By David Catanese |
Facing steep odds against an expansive Republican field, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal entered the 2016 race for president Wednesday, promising to “do things that you cannot do in Washington, and say the things you cannot say.”
The 44-year-old Jindal, a Rhodes Scholar who became the nation’s first ...
By David Catanese |
The Supreme Court is on the verge of a momentous decision that could legalize gay marriage across the country.
And yet the slate of Republican presidential candidates, who have long opposed changing the legal definition of one of the world's oldest institutions, are treading lightly.
For a ...
By David Catanese |
There are two full days left of the Faith & Freedom Coalition's annual Washington conference.
But Ted Cruz already won it on Thursday.
The Texas senator measurably outperformed his two Senate GOP colleagues, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, with a tightly woven sermon on religious liberty delivered ...
By David Catanese |
Vice President Joe Biden has still not ruled out a 2016 presidential run and will make his intentions known by Aug. 1, according to two Democratic sources who have been in contact with his family.
While the loss of his son, Beau Biden, last month paused any political planning by the vice president,
By David Catanese |
The Donald wasn’t pulling our leg this time. He says he’s really running for president.
Donald Trump, the real estate mogul turned reality television star, enters the 2016 race for the White House with unmatched star power, unfiltered rhetorical bravado, gobs of money and little chance of victory.
By David Catanese |
After a six-month pre-campaign period in which he tested his rusty political mettle and secured millions in early donations but failed to break away from his rivals, Jeb Bush formally declared his 2016 presidential candidacy Monday, emphasizing themes of optimism and opportunity ahead of a ...
By David Catanese |
NEW YORK -- Hillary Clinton unleashed her starkest contrast with Republicans to date Saturday during a picturesque rally on the tip of Roosevelt Island, propelling her presidential campaign into a more aggressive phase.
"There may be some new voices in the presidential Republican choir," she told ...
By David Catanese |
What happens if you plan a straw poll and pretty much no one agrees to show up?
You kill the straw poll.
That's what all 16 members of the Iowa GOP State Central Committee voted to do Friday, scrapping a tradition that dates back to 1979 due to little interest in the event from the 2016 Republican ...
By David Catanese |
When Rush Limbaugh weighed in on Jeb Bush's interest in the 2016 presidential race late last year, his trumped-up take essentially was, "What difference – at this point – does it make?"
"Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, on the key important issues, they are two peas in the same pod," the conservative ...
By David Catanese |
At a recent fundraiser, a young boy walked up to Carly Fiorina and asked, "What is feminism?"
As she pondered her answer, Fiorina realized the feminism of the moment didn't represent her -- the only female Republican running for president this year and a down-the-line fiscal and social conservative.
