hillary Clinton’s 2006 Senate reelection race and 2008 presidential … Tulsi Gabbard scored a knockout punch against Harris during her second debate. … Flashback: GOP Should Take Note as the Kamala Harris 2024 Strategy Emerges…

Oct 6, 2020 – According to The Hill, Cruz says the GOP has the votes and the feeling of commitment across the board. … for the coronavirus and another three GOP senators, including Cruz, have tested negative but are self-isolating. … Biden was asked whether or not he would try that himself during the first presidential debate and would not give a straight answer.…

Oct 1, 2020 – Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks after touring International Union of Operating Engineers Local … Trump has denounced them for years whenever asked, as he did yet again during the first debate, three times saying “sure” to whether … This is what the media wants to avoid getting out there, they want the GOP constantly on the defense.…

Oct 1, 2020 – Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News speaking on stage before the start of the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at … A clip has surfaced from a 2016 GOP presidential primary debate, where Wallace asked then-candidate Donald Trump a question similar … Wallace’s question during that March 2016 GOP presidential debate: “Mr.…

Oct 15, 2020 – (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)   Last week, the designated moderator for the second presidential debate, C-SPAN’s political editor … Moderator for second presidential debate (a former intern for then-Senator Joe Biden and former staff assistant for the late Sen. … Scaramucci Now the Third Presidential Debate Moderator Has Issues Too, Bob Dole Blasts the Commission The Presidential Debates Can…

Oct 14, 2020 – Fresh off the first presidential debate, Trump is returning to the battleground state of Minnesota for a rally and fundraiser. … Trump, he was fortunate to be matched with a weak GOP nominee in Mitt Romney, who was not universally admired across the GOP as Obama … much like Barack Obama, his policy decisions during his first term cost him greatly in the congressional midterm elections, with the GOP…