Bobby Jindal and Ted Cruz continue to plug away in Iowa, far back from the front-runners. But both are well aware that if Ben Carson turns out to be little more than Herman Cain, a political outsider who briefly sat atop the 2012 field, each of them could have his own moment.
Cruz and Jindal are…
It’s still more than three months before the Iowa caucuses, but the next four weeks are crucial for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who started with the kinds of political assets that led many to regard him as the front-runner in the GOP race.
More than 10 months after Bush announced he would be…
Louisiana has transitioned to a Republican state, but GOP Sen. David Vitter will test the political gravity of the Pelican State in next month’s gubernatorial runoff.
Vitter was regarded as the front-runner to replace presidential candidate/current Gov. Bobby Jindal for much of the cycle, but the…
House Democrats don’t need to find themselves a cheerleader. They already have Nancy Pelosi.
“I think the Democrats could have the gavel in 18 months,” she told Texas Tribune reporter/Roll Call alum Abby Livingston recently. “Here’s the thing: I’m always optimistic. You have to be.”
“Even some…
I never expected Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul would win his party’s nomination for president, but I did expect he would be a factor in the race. So far, he hasn’t been one. (See my February column on his foreign policy challenges here.)
While Paul’s father never was a serious contender for the…
Speaker John Boehner plans to leave Congress at the end of October, but Republican infighting threatens to keep him around longer, particularly if Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan declines a run to replace him.
According to a source with knowledge of his remarks, Boehner told the House Republican…
I no longer underestimate Paul D. Ryan.
I first met the Wisconsin Republican when he came in for an interview on Nov. 19, 1997. Then 27, he most recently had been a Capitol Hill staffer for conservative Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback.
Ryan was making his first run for office in a politically…
On the surface, the race to replace Democrat Barbara Mikulski in Maryland looks like a primary battle in a heavily Democratic state. But a deeper look reveals evidence of a growing rift in the Democratic Party and the race will take place in the wake of an emboldened Republican Party which took…
While Democratic Reps. Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards battle for retiring Democrat Barbara Mikulski’s senate seat, a crowd of Democrats are running in their open House districts, where the primaries are likely to choose the next member of congress.
The 4th and 8th Districts are heavily…
Individual & Group Subscriptions Available