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.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
Well, the second primetime GOPPresidential 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.…
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.…
To me the Jeb Bush candidacy is the GOP mirror image of the Hillary Clinton candidacy. … presidentialdebate, billionaire developer Donald Trump is riding Republican voters’ wave of anti-establishment preference, polling … The rest of the GOP candidates fell below the poll’s margin of error.…
With the CNN debate being held in the Reagan Presidential Library tonight, expect the Reagan comparisons by the Trump campaign and … grew up and identified as a Democrat, and talked extensively about how the Democrat party left him, leading to his defection to the GOP … Reagan’s introduction to politics came during the 1964 Presidential campaign, during which he campaigned prominently for the doomed…
Promoted from the diaries by Leon…
Normally, I detest those debate questions that ask the candidates for either a show of hands … However, Bret Baier’s first question at the FOX debate, “Will you promise to support the eventual nominee and NOT run as an independent … The GOP candidates debate this coming Wednesday, and here’s hoping that Jake Tapper follows Baier’s example, and starts off with a…
Rand Paul (R-KY)’ chamber=’senate’ mcid=’P000603′ ] has become the latest GOPPresidential contender to throw a last-minute Hail Mary … in a desperate plea to reinject themselves as a relevant force into the GOPPresidentialdebate. … This year, though, was supposed to be a breakout year for GOPPresidential candidates.…
One of the irritating things about the way the other GOP frontrunners have dealt with Trump is that they have interpreted Trump … Carson has been gaining on Trump, the GOP frontrunner, in recent polls. … And that’s really the most refreshing position of all, when it comes to this particular debate.…
Fiorina’s speech was the only Presidential speech at the RedState Gathering that my daughter wanted to hear. She’s a big fan. … In fact, Fiorina’s 2016 Presidential campaign has been very impressive and she has been sharp. … In the 2010 California Senate debate between [mc_name name=’Sen.…
GOP Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has decided he’s done with Fox News. Again. I know this because it was on Twitter.
. … victor in the Republican primaries, but he wanted to be sure he would be treated fairly by the GOP first. … Get on with your campaign if you’re serious about a presidential run. If not, quit wasting everyone’s time.
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while the role of immigration in the voting patterns of Hispanic voters tends to be overstated, there is undoubtedly a risk that a GOP … That’s especially a potential lost opportunity for Rubio, who would be the first Hispanic presidential nominee (as would [mc_name name … In a televised debate in late October, he stated:
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Republican presidential candidate, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, makes a point during the CNN Republican presidentialdebate at the … Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. … Terrill)
In the second GOPdebate the subject of Planned Parenthood and its baby harvesting operation came up.…
In the first poll released after the Simi Valley GOP candidate debate, Carly Fiorina has catapulted to second place behind Donald … Trump:
Carly Fiorina has rocketed into second place in the Republican presidential field on the heels another strong debate and Donald … The survey, conducted the three days after 23 million people tuned in to Wednesday night’s GOPdebate on CNN, shows that Trump is still…
That is the number of people who have watched a Republican Presidentialdebate to the number of people who have watched a Democrat … Presidentialdebate. … Either way, at minimum 25 million Americans have seen Republicans debate issues, disagree, and have a Presidential primary process.…
I don’t think that this Simon Rosenberg fellow is exactly surprised about this:
1/7 days out fr 1st Dem debate, still no emails, … DNC sent me many emails asking me to watch GOP debates. … Governors: Always the go-to for Presidential candidates, and there’s a slate there.…
Candy Crowley intervened in a presidentialdebate between Romney and Obama to correct, falsely as it turned out, Romney. … The headline from The Hill reads:
GOP: Planned Parenthood wasted millions on ‘lavish’ travel, parties
Nice use of scare quotes…
Fiorina has been taking heat in recent weeks for her comments about Planned Parenthood during the second GOPdebate, where she addressed … At the debate, Fiorina said those videos show an aborted fetus kept alive to “harvest its brain.” … Ever since the debate, Fiorina has defended her debate statement and in doing so has allayed a lot of the queasiness many pro-life…
The antics of the GOP frontrunner on that subject have thrown the legacy media into a combination of discomfiture and elation. … Even though American Politics is becoming more and more like entertainment, we can’t have reality TV stars turn presidential candidate … At our Politicon debate, Coulter also argued that illegal immigration is tolerated because the Democrats need voters and businesses…
At the first sign of some sputtering from the presidential campaign of “libertarian-ish” [mc_name name=’Sen. … The fact that two high-profile candidates for the GOP nomination are investing time and resources to court the liberty vote shows that … the rise of ISIS and President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, libertarian foreign policy ideals have fallen out of favor with the GOP…
“Go home to Kentucky, Senator, and save your Senate seat before Kentucky’s voters take the incompetence of your Presidential campaign … What is the most endearing moment of Rand Paul’s Presidential campaign is also the most embarrassing. … But he has failed to get traction on any of those issues, has failed to stand out on any debate stage except to look stoned or serve…
And, he bragged on a Democratic debate stage in Las Vegas, Nevada, about killing an enemy combatant – and a communist to boot. … David Harsanyi at The Federalist puts it like this:
Now, Webb would be far more conservative than the GOP frontrunner, but his moderate … Webb is a presidential candidate for the party that nominated and elected JFK. Imagine if that Democratic Party was around today.…
