Tag: Republican Party

For five decades, you could make good money simply betting in the GOP presidential primary on the establishment candidate whose "turn" it was. But that rule no longer applies, and Jeb Bush is hardly inevitable. (AP Photo)Â

Jeb, though ‘next in line,’ is not the GOP favorite

Timothy P. Carney · June 16, 2015 9:45 pm

CNN contributor compares Trump candidacy to Reagan’s 1980 campaign

Becket Adams · June 16, 2015 9:00 pm

Is Mitt Romney a GOP asset, or distraction?

Byron York · June 15, 2015 11:35 pm

Gina Dominique, lower left, who came from Haiti, takes the oath of U.S. citizenship during a naturalization ceremony. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Good immigration policy is good economic policy

Nathan Rubbelke · June 15, 2015 4:01 am

Secretary of State George Shultz, center, walks with President Reagan and Vice President George Bush on his arrival on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1985 at the White House in Washington after two days of arms talks with the Soviet Union in Geneva. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)

The go-to man for GOP candidates

David M. Drucker · June 15, 2015 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to supporters Saturday, June 13, 2015, on Roosevelt Island in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Rand Paul mocks Hillary during campaign speech

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 13, 2015 11:28 pm

GOP: Raise spending caps and provide for America’s military, it’s ‘never a waste of time’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 13, 2015 3:49 pm

Erickson accused Republicans of hypocrisy for impeaching Clinton in the 1990s for his conduct toward women. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Meet the conservative activist who helped undo the Iowa straw poll

Ryan Lovelace · June 12, 2015 10:14 pm

Republicans enter Hilton Coliseum before casting their ballots in the Iowa Republican Party's Straw Poll, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

Death of straw poll makes climb steeper for second-tier candidates

Timothy P. Carney · June 12, 2015 3:53 pm

Voters debate during a caucus of precinct 42 near Smithland, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)

Beltway Confidential

Rejoice! The Iowa Straw Poll is dead

Jason Russell · June 12, 2015 3:24 pm

Barb Hansen counts ballots during a caucus of precinct 42 near Smithland, Iowa Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)

End of era: Iowa GOP straw poll killed

Paul Bedard · June 12, 2015 2:53 pm

Barb Hansen tallies votes during a caucus of precinct 42 near Smithland, Iowa Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)

Iowa GOP scraps straw poll

Ryan Lovelace · June 12, 2015 2:36 pm