Republicans Squabble Through Messy Debate
Ron DeSantis needed a big night to revive his stalled presidential campaign and come within shouting distance of former President Donald Trump. It was a heavy lift, and probably too much to ask.
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Can Trump Thread the Needle on Abortion?
DUBUQUE, Iowa—In the first of five newly scheduled visits to the Hawkeye State, Donald Trump arrived in northeast Iowa with...
Hutchinson Won’t Be at the Debate. But His New AI Clone Can Go Anywhere
While Asa Hutchinson will not be on the debate stage at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, the former Arkansas governor will...
Election Videos
DeSantis: We Are Going To Go After The "Cultural Power" China Has In This Country
Michael Steele: Second Debate An "Amazing Crap Show," An Embarrassment For The Republican Party
Sen. Tim Scott: I Have Been Discriminated Against, But America Is Not Fundamentally A Racist Nation
Nikki Haley To Vivek Ramaswamy: "Every Time I Hear You, I Feel A Little Bit Dumber"
Brit Hume: Republican Primary Race Looks Frozen, Trump's Lead Is Remarkably Durable
Mike Pence: We Must Protect Our Kids From Gender Ideology, "Straighten Up" Our Schools
Vivek Ramaswamy vs. Scott, DeSantis, Haley: Debate Goes Off The Rails, "This Isn't Productive"
Victor Davis Hanson: Republicans Need To Unite Around A Candidate And Have A Unity Party
Republican Nomination
- GOP Debate: Lots of Banter but No Breakout
- Trump Rips RNC, Says They Have To Stop Debates
- The Winners and Losers From the Second Debate
- Trump Rips Into Biden as He Seeks to Woo MI Autoworkers
- DeSantis Suggests One-On-One Debate With Trump
- Why Nikki Haley's Attacks Work Better Than Her Rivals'
- Trump Campaign Connects Nikki Haley to Hillary Clinton
- Second GOP Debate Speaking Times: By the Numbers
Democratic Nominaton
- Biden To Give Speech on Democracy After Debate
- Biden Campaign Highlights ‘Maganomics'
- Why ‘Middle-Class Joe' Biden May Need Upscale Voters
- Biden, Trump Visit Michigan in Battle for Union Vote
- Biden Brushes off Threat From Cornel West
- Biden Ramps up Its Strategy To Win Latino Voters
- Biden Joins UAW Strikers at Picket Line
- Democrats Mock Biden Impeachment
Congress & Governors
- Barry Casselman: A Republican Senate, Really?
- AZ Sinema Inches Closer to Reelection Bid
- GOP's WinRed Touts Uptick in New Donors
- Ads Become a Sideshow in Republicans' Debate
- GOP Push To Support Early Voting Gets Test in Virginia
- Blue-Collar Shift: GOP Woo Union Workers
- NJ Sen. Menendez to Announce Re-Election
- Rep. Andy Kim Sets to Run Against Sen. Menendez
Real Clear Politics Election 2024
What Happened to the DeSantis Campaign?
There was a time, shortly after the 2022 elections, when Ron DeSantis became, at least in the minds of people who back their predictions with money, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican...
Dawn of the AI Candidate: The Chat2024 ‘Clones’
President Biden immediately got to the point for a change, former President Trump was surprisingly polite, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sounded only mildly robotic. On Wednesday, a new project...
Drawing Contrast With Trump, DeSantis Gives It the Ol’ Tea Party Try
Do Republican primary voters still like to Tea Party? Ron DeSantis certainly hopes so. Best known for culture wars and opposition to pandemic protocols, the Florida governor has started reemphasizing...
Noem Insists Debate Wasn’t Job Interview
BEAVER CREEK, Colorado—Kristi Noem watched the GOP debate, and she was particularly unimpressed by the candidates competing for the Republican nomination, some of whom could very well be her...
GOP Eight Take Debate Stage in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the candidate in second place, and perhaps the challenger who former President Donald Trump fears most, was not the top target of the evening. Instead, in...
Mike Pence Gears Up for the Debate Minefield
In Milwaukee, they will all walk through “a minefield.” “Voters need to hear how they see it, and the option that they’re trying to provide. It is very tricky territory for...
Could Ted Cruz Lose Reelection?
The early conventional wisdom appears to be that Sen. Ted Cruz is in solid shape for reelection in 2024. Cook’s Political Report rates the race as “Likely R,” as does Larry...
GOP Candidates Ready To Descend on Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES—Donald Trump is set to appear in Des Moines at the Iowa State Fair this weekend, along with no fewer than 12 of his Republican rivals. Each is anxious to chip away at Trump’s...
New Hampshire Still Wants To Be First
MANCHESTER, N.H.—New Hampshire has long punched above its weight. The 10th smallest state – the 2020 Census counted its population as less than Hawaii’s – it continues to have...
