Hillary beats Trump or Cruz, but loses to Rubio or Carson: poll
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton would fare well in general election races against Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, but struggle against Ben Carson and Marco Rubio, a new poll revealed on Monday. The...
View Article‘Common-sense’ gun safety is a scam
Two days after the massacre in San Bernardino, Marco Rubio said something that most gun-control supporters probably thought was outrageous. The Florida senator, who is seeking the Republican...
View ArticleBush takes aim at ‘chaotic’ Trump during latest GOP debate
The candidates in Tuesday night’s GOP presidential debate fought over who would keep Americans safest from terrorists, but ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had a different mission — repeatedly attacking Donald...
View ArticleSix months in, Republicans still can’t trump Teflon Donald
If there’s any lesson from Tuesday’s debate, it’s that six months after his entry into the Republican presidential race, no one has any better idea of how to handle Donald Trump than when he first got...
View ArticleThis is just the bloodletting the Republican Party needs
It’s getting hot in here. Tuesday morning, the political action committee supporting Jeb Bush released an extraordinarily nasty — and inaccurate — ad bashing Marco Rubio for missing key intelligence...
View ArticleRivals trash Marco Rubio for missing Senate votes
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential contenders shifted their fire away from Donald Trump and trained it on Florida Sen. Marco Rubio Tuesday in an effort to scuff up a leading establishment figure. New...
View ArticleMarco Rubio pulled strings for coke-dealing relative
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio used his position in the Florida legislature to help get his coke-dealer brother-in-law a real estate license, a report said Wednesday. While Rubio was...
View ArticleRubio abandons home team — poses with Patriots cardboard cutout
Marco Rubio made a political Hail Mary pass Sunday — as the Florida senator showed some love for the New England Patriots before their game against the Miami Dolphins. The GOP presidential hopeful —...
View ArticleDonald Trump retains commanding lead in new poll
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is not only maintaining a large lead in the GOP presidential race, but a majority of his supporters now say they won’t vote for anyone else, according to a poll released...
View ArticleEnough with the nutty ‘neocon’ charge, Ted Cruz
In interviews and on the stump, Sen. Ted Cruz likes to attack President Obama, Hillary Clinton and “some of the more aggressive Washington neocons” for their support of regime change in the Middle...
View ArticleMarco Rubio’s booties draw jabs from GOP rivals
Marco Rubio’s Republican rivals literally are hot on his heels, this time taking shots at the Florida senator for wearing shiny, black boots — with a pumped-up heel — that apparently only a fashionista...
View ArticleWhat Iowans really think about Cruz, Trump and the GOP
Columnist Lee Rood has written for the Des Moines Register newspaper for 20 years. Every four years, she watches the circus come to town — kissing babies and eating corndogs. Here’s what she’s hearing...
View ArticleTrump and Cruz locked in virtual tie in Iowa, poll shows
WASHINGTON – Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are locked in a virtual tie in Iowa just three weeks before the important caucuses, while Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are also running in a dead heat in...
View ArticleRubio’s last-minute theatrics make it a three-man GOP race
Up until the last 15 minutes, Thursday night’s debate couldn’t have gone better for Ted Cruz. The first two hours went a long way to hardening the impression that this is a two-man Republican race...
View ArticleA crucial moment of clarity in the presidential race
There were no votes cast, no startling changes in polls, no fatal gaffes. Yet last week brought something new and crucial to the often-chaotic presidential campaign: clarity. On national security and...
View ArticleRubio says illegal immigrants who commit lesser crimes can stay
WASHINGTON – Illegal immigrants who haven’t committed major crimes should be allowed to stay in United States, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday. “If you’re a criminal alien, no, you can’t stay. If...
View ArticleTrump and Sanders hold big leads in Iowa polls
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump is thumping Ted Cruz by double digits in a new Iowa poll, while Bernie Sanders has grabbed a significant lead from Hillary Clinton among Democrats likely to caucus in the...
View ArticleWhy reality star Rick Harrison’s ad for Marco Rubio speaks volumes
Republican presidential contender Marco Rubio is out with a new ad featuring glowing words from Rick Harrison. Now, this wouldn’t be terribly notable — except for one small fact: Harrison is the star...
View ArticleWhy Jeb Bush is out to destroy Marco Rubio
Democrats have spent years raging about the rise of Super PACs and the millionaires and billionaires who fund them. Maybe they should start laughing instead, because the largest Super PAC in history...
View ArticleDes Moines Register endorses Rubio, Clinton
Marco Rubio scored the first major endorsement of the Republican presidential race, with the Des Moines Register naming him as its pick for the White House. The nod from the state’s largest newspaper...
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