The Iowa Caucus was held Monday night and, per usual, a good deal of news occurred as a result. On the Republican side, Senator Ted Cruz won with 27.7% of the vote. Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio followed with 24.3% and 23.1%, respectively. Rubio did better than expected, especially […]
The rules for the Democratic Iowa caucus have an additional quirk not found in the Republican Party: the viability threshold. Candidates must hit 15% in the precinct, otherwise they are unable to receive any delegates from that precinct. Former Governor Martin O’Malley and his supporters could be critical with this […]
On the first episode of his Late Show, host Stephen Colbert joked, “As long as I have nine months to make one hour of TV, I can do this forever.” The same attitude can be applied to Iowa and New Hampshire, the first nominating states in the presidential election. Candidates […]
The initial storyline of the Fox News Repiblican debate was that of return. Senator Rand Paul is returning to the main debate stage and former Governor Jim Gilmore is returning to a debate stage, albeit the undercard stage. However, departure is now overshadowing the debate as frontrunner Donald Trump has […]
MSNBC and the New Hampshire Union Leader have announced plans to holdan unsanctioned Democratic debate on February 4. This would be five days before the New Hampshire primary and be the only Democratic debate between the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary. BuzzFeed first reported the news that was later […]
