Tag: Commentary

Beltway Confidential

Did Iowa pick a winner this time?

W. James Antle III · February 2, 2016 10:11 am

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Byron York: Trump Iowa loss could mean trouble ahead

Byron York · February 2, 2016 9:56 am

How did the O'Malley people matter? (Matthew Putney/The Courier via AP)

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O’Malley supporters tip a precinct from Bernie win to Bernie blowout

Timothy P. Carney · February 2, 2016 6:49 am

The race was close enough that neither could declare victory outright. Clinton's most noteworthy remark was that she was "breathing a sigh of relief." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Tarnished Clinton stumbles in Iowa

Washington Examiner · February 2, 2016 6:22 am

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Two signs from Iowa that should worry Clinton

Philip Klein · February 2, 2016 5:59 am

President Ronald Reagan, left, shakes hands with Office of Management and Budget Director James Miller, while Defense Secretary William Howard Taft IV looks on in 1986. The Reagan transition included a team whose sole mission was to identify the critical power paths within each department and major agency. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

Personnel is policy

Scot Faulkner · February 2, 2016 5:02 am

United around the ego of Trump, his fans keep on dreaming. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The ways and the means

Noemie Emery · February 2, 2016 5:02 am

Manufacturing companies have a lot to gain from voicing concerns in a discussion of corporate tax reform. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Manufacturers must be heard in the tax reform debate

Michael Shue · February 2, 2016 5:01 am

I suspect, but am not certain, that Rubio set himself up in New Hampshire as the chief alternative to Trump. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Some observations on Iowa caucus night

Michael Barone · February 2, 2016 4:58 am

Importantly, Ted Cruz's victory pops the balloon of seeming invincibility that Donald Trump had coming into the first nomination event. (AP Photo)

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A huge victory for Ted Cruz in Iowa

Jason Russell · February 2, 2016 3:59 am

The Trump crowd was, as Trump promised, all voters who were new to Republican caucuses. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Ragtag band picks Trump in Council Bluffs precinct

Timothy P. Carney · February 2, 2016 2:43 am

The early numbers suggest that Donald Trump indeed attracted many people who were not caucus-goers in the past, and that he attracted them well before this month, as late deciders apparently went more for Marco Rubio than Ted Cruz. (AP Photo)

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Thoughts on preliminary Republican numbers from Iowa

Michael Barone · February 2, 2016 2:10 am