Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (2002-2013) made it public today for the first time that he is considering a 2016 presidential run as an independent. “I find the level of discourse and discussion distressingly banal and an outrage and an insult to the voters,” Bloomberg told […]
In the lead up to the Iowa caucus, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was caught sending out deceptive mailers to potential Iowa caucus goers by greeting them the with a big “VOTER VIOLATION” message on an envelope that tried to trick voters into thinking this wasn’t just another campaign […]
As Democrats and Republicans prepare to go to battle for the White House next year, lost in the presidential hullabaloo is how endangered Republicans are at losing control of the U.S Senate after just gaining a majority last year. The Democratic Party has done a solid job at […]
In the race to see who will become the next governor of the Bluegrass state, Democrat Jack Conway still leads Republican Matt Bevin by 5% in the latest Bluegrass Poll as the race enters the final month before Election Day. Independent candidate Drew Curtis is polling at 7%, […]
It is no secret that Rand Paul’s presidential campaign isn’t going so well and two mediocre debate performances have done little to help his slowly dying campaign. Politico is now reporting that one of the three super PACs that is keeping Rand’s presidential campaign afloat has stopped raising […]
Quinnipiac University is out with a new poll that finds 69% of Americans oppose the GOP’s plan to shutdown the government over funding for Planned Parenthood. Only 23% support closing the government over the dispute. Even among Republican voters, 56% oppose a shutdown. Voters also oppose cutting off […]
Bearing Drift is reporting that former RNC Chairman and U.S Senate candidate Ed Gillespie will indeed run for governor of Virginia, a contest that won’t take place until 2017. At first glance running a failed U.S Senate candidate might not be Republicans best choice but the GOP bench […]
Lost in the endless 2016 presidential buzz is the fact that three states (Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi) are holding gubernatorial elections here in a few weeks. Currently Democrats hold just Kentucky, with Governor Steve Beshear term-limited, Attorney General Jack Conway (D) is running to succeed him. The Democrats […]
Former presidential candidate and current senior U.S Senator from the state of Arizona, John McCain (R), got some pretty awful news today, he is going to have to run against a strong Democratic opponent next year. This hasn’t been a great year for Senator McCain, after losing the […]
The Washington Post is out with a great article on how many politicians are currently flirting with a presidential bid. Just yesterday, Independent U.S Senator and self-described socialist Bernie Sanders entered the race as a Democrat. There are over twenty current politicians flirting with a possible bid for […]
Tough news but not unexpected news for Democrats in Louisiana, the strongest gubernatorial candidate on the Democratic Party side has made it official, he will not be a candidate for governor this fall. Mitch Landruieu, the current mayor of New Orleans and brother to former Senator Mary Landrieu, […]
Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) told Fox News this morning that the worst GOP candidate in the race when it comes to national security issues is Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. Said McCain on Fox News : “Sen. Paul is the worst possible candidate of the 20 or so […]
Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) blasted hawks in his own party for being “lap dogs” for President Obama’s foreign policy. This might come as a shock to some, who has seen Rand Paul transfer into a war hawk since jumping into the GOP primary field. Is Rand Paul getting […]
Money can’t buy you happiness they say but it can buy you another term as Chicago’s mayor. Via Chicago Tribune: Rahm Emanuel and a supportive political action committee spent more than $22.8 million in the preliminary and runoff elections en route to the mayor winning a second term, […]
Current Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) officially has a national PAC that will allow him to raise money and his profile as he considers a run for president in 2016. John Kasich is in many ways the strongest GOP candidate for 2016, he is a former businessman (something […]
