Dec 12 Bernie Sanders’ Iowa supporters try to get new people out to caucus By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press For Bernie Sanders, victory in Iowa's kickoff presidential caucuses hinges on a simple proposition: that his message of political revolution will inspire people who typically stay home on that deep-winter night. Continue reading
Dec 12 Trump and Carson have months to weigh third-party runs By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press State filing deadlines would give the two Republicans until about March to launch independent or third-party campaigns, experts said. That would give a well-financed campaign enough time to gather sufficient signatures on petitions so the candidate could appear on the… Continue reading
Dec 12 No consensus about legality of Trump’s idea to ban Muslims from U.S. By Mark Sherman, Associated Press There's no legal or historical precedent for closing U.S. borders to the world's 1.6 billion Muslims, but neither is there any Supreme Court case that clearly prevents a president or Congress from doing so. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 11:51 Shields and Brooks on the GOP’s Trump problem, Paul Ryan’s speaker leadership By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 11 Protesters disrupt Donald Trump speech at NYC luncheon By Jake Pearson, Associated Press About a dozen protesters disrupted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's speech at a $1,000-a-plate New York City luncheon Friday, criticizing the billionaire businessman's recent anti-Islam rhetoric. Continue reading
Dec 11 Could Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric influence politics well beyond 2016? By Daniel Bush Despite widespread condemnation from critics at home and abroad, Donald Trump’s polls aren’t suffering. His lead has only increased since he called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, proving that such inflammatory rhetoric resonates with many Republican… Continue reading
Dec 11 Gwen’s Take: The dangers of hyperbole By Gwen Ifill At a time when covering a presidential campaign means sorting through your definitions of dishonesty, bigotry and intolerance, being reasonable seems to be a dodge. Continue reading
Dec 11 GOP hopeful Ben Carson threatens to leave Republican Party By Steve Peoples, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Presidential hopeful Ben Carson threatened Friday to leave the Republican Party. Continue reading
Dec 10 Trump scraps planned trip to Israel, didn’t want to put Netanyahu ‘under pressure’ By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Republican Donald Trump has scrapped a planned trip to Israel, saying he will reschedule "at a later date after I become President of the U.S."… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 10:32 Polls offer a snapshot, but not always reliable predictions By PBS News Hour Early polling often doesn't reflect who goes on to become president (think Howard Dean or Newt Gingrich). These days pollsters acknowledge they are wrestling with a sea change in polling methods that's making it harder to collect a sample opinion… Continue watching