Lincoln Chafee Drops Out of Presidential Race

Former Governor Lincoln Chafee’s presidential run ended as oddly as it began. While Chafee started his campaign by calling for a conversion to the metric system, he withdrew from the race by making a plea for peace. However, he did so by making reference to the ancient Greek play, Lysistrata. […]


Paul Ryan Running for Speaker

Rep. Paul Ryan has announced that he will move forward with his Speaker run after gaining the support of three major House Republican group, the Tuesday Group, the House Freedom Caucus, and the Republican Study Committee. The House Freedom Caucus, a right-wing conservative group that has been a thorn in the […]


Vice President Biden Passes on Presidential Run

“I have concluded it has closed,” said Vice President Biden. The Vice President announced today that he would not run for President in 2016, feeling that he had waiting too long and that the window of opportunity had passed. The White House hastily threw together a press conference around noon […]


Paul Ryan Announces Potential Speaker Run

Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that he will be running for Speaker, if he can serve as a unity candidate. Representative Ryan, a rising star in the Republican Party who serves as Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, laid out several conditions for a Speakership run, including that […]


Washington Post Accidentally Publishes Biden Running Story

Editor’s Note: This post has been updated. The author was accidentally referred to as Ford in the third paragraph. TKNN regrets the error. On Monday evening, the Washington Post accidentally published a story by Paul Kane that said that Vice President Biden would be running for President. The article was then […]