Given their impromptu squabble over the direction of the party, it’s fitting that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul should sit next to each other at the top of the pack in the Granite State, according to a new University of New Hampshire survey. In fact, there’s a plausible case to be […]

A cadre of leading national liberal groups are set to unveil Iowa polling Tuesday to pressure Democratic candidates for president — namely Hillary Clinton — to sign on to a plan to expand Social Security benefits. The Public Policy Polling — commissioned by Democracy For America, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Social Security Works and Credo […]

It appears that popular opinion within the Republican Party has reached a tipping point against Chris Christie in his spat with Rand Paul. Peggy Noonan weighs in strongly against the New Jersey governor: So Christie is wrong that concerns and reservations about surveillance are the province of intellectuals and theorists—they’re not. He’s wrong that their concerns are merely abstract—they’re concrete. […]

The Cap Times in Madison produces a handy interactive map showing how Gov. Scott Walker’s donor base has shifted since he limited collective bargaining rights. The key stat: Before February 2011, 91 percent of Walker’s donations came from within Wisconsin; since then, that number has dropped to 38 percent. The map provides state by state stats […]

Dishonest, ambitious and intelligent. Those are the words voters most often conjured up when asked to describe Hillary Clinton, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday. The national survey, which found Clinton defeating each of the Republicans pitted against her, assembled word clouds for each candidate, as a result of the first word or phrase that came […]

You can’t go wrong with a table of old guys. That’s been a rule of thumb of mine as a reporter when I’m entering a political venue and seeking a healthy amount of color for a story about a candidate or issue du jour. Spot a table of retired gray gentlemen conversing quietly amongst themselves […]

Most are in Milwaukee for the National Governors Association summer meeting. Others were courting the base at the RedState conference in New Orleans. One even quietly slipped into an early primary state. Here’s your quick and easy guide to the 5 most important ways 2016 governors made news this weekend, in descending order. 5. Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal hosted […]

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. — Nancy Mace — the first woman to graduate from The Citadel — became the second Republican primary challenger to South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham Saturday. In her 14-minute announcement speech here, she never mentioned Graham directly, but she notably name-dropped two potential 2016ers whose campaigns she seeks to emulate: Rand Paul […]

Pro-Gun New Hampshire, an organization for Granite State Second Amendment champions, is warning New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie against signing four gun control measures into law. “There are four horrific gun bills sitting on Chris Christie’s desk right now.  What he does with them will tell Granite Staters everything they need to know about who Chris Christie […]

It’s a big weekend for Bobby Jindal, but can he seize the moment? The Louisiana governor is the featured evening speaker Friday at the Redstate gathering in New Orleans and then sets off to Iowa on Saturday for a fundraiser on behalf of Gov. Terry Branstad. For almost any potential top-tier 2016er, this back-to-back premiere event scheduling would attract […]

Today’s a day Barbara Buono could more plausibly hit Chris Christie for drifting away from the concerns of New Jerseyans. The New Jersey governor is in Las Vegas, being hosted at a fundraiser by Sheldon and Miriam Adelson. The Las Vegas Sun cues up Christie’s disparaging remarks about Sin City for good measure: The event is technically for Christie’s […]

When Jonathan Karl asked Elizabeth Warren last fall if she was interested in running for president, she said ‘no’ a full five times. But that was in the middle of the highest-profile U.S. Senate campaign in the country and before Democrats fully realized how barren their 2016 bench is sans Hillary Clinton and prior to Warren’s rabble-rousing […]

Chris Christie’s not gonna like it. Neither is Jennifer Rubin. And Peter King would object too. But Rand Paul is now the leader of the herd of Republicans who covet the 2016 GOP nomination for president, placing the Kentucky senator at the top of The CHASE this month for the first time. (What is The CHASE? Read […]