All Politics
Martin O'Malley: Can a progressive work with the other side?Martin O'Malley is willing to acknowledge that to make any headway requires compromise. That may be why he's having trouble getting traction in the polls.听- What's driving Hillary's rebound?After spending the summer polling just ahead of her chief rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders,聽polls now show Hillary Clinton surging ahead.
What happened to Carly Fiorina's presidential campaign?Carly Fiorina's crisp, confident performance in the last GOP debate made her a rising star. But her latest poll numbers, at first glance, don't look good.
First LookTennessee county overwhelmingly defeats Confederate flag measureGreene County Commissioners聽voted 20-1 against flying the 'Southern Cross' above their courthouse on Monday.听
Memo to Paul Ryan: Take the jobIf you're thinking the speakership complicates a later bid for the White House, don't. No Ways and Means Committee chairman has made it, either 鈥� and none have tried.
Should Joe Biden run for president? Polls tell us only so much.Vice President Joe Biden's 'candidacy' for president is just a hypothetical, for now. His favorability numbers tell us more than the horserace numbers.
Is it O'ver for Martin O'Malley?The reviews are in on Martin O'Malley's performance in last week鈥檚 initial Democratic debate, and they're not raves.
Larry David did a great Bernie Sanders impression on SNL. Will it win voters?Larry David's 'Sanders' takes off in a totally fictional direction. But the real Bernie Sanders doesn't seem to mind, nor should he.
Campaign riff: Hello! 'I'm the [son/daughter] of a [blue collar worker]'Why presidential candidates are eager to let voters know that a father, mother, or grandfather worked a blue-collar job.- Why Donald Trump is attacking George W. Bush about 9/11In a Sunday interview, Donald Trump suggested that George W. Bush, brother of Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush, failed to protect the United States on 9/11.
Which Republicans are running out of money?Six Republican presidential candidates are trailing in the polls and spending money faster than they're raising it. Who might drop out soon?
Campaign burn rate: Is Jeb Bush spending money too fast?Jeb Bush staffed up for a front-runner campaign and so is burning through money. So is Hillary Clinton, but she's doing better in the polls.听
Jeb Bush's dip in the polls comes with drop in donationsJeb Bush's entire third quarter haul is only moderately more than聽what he聽raised in the two weeks after he launched his campaign in July, when he pulled in $11.4 million.
Ben Carson drops campaign for book tour. Will it hurt his polls?Carson is closing in on GOP front-runner Donald Trump, prompting concerns that he should be focused on the campaign, not selling books.听
Why is Bernie Sanders appearing on 'Ellen'?Sanders鈥檚 seriousness contrasted with DeGeneres鈥檚 affability 鈥� sounds like talk segment gold, right? And it kind of was.
Did Bernie Sanders win the Democratic debate?Bernie Sanders scored big on social media, fundraising, and in a post-debate focus group and instapolls. He came in well ahead of Hillary Clinton.听
Who really won the first Democratic debate: Clinton or Sanders?Clinton was poised, knowledgeable, made very few mistakes and generally commanded the stage. But聽Sanders supporters have reason to claim their candidate won.听
Should Jim Webb be included in next GOP debate?In an era when partisanship has sorted Democrats and Republicans into relatively homogenous ideological groups, Webb is not easy to pin down.
Hillary Clinton won the 'after debate,' and that's what mattersThe effect of political debates on actual voters is both limited and indirect. The media coverage afterward is in some ways more important.听
Why Hillary Clinton was clear winner in first debateOnly Bernie Sanders made any impact at all. But deprived of his adoring crowds, Sanders鈥� pitch fell flat.听
