Operation 1,237: The Hunt for GOP Delegates
Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
The Burden of Bill Clinton’s Baggage
Jeet Heer, The New Republic
A Party Is Only as Good as Its Principles
James Capretta, National Review
Paul Ryan is absolutely right that the House GOP should not defer to the party’s eventual nominee when it comes time to set an agenda for 2017 and beyond.
Hillary Clinton Has a Superdelegate Problem
Jim Newell, Slate
Donald Trump’s struggles with the delegate selection process, which has led him to believe that the nominating process is ‘rigged’ against him, have of …
Fear the Cleveland Convention
Noah Rothman, Commentary
In the GOP, No Room For Nice
E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Donald Trump’s Insincere Process Arguments
Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Such complaints typically come from people who are not, in one of Trump’s favorite words, “winners.”
The Prophet and the Acolyte
James Pogue, Vice
Wes Kjar rode shotgun as we drove away from the standoff, over the Stinkingwater Mountains toward Idaho. He was riding in a white Excursion filled with strangers, and worried about being arrested as soon as we hit a town, but he was glad to get away from the pressure at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. He had spent almost every minute of the past week at the side of the movement’s leader Ammon Bundy, watching from the center of the storm as guns piled up, volunteers rolled in, and the occupation headed down a road from which it would be very difficult to return peacefully. He was going…
Brokering a Convention in Cleveland
Hugh Hewitt, Washington Examiner
As Sen. Cruz headed into the hallway outside Dan Gilbert’s owner’s suite of Quicken Loans Arena in search of his wife Heidi and campaign manager, Jeff Roe, en route to a meeting with Donald Trump, Spencer Zwick, chairman of America Rising, a super PAC sitting on $200 million, disconnected the second of two rushed calls on his iPhone and turned back to the group assembled in a suite in Cleveland’s recently renovated downtown Westin.
Inside 2016’s Weirdest Republican Delegate Fight
Tim Murphy, Mother Jones
The US Virgin Islands Republican caucus would hardly register on the national radar in a normal year. Traditionally, it hardly even registers on the islands’ radar—fewer than 100 people participated in the 2012 event. But with front-runner Donald Trump struggling to lock up the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination, the behind-the-scenes wrangling for delegates has taken on an unprecedented significance. And that fight has come to this US territory. The chaos there says a lot about what could unfold in Cleveland in July, when the Republicans convene to select their…
Minimum-Wage Activists Should Look to Puerto Rico for Clues
Kupiec & Nabil, NRO
When signing the bill raising California’s minimum wage, Governor Jerry Brown called the new $15 minimum wage “good politics” but “questionable policy.” He may be more prescient than many realize. There was a time in recent American history when a minimum wage of nearly equal magnitude to California’s was imposed, and “good politics” turned out to be disastrous policy. It is worth remembering this previous minimum-wage experiment as voters assess whether the progressive push for substantially higher minimum wages will deliver prosperity for the…
How to Save Crumbling Middle Class
Elizabeth Warren & Amelia Warren Tyagi, CNN
America’s middle class is starting to crumble.When we delivered that message in a book called “The Two-Income Trap” back in 2003, it seemed fairly shocking. Today, not so much.A dozen years ago, if anyone thought about it at all, they seemed to think that America’s middle class was pretty close to invulnerable. Solid and invincible — and maybe even a little dull. After all, our middle class had survived wars, scandals, epidemics and a Great Depression. Surely it could survive whatever the 21st century had to throw at us.
Kasich/Rubio Very Likely to Be The Republican Ticket
Seth Abramson, Huffington Post
The writing’s on the wall in the Republican Party: John Kasich will be the Party’s nominee in 2016, with Marco Rubio as his running mate. Only the media’s delight at continued Trumpian drama is keeping politicos and pundits from coast to coast from stating the obvious.So as not to belabor the point, here are eight single-sentence reasons Kasich/Rubio is now almost certain to be the Republican ticket in 2016:
You May Already Have Lost
James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
“If Republicans had fielded a strong presidential nominee this year, who managed to win a winnable election, the party’s success would have been more comprehensive than any since 1980,” writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post. “The tragedy is not that Republicans are on the verge of self-destruction; it is that they were on the verge of victory, and threw it away.”
The GOP Has Two Fevers That Need to Break
Michael Gerson, Washington Post
Some Trump-obsessed, hysterical nitwits have overstated the case that the Republican Party may be on the verge of self-annihilation. “If Trump were the nominee,” said one, “the GOP would cease to be.”That quote would be mine. The mood of the moment (not to mention the rhythm of the sentence) was irresistible. But the Republican Party would probably not disintegrate if either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz were its nominee. The reality is both less dramatic and (for those who wish the GOP well) more tragic.
The Future of Bernie Sanders’s Grassroots Army
Clare Foran, The Atlantic
Bernie Sanders’s fight for the White House is far from over. The Vermont senator has notched a series of state wins and vowed to stay in the presidential race despite trailing Hillary Clinton in an all-important battle for the delegates needed to secure the Democratic nomination. Even so, many of Sanders’s loyal fans have started to contemplate what will happen when the campaign comes to an end.Die-hard supporters are anxious to ensure that the grassroots army of volunteers and small-dollar donors mobilized by the campaign doesn’t dissipate once the dust settles on the 2016…
Hillary Clinton’s Vanishing Base
Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
It’s a safe bet that whoÂever emerges as the GOP presÂidÂenÂtial nomÂinÂee will have trouble enÂerÂgizÂing a facÂtion of the party’s loyÂalÂists in the genÂerÂal elecÂtion. DonÂald Trump would be unÂacÂceptÂable to much of the party’s rank-and-file, Ted Cruz would disÂapÂpoint Trump fans and esÂtabÂlishÂment ReÂpubÂlicÂans alike, and an outÂside “white knight” canÂdidÂate would risk aliÂenÂatÂing the maÂjorÂity of GOP voters who cast balÂlots for one of the two front-runÂners.
Of All the Backroom Deals, Ted Cruz’s Hardest Sell Is Himself
T.A. Frank, Vanity Fair
Ted Cruz is a realistic man. He knows he won’t surpass Donald Trump in votes or delegates by the time he gets to the Republican National Convention, in Cleveland, and he knows no one can stand him personally, apart from several lovers who seem to exist mainly in the pipe dreams of the National Enquirer.But he has also swept up dozens more delegates than Trump in the weeks since Marco Rubio left the race. This gives him both increasing momentum and legitimacy, both of which will be crucial in a potential contested convention. If everything goes Cruz’s way, he’ll pull close to…
Trump’s Plan to Win Conservative Support
Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal
Newt Gingrich has been a friend of Donald Trump’s for the past decade. He hasn’t endorsed Mr. Trump’s presidential bid, but they talk frequently. Mr. Trump is anti-left wing and anti-political correctness, Mr. Gingrich says, while acknowledging this: Mr. Trump is not a conservative.Yet it is conservatives to whom Mr. Trump must appeal as he tries to “pivot”—Mr. Gingrich’s term—to a campaign style that is less chaotic and personality-driven. Mr. Trump needs more conservative support to lock up the Republican nomination and to have a chance of…
‘Love That Boy’: Ron Fournier Discusses His New Book
Dana Perino, FOX News
Dana Perino recently talked with Senior Political Columnist for National Journal Ron Fournier about his new book, â??Love That Boyâ??: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent’s Expectations.â??
Jack Lew on America’s Place in the Global Economy
Steve Clemons, The Atlantic
In an interview, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says â??itâ??s not hard to understandâ?? why voters are uneasy.Â
Pennsylvania’s Primary: What Matters
Madonna & Young, RealClearPolitics
Some forty states have already voted in the presidential primary.Finally, the presidential nomination campaigns move to the Northeast. New York votes on April 19th and five more states-including…
Clinton Exposing Sanders by Going Small
David Cantanese, U.S. News & World Report
The Vermont lawmaker may be drawing bigger crowds, but the former secretary of state’s event schedule is hyperfocused.
Why I’m Supporting Bernie
Senator Jeff Merkley, New York Times
How Trump Is Right About Our ‘Rigged’ Politics
Matthew Dowd, Wall Street Journal
Matthew J. Dowd: Donald Trump’s campaign and this year’s primary process have revealed major flaws in our status quo politics. Americans are tired of an ends-justify-the-means approach to leadership.
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