Live Blogging Election Night - First Draft - The New York Times
Welcome, everyone, to live coverage of the 2010 midterm elections at The New York Times. Ill be here with you for the next.. Chalk up one clear win for Sarah Palin: Republican Kelly Ayotte, the Senate candidate in New Hampshire, has won her bid. Ms. Palin had strongly. Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate for Senate in Florida, has defeated his two chief rivals in a three-way race that became one of the most watched in the country. Mr. Rubios victory was a��.
Pennsylvania Could Be a Path Forward for G.O.P..
Certain swing states have an especially large number of persuadable voters. New Hampshire is a paradigmatic example of this. About half that states voters identify as independents. Moreover, they have demographic��.
Marco Rubio And The Pareto Frontier | FiveThirtyEight
Theres still plenty of room for Marco Rubio.. But in other states like New Hampshire ��� where the Republican electorate is more moderate ��� the advantage could tip to Rubio instead.. In Rubios case, its about being a Hispanic candidate from a swing state with a good life story; in Walkers, its about having been elected in a blue-leaning swing state three times in four years.. Things would be much different if California, Texas, Florida and New York went first.
Jeb Bush and Scott Walker Point GOP to Contrary Paths
Scott Walker of Wisconsin, making his own maiden New Hampshire swing, proudly donned a hat given to him by a gun-rights group and, highlighting his frugality, bragged about the sweater he had bought at Kohls for a dollar. He recounted the central.
Ranking the top 10 Republican hopefuls in NH
The 2016 Republican presidential primary features the most unpredictable field in five decades ��� and nowhere is more determinant to their future than New Hampshire. The Granite State hosts a must-win primary for many of the more than 20 Republicans .
Rubio Hires New Hampshire Operative - Political Wire.
Marco Rubio (R-FL) ���has hired a coveted former aide to Mitt Romney to oversee his political activities in the Northeast and probably in a New Hampshire campaign, signaling that he is serious about a presidential bid,��� the New York Times. This is great news, for everyone who wants to see this empty suit spend more time away from Florida, further ignore/alienate the voters, and ultimately land him out of office... He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Who Votes For Rubio? - Ross Douthat - The New York Times
With Marco Rubio, officially in earlier this week, the conjuring is easier: Ive always thought that the Florida Senator is well-positioned as a primary contender, because hes closer to the G.O.P.s center of gravity than any nominee. time-for-a-change narrative, to siphon off support in the invisible primary and to persuade potential Jeb supporters that hes actually the better bet ��� with the endgame in this scenario probably being a New Hampshire win that catapults him��.
NYT: Marco Rubio hires top aide in New Hampshire | Naked.
via @learyreports From The New York Times: Senator Marco Rubio has hired a coveted former aide to Mitt Romney to oversee his political activities in the Northeast and probably in a New Hampshire campaign, signaling that��.
Ted Cruz woos Orthodox Jews
���I share a great many values with the Jewish community and the Orthodox community,��� Cruz said in a phone call during his first swing through Iowa as a presidential candidate. ���Chief among them is a. Cruz started earlier than everyone else, so hes.
Stile: McCains map leads Christie to New Hampshire
As Governor Christie launches a busy, weeklong New Hampshire swing this week that includes two town halls, meet-and-greet events at pubs and a pizzeria, and a speech today on entitlement reform, his team is drawing comfort and guidance from McCains.
Hot water for Hillary in family fib
BuzzFeed: ���Speaking in Iowa Wednesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that all her grandparents had immigrated to the United States, a story that conflicts with public census and other records related to her maternal and paternal.
Hillary Clinton is expected to formally announce her run for president today
Her Sunday announcement is expected to be followed by low-key campaign swings through Iowa and New Hampshire, states that hold the first votes early next year to determine the parties nominees. Clinton, 67, already has a team of organizers in Iowa, .
Hillary Clinton staying away from Florida for now, but supporters get rolling
Were not going to win them from a headquarters in New York, Robby Mook, Clintons campaign manager, said on the conference call with party activists and donors. Were going to win them on the ground and thats why we want to work very closely with.
Modeling the Senates Vote on Gun Control - NYTimes.com
Fourteen senators are given somewhere between a 20 and an 80 percent chance of voting for the amendment by the model, meaning there were a lot of swing votes.. group of six: the Democrats Mark Begich of Alaska and Max Baucus of Montana, and the Republicans Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Rob Portman of Ohio, Marco Rubio of Florida and Dean Heller of Nevada (this assumes that Mr.. Mobile Applications �� Replica Edition �� International New York Times.
Obama to Focus on Education in Campaign Swing Through.
Luke Sharrett for The New York TimesPresident Obama boarded Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Tuesday before heading to Columbus, Ohio, for a campaign event. President Obama set off. The campaign pointed to a question Mr. Obama was asked during an interview with a New Hampshire television station, WMUR, over the weekend, about why financially straitened college graduates should support his bid for re-election. ���Well, they can look at my��.
US election 2016: New Jersey Governor Chris Christies New Hampshire trip.
Chris Christie 9/11 Political Favours New Jersey New York New Jersey Governor Chris. Christies visit to the Granite State is the beginning of his comeback campaign as he tries to improve his image after months of scandals, weak poll numbers and.
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11 terrorist attacks through a program that became the foundation of the NSAs surveillance regime.. kicks off his post-announcement barnstorming tour today with a stop in New Hampshire, where hell focus on civil liberties.. Rubio: Sen. Marco.
Cruz answers Rand with $31 million bombshell
Marco Rubio [R-Fla.] was the featured guest at an event at Republican donor Paul Singers place in New York last Monday attended by influential Republican foreign policy hawks. According to sources who attended the dinner, Rubio was well-received.
Ugly early: Pauls entry sets off first round of attacks
The 30-second ad, scheduled to begin Wednesday in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada, accuses Paul of supporting negotiations with Iran and not supporting sanctions against the Islamic regime.. Marco Rubio and former Texas Gov.. The.
Clinton Assails Romney on Swing Through Ohio - NYTimes.
Stressing Youth, Marco Rubio Joins 2016 Field.. The Politics and Government blog of The New York Times. ���Mr. Romney has come into Ohio time and time again and tied himself in knots,��� Mr. Clinton said.. Mr. Clinton also took a shot at John H. Sununu, the former New Hampshire governor and one of Mr. Romneys chief surrogates, who last week had suggested that Mr. Powell, the former secretary of state under George W. Bush, may have endorsed Mr. Obama��.
Marco Rubio: The Electable Conservative? - NYTimes.com
But long before Republican voters in Iowa and New Hampshire cast their ballots, the potential nominees will be competing against one another in the so-called ���invisible primary.��� In this stage. What makes matters tricky for Mr. Rubio is that, at the same time he is hoping to persuade Republican party insiders that he deserves their support, he will also need to maintain a reasonably good image with the broader electorate lest his electability argument be undermined.
Marco Rubio announces candidacy for president | WPMT.
An aide tells CNN on Thursday hell head to New York City for fundraisers before traveling to New Hampshire on Friday for the Republican Leadership Summit, where hell stand alongside most of the rest of the announced and prospective GOP presidential field as an official contender for the first time. But while. ���But I also think that Marco Rubio has a certain fluency, and ability to connect with voters, and this will be one of the first times a wider audience has seen it.
Could Rubios Past Slip-Ups Haunt a White House Bid.
In recent weeks, the first-term senator has toured the early primary states, including Iowa and New Hampshire, to promote his new, and very presidential-sounding book, American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone... The outrage may be that it was a legal waste of public money, and that powerful legislators like Marco Rubio quietly conspired to make it happen, charged a St. Petersburg Times editorial, arguing that the odds the funding for the��.
Marco Rubio 2016 Campaign: Rubios Reclaim America.
Merrill, instead, offered his services to Rubio, but had no criticism about the other presumptive candidates. In a statement about joining Rubios PAC, via the New York Times, Merrill shared a similar tone to Romney about��.
Who Votes For Rubio?
Unless, of course, instead of Rubio its Scott Walker ��� leading handily, over Jeb and everyone else, in the latest New Hampshire poll ��� who ends up being lifted by a party-wide mix of aspiration and identification. But sufficient unto the week the.
ANTLE: Here Comes Trouble For Scott Walker | The Daily.
Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are trouble for Scott Walker.. And even that is mainly attributable to an ABC News/Washington Post poll that has Bush up by a bigger margin than any other recent survey. Since his.. The path to the presidency runs through the swing states.. California is a paradise from the liberal-lefties point of view, but reality is otherwise,,,,,,,,,,New York times 1-17-2014 $ 218 billion in unfunded retirement for public employees
Marco Rubio announces presidential run - ABC-7.com WZVN News for Fort.
Marco Rubio cast himself as the forward-looking candidate to lead the nation toward a new American century when he announced his presidential bid Monday, framing the election as a generational choice for Americans.. tells CNN on Thursday hell.
Romney VP Auditions In Full Swing :: The VEEP
While on tour, Romney defended Marco Rubios plan to address immigration, saying that ��� unlike the DREAM Act ��� it ���does not create a new category of citizenship for certain individuals.��� According to Julie Hirschfield at Bloomberg Business Week,. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/The New York Times via Redux. Kelly Ayotte. In New Hampshire, Kelly Ayotte went on a tour of fishing boats with Mitt Romney last week. According to Bloomberg News, this was Ayottes��.
@MTP: Did Chris Christie Miss His Moment?
The latest on Iran, from the New York Times: The White House relented on Tuesday and said President Obama would sign a compromise bill giving Congress a voice on the proposed nuclear accord with Iran as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, .
News about the 2016 New Hampshire Primary
Bob Ehrlich is also here in the Granite State and former New York Gov. George Pataki arrives today for a. ���The last thing Marco Rubio said at his first stop in New Hampshire was very telling. Im grateful that you would come. Rubio says he will decide on a run for the White House come springtime, but as he kicked off a two-day swing through the first-in-the-nation primary state, he was sounding more and more like a presidential candidate.��� (Paul Steinhauser, NH1).
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CLINTON: From the New York Times: [W]hat their admirers call grit and critics deem shamelessness can overshadow another essential element of the Clinton school: a willingness to put on the hair shirt of humility to regain power.. BUSH: He said.
Marco Rubio, calling on new conservative generation, launches presidential run
Rubio, who has lined up a series of national interviews, will hold fundraisers Thursday in New York and Boston, and campaign Friday in New Hampshire. He will return Tuesday to Washington for a Senate hearing on a possible deal regarding Irans nuclear .