Without warning, former Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) announced his presidential run with a blog post Thursday. Webb is the fifth Democrat to announce a presidential run. In his blog post, he announced his campaign, saying that “our country needs a fresh approach to solving the problems that confront us and […]
The Western Conservative Summit held its annual straw poll over the weekend and Dr. Ben Carson won the straw poll for the second year in a row. He won with 224 votes. Carly Fiorina landed in second place with 201 votes. Behind her was Governor Scott Walker with 192 […]
Former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, blasted Donald Trump for his hateful language. on Facebook. In his announcement speech, Trump said of Mexicans, “They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” Everson then connected Trump’s comments to the Charleston shooting where shooter Dylann Roof said, “You rape our […]
Editor’s Note: During the 2012 presidential election, TKNN had a weekly podcast and later show on Wednesday dedicated to the election. Honoring Twenty Twelve, we present our new series on the 2016 presidential election, the State of the Race. Quinnipiac Poll: A new series of polling by Quinnipiac University looks at […]
Typically, when a candidate’s presidential announcement is followed by a round of interviews with national media. This serves to quickly boost the candidate’s name identity around the nation. For example, almost every Republican candidate has granted their first post-announcement interview to Fox News’s Sean Hannity. However, the Clinton campaign did […]
