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Mitch PerryOctober 13, 2015

So, after the Republicans (led by Donald Trump) have seized the country’s attention with their presidential contest so far in 2015, the five Democrats (sans Joe Biden) running for president get their shot in a two-hour debate from Las Vegas on CNN at 9 p.m. Eastern. There will be some intriguing things to watch for – […]

Associated PressOctober 12, 2015

When the Democratic candidates for president take the stage for their first debate this week in Nevada, they’ll do so in a state that serves as a reminder of why Hillary Rodham Clinton is the front-runner for the nomination. One of the first four states to cast ballots in the presidential contest, Nevada is home […]

Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2015

Although Bernie Sanders is giving Hillary Clinton a run for her money in polls in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, two new CNN/ORC polls released on Monday shows that Clinton is dominating the Vermont independent in Nevada and South Carolina, the next two states in the Democratic presidential primary contest. Clinton […]

Associated PressOctober 9, 2015

Three Democratic presidential candidates are scheduled to attend a Nov. 6 forum in South Carolina. The nationally televised event at Winthrop University isn’t a debate. Instead, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow will conduct separate conversations with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The forum is […]

Bob SparksOctober 8, 2015

Fifteen months before the presidential election, New Hampshire and Iowa is where the action is. That is true every four years. Winning the nomination and the general election requires a strong performance in several key states. In 2016, the next president will have won at least two of a group of three swing states that […]

Phil AmmannOctober 7, 2015

On Wednesday morning, Jeb Bush got “Skimmed.” The Republican presidential hopeful appeared on theSkimm, a daily email new digest featuring “Skimm Your Candidate,” a series interviews with the 2016 White House aspirants patterned after a preliminary job interview. Skimm began in 2012 as daily email newsletters with fresh content produced by Carly Zakin and Danielle […]

Guest AuthorOctober 5, 2015

My fellow liberals, celebrating the political demise of John Boehner: Stop. He was a moderate and a decent one at that. In line to take his place are people who make, well, Rand Paul seem reasonable. Boehner was the one standing between us and them, telling the far right to stop being unrealistic and start […]

Brendan FarringtonOctober 5, 2015

Jeb Bush follows Donald Trump on Twitter but that’s a one-way street: Trump mainly follows people with a connection to himself. Ted Cruz‘s follow list is a big tea party, though he keeps an eye on President Barack Obama, too. Marco Rubio seems open to following everyone under the sun — Democrats, fellow Republicans, insiders […]

Guest AuthorOctober 4, 2015

My fellow liberals, celebrating the political demise of John Boehner: Stop. He was a moderate and a decent one at that. In line to take his place are people who make, well, Rand Paul seem reasonable. Boehner was the one standing between us and them, telling the far right to stop being unrealistic and start […]

Mitch PerryOctober 4, 2015

Florida’s two presidential candidates – Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio- remain in the middle of the pack in two new polls taken in Iowa and New Hampshire and released on Sunday. Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican field in both states, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist surveys. In New Hampshire, Trump now holds a […]

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