Tag: OpinionDigest

The Clintons put their eggs in a very frayed basket, whose structural weakness was already inherent, though at the moment, still hidden from view. (AP Photo)

A hell of a place

Noemie Emery · February 9, 2016 5:03 am

Here are three recent problems and three possible solutions to the problem of money in politics. (AP Photo)

Three solutions for money in politics

Gary Shapiro · February 9, 2016 5:01 am

While Marco Rubio and John Kasich fight over the establishment lane, Ted Cruz has his own line to second place. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

PARSING THE POLLS: The scrum for second in New Hampshire

Timothy P. Carney · February 8, 2016 11:55 pm

A failure to connect with Hispanic voters, by far the fastest-growing demographic in America, presents the GOP with its most serious long-term challenge. (John Moore/Getty Images)

What Rubio and Cruz offer that Trump doesn’t

Dan Hannan · February 8, 2016 5:02 am

John Kasich clearly won Saturday's debate by pitching perfectly to the independent vote he has been wooing for months at town halls across the state. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Who’s up and who’s down in New Hampshire, and beyond

Hugh Hewitt · February 7, 2016 10:00 pm

The U.S. military is currently planning to scrap all limits on placing women in combat roles (the current limits do not keep women totally out of combat). (AP file photo/Mel Evans)

Beltway Confidential

Christie, Bush, Rubio open to conscripting women into combat; Cruz says it’s ‘nuts’

Timothy P. Carney · February 7, 2016 8:52 pm

Religion and Marx have failed those darker than blue

Charles Michael Byrd · February 4, 2016 12:02 am

Will Ted Cruz fail to duplicate in a state with evangelical Protestants only 22 percent of primary voters what he got in a contest with 64 percent? (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Probing for clues in the Iowa caucus numbers

Michael Barone · February 3, 2016 9:58 pm

Paul’s early withdrawal a setback for libertarian Republicans

Beltway Confidential

Paul’s early withdrawal a setback for libertarian Republicans

W. James Antle III · February 3, 2016 2:44 pm

Without birthright citizenship, the illegal population would have exploded past its current 11 million to at least 17 million. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Trump and Cruz’s immigration plans will backfire

David Bier · February 3, 2016 5:03 am

Beltway Confidential

Cruz wins as Rubio and Trump prepare for battle

Timothy P. Carney · February 3, 2016 5:01 am

Cruz busted the myth that you can't mess with the ethanol lobby and still win Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Cruz kills the ethanol lobby

Timothy P. Carney · February 2, 2016 7:19 pm