Stocks rising for Ohio’s John Kasich and Rob Portman
With Governor John Kasich (R) winning a decisive victory last Tuesday night, his outlook as a potential 2016 candidate just got a little better. Kasich’s name has not been on many short lists of...
View ArticleBased on the numbers, who is the most likely GOP nominee?
Well, numbers and a little guessing. At this point, with the Republican field so wide open, any guess is as good as the next. The Washington Post put together a top ten list ranking candidates in their...
View ArticleThe State of the 2016 Race
The last 60 days of 2014 saw a flutter of activity by potential 2016 Presidential candidates who began making their moves in earnest. On the Democratic side, Jim Webb announced an exploratory committee...
View ArticleOhio Gov. John Kasich heads to Iowa, considers 2016 campaign
Another Republican governor in the field with a decent record in his home state, and a big re-election win in 2014, is Ohio’s John Kasich. So far, he’s been pretty quiet about the prospects of...
View ArticleTwo More GOP Governors Poised to Enter 2016 Race
Following the 2014 midterm elections, in which Republican governors fared quite well, there was speculation that John Kasich (Ohio) and Rick Snyder (Michigan) may each enter the 2016 presidential race....
View ArticleFriday Open Thread
There aren’t many big 2016 stories today so here is a little rundown of what’s popping up in my presidential election news feeds. Rick Santorum will be revealing his 2016 plans on May 27 with an...
View ArticleOhio Gov. John Kasich to announce 2016 campaign July 21
Ohio Governor John Kasich has been laying the groundwork for months in preparation to launch a 2016 presidential campaign. As far as polling goes, he’s near the bottom in the Republican field but does...
View ArticleOhio Gov. John Kasich enters 2016 presidential race
Governor John Kasich, of Ohio, will likely be the last major Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race. Kasich spoke today at his alma mater of Ohio State University to make the announcement....
View ArticleC-SPAN ‘Voters First’ GOP Forum Tonight at 7pm ET
Airing tonight, with fourteen confirmed Republican candidates, is the “Voters First Forum” sponsored by C-SPAN and various other media outlets including the New Hampshire Union Leader. The forum will...
View ArticleJeb’s biggest competition isn’t Donald Trump
You’d think with the way Jeb Bush and Donald Trump were going back and forth over the topic of immigration that Jeb is competing directly with Trump for voters and fundraising dollars. At this point,...
View ArticleVideo: MSNBC Dem Town Hall, CNN GOP Town Hall (Night 2)
On Thursday evening, CNN wrapped up their two-night Town Hall event in South Carolina with John Kasich, Jeb Bush, and Donald Trump. Also on Thursday, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton appeared on a...
View ArticleRepublican Town Hall Tonight on Fox News (Video Added)
Four GOP candidates will join Megyn Kelly of the Fox News Channel for a two hour “Town Hall” event from Houston, Texas. Donald Trump was also invited but has chosen to skip this event. Instead he will...
View ArticleLive Stream: Fox News Republican Debate Tonight from Detroit
With Ben Carson bowing out of the race, the debate stage will be down to just four candidates tonight in Detroit for a debate sponsored by the Fox News Channel. The festivities begin at 9pm ET (6pm...
View ArticleRubio Urges His Supporters to Vote Kasich in Ohio
In a mad dash to head off the potential that Donald Trump can amass the 1,237 delegates needed to outright win the Republican nomination, Marco Rubio is now asking his supporters in Ohio to vote for...
View ArticleWill the Ohio Truism Continue to be True?
You’ve probably heard that no Republican candidate has become president without winning the Ohio primary. Well, it ain’t exactly so, as Time Magazine points out. In 1968, Richard Nixon won the White...
View ArticleVideo: Trump and Clinton Speak After Primary Wins
We’re still waiting on some of the Democratic results, and the GOP results in Missouri, but it’s safe to say that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be the winners tonight. Clinton was able to pull...
View ArticleNY Times: Rubio’s Exit Leaves Trump a Path to 1,237 Delegates
Now that we’re a couple days past the fallout of Tuesday’s primary votes, where do we stand in terms of the delegate race on the Republican side? We’ll get the Democratic race a little later. According...
View ArticleCNN Republican Town Hall from Wisconsin (Video Added)
Just when it seems like the Republican primary couldn’t get any more interesting, we’re now to the point where Ted Cruz is challenging Donald Trump to a one-on-one debate in Wisconsin ahead of the...
View ArticleRNC Convention to be a ‘Showdown,’ But No Guns Allowed
With the fights at rallies, Donald Trump’s campaign manager charged with battery, a girl getting groped and pepper sprayed, you’d think all the excitement is in the audience in the political campaign,...
View ArticleReal Fighting in Wisconsin is Between Cruz and Kasich
Ted Cruz wants to be seen as the only Washington Insider left in the race by asking the Establishment to embrace him. This move comes despite spending his career as the Anti-Republican Republican in...
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