Trump Campaign Shrinks Lewandowski's Role

In public, Donald Trump is standing behind embattled campaign manager Corey Lewandowski as he faces battery charges for grabbing a reporter. But behind the scenes, Lewandowski's role in the campaign is shrinking.
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The Kasich Campaign’s Next Moves

The next stops for Kasich are the primaries in New England. Vermont and Massachusetts, whose media markets at points overlap with New Hampshire, where Kasich practically lived for the past several months, both hold primaries on March 1. The Maine primary follows on March 5. Those around Kasich believe he can capitalize on his investment in New Hampshire with voters in those surrounding states.
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Breaking: Chris Christie Dropping Out of Presidential Race

Republican Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie has dropped out of the presidential race, reports Fox Business. Despite a strategy that heavily focused money and resources on New Hampshire, Christie ended up in a disappointing sixth place Tuesday.
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The Republican Race Heats Up While Hillary Clinton Falters

The race for president is accelerating in high gear, or, rather, the
races for president -- in the Republican and Democratic parties, in the Iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary and primaries and caucuses to come. How's it going? Let's look at these separate races.
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Obama Tells Pro-Gun Democrats They Aren’t Welcome In His Party

President Barack Obama announced he will not endorse or campaign on behalf of any Democratic candidates who refuse to endorse new gun control measures in a New York Times op-ed published Thursday night. "I will not campaign for, vote for or support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support common-sense gun reform," Obama wrote in the editorial. "And if the 90 percent of Americans who do support common-sense gun reforms join me, we will elect the leadership we deserve."
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Report: Obama To Campaign Overseas Against Donald Trump

President Barack Obama plans to campaign against Donald Trump’s pro-American 2016 campaign by rallying international opposition among foreigners, according to Politico.
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Lindsey Graham Drops Out of 2016 Republican Presidential Race

Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham is dropping out of the 2016 race for the White House.
The South Carolina senator, who revealed the news in a CNN interview Monday morning, is the fourth GOP contender to drop out of the race, following Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. The move leaves 13 candidates remaining in the race for the Republican nod.

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The GOP’s Stages of Grief

Eight years ago, I de­clared that I would win the Tour de France be­fore Rudy Gi­uliani won the Re­pub­lic­an pres­id­en­tial nom­in­a­tion, even though he was sit­ting atop the polls. With Don­ald Trump and Ben Car­son in mind, I am think­ing such a pro­clam­a­tion might soon be in or­der again.


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Cruz campaign puts family out front

To one degree or another, every candidate running for president has enlisted their family in their effort. But none have gone so far as Ted Cruz, whose surging campaign has placed his wife Heidi and father Rafael at the tip of the spear, leading fundraising and organizing efforts as if they were paid staffers.


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Six cash-strapped Republican White House hopefuls face tipping point

Half a dozen Republican presidential candidates are edging toward financial crisis, raising the specter that some may be forced to drop out of the sprawling field of contenders.


They all spent more than they took in during the third quarter, according to campaign finance reports filed on Thursday. The six are: Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former New York Governor George Pataki, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.


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Jeb cuts back

On the first day of a two-day Iowa swing back in August, Jeb Bush flew from Davenport to Ankeny in a private plane. The next day, after he spent more than four hours bounding around the State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, a top adviser attributed Bush’s high energy level to having spent less time in transit.

Those days are over.
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Carson puts public campaign events on hold

UPDATE: National Review - Ben Carson Campaign: No Suspension, We’re Continuing to Hold Public Events

GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson is stepping away from the campaign trail to promote his new book, “A More Perfect Union,” according to ABC News.
The network reported late Wednesday that Carson is scheduled for over 20 private fundraisers during the next 14 days, but has no public campaign appearances planned. It added that Carson’s last public campaign event was on Oct. 2. He is scheduled to appear during the GOP’s third presidential debate in Boulder, Colo. on Oct. 28. ABC News said that Carson’s campaign is keeping his campaign separate from his book’s promotional efforts to avoid questions about campaign assets aiding its sales.


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Donald Trump has spent only $2 million on his entire campaign. That’s brilliant.

MSNBC reported Tuesday morning that aides to Donald Trump estimate that the real estate mogul has spent roughly $2 million on his 2016 presidential campaign to date. That's consistent with a Wall Street Journal report from over the summer that Trump had loaned his campaign $1.8 million and raised another $100,000 for the effort. That's stunning. And brilliant.


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Rubio ramping up campaign with more time in early states

After a summer largely spent raising money for his Republican campaign for president, Marco Rubio says he's about to start spending a whole lot more time in Iowa and the other early voting states.
"There were obviously other things we needed to do," the Florida senator said this past week in an interview with The Associated Press.


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BREAKING: Scott Walker Reportedly Suspending His 2016 Campaign

The New York Times is reporting that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is withdrawing from the 2016 race:

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has concluded he no longer has a path to the Republican presidential nomination and plans to drop out of the 2016 campaign, according to three Republicans familiar with his decision, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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‘With Joy in My Heart: Jeb Refutes Trump’s ‘Low Energy’ Taunt

Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush on Saturday rebutted Donald Trump’s relentless mocking of him as a “low-energy” candidate, telling congregants of a Westhampton Beach synagogue of 16-hour campaign days crisscrossing the country.


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A Fading Campaign

It’s been a rough month for Scott Walker. From February through July, the Wisconsin governor topped virtually every poll of likely GOP voters in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses. But after a lackluster performance in the opening Republican presidential debate on August 6, Walker dropped nearly 10 points in an average of Iowa polls, sliding to third place behind Donald Trump and Ben Carson, with Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio close behind.


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Jeb Bush super PAC to spend upwards of $15M in first major ad blitz

The Jeb Bush Right to Rise super PAC will spend upwards of $15 million on its first major TV advertising blitz since raising $100 million to support the former Florida governor’s bid for the GOP presidential nomination, Fox News has learned.
Previous reports had underestimated the amount the high-powered PAC, headed by Republican political strategist Mike Murphy, will invest in the large ad buy, according to a source familiar with the specifics of the media campaign.


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POLL: The Republican presidential race is turning upside down

A Fox News poll published Sunday found the anti-establishment candidates surging in the 2016 presidential race.
Unsurprisingly, real-estate tycoon Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican side, with 25% support among registered voters.
But other unorthodox candidates are also rising to the top, possibly because of their strong performances in the first Republican primary debate on August 6.


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Why Ted Cruz Has More To Gain As The Presidential Election Campaigns Gear Up

Sen. Ted Cruz, on Friday at the end of a nearly 20-minute speech on the Senate floor, accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of lying to him. Sen. Ted Cruz, on Friday at the end of a nearly 20-minute speech on the Senate floor, accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of lying to him.
Ted Cruz, the first Latino elected to the Senate from Texas and the first Hispanic law clerk for a chief justice of the Supreme Court, has more potential to gain than other presidential candidates as citizens begin to learn more about him. Most voters have yet to hear and see him at this best--when he is debating. While Cruz begins this week preparing for the upcoming debates in August, his opponents continue to worry about Donald Trump's strong momentum.


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