Vander Plaats: Four Reasons Trump Should Not Be President
Bob Vander Plaats is not letting Donald Trump get to him, but he is responding to Trump’s charges and quite correctly asking Iowa voters: do we really want a guy…
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Trump’s Twitter Rant Against Iowa’s Bob Vander Plaats
Bob Vander Plaats is an influential Iowa pastor with a network whose support for Rick Santorum in 2012 helped boost Rick to the unexpected victory in Iowa. This time, Vander…
It’s Not Your Mom’s Presbyterian Church, Donald!
Donald Trump attended the First Presbyterian Church in Muscatine, Iowa, on Sunday, presumably to remind people that, as he likes to say, he is a Protestant. I don’t know if this…
Poll: Could Trump, Sanders Sweep Iowa and New Hampshire?
Last Thursday’s CNN Iowa poll showing Donald Trump up 11 points and Bernie Sanders up 8 points seemed too shocking to believe, but CBS/YouGov polling released today appears to at…
Cruz in the Crosshairs
With just days left before the first votes in Iowa and New Hampshire, the GOP establishment clearly has got Senator Ted Cruz in its crosshairs. We told you last week about…
Why Did Palin Snub Cruz?
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin endorsed Donald Trump on Tuesday in Iowa, leaving a lot of conservative leaders scratching their heads. The race in Iowa is neck-and-neck, and many grassroots conservatives…
Can Trump Get an Iowa ‘Amen’ With His Liberty U. Performance?
Media coverage of Donald Trump’s recent address to Liberty University students has typically highlighted his “Two Corinthians” theological flub – as if it will mean something significant to voters in…
New Poll: Trump Surging, Rubio Collapsing in Iowa
The very latest Iowa poll from Gravis may be an outlier. It shows Ted Cruz’s support holding steady at 28 percent, despite the multiple attacks on him by candidates from…
Iowa Update: It’s Cruz vs. Trump in 19 Days
From yesterday in Breitbart: In politics 19 days can be an eternity. In 19 days before my fellow Iowans caucus in local churches, schools, fire houses, and even homes the Republican…
Trump By a Nose in Iowa, And By Double Digits in N.H.
More polls out today: The latest Quinnipiac poll has Donald Trump up by a nose in Iowa over Ted Cruz, 31 percent to 29 percent (a statistical dead heat). Marco…
GOP Establishment Wants Trump to Win Iowa
The National Journal asked top GOP leaders in D.C. who they prefer to win Iowa: Donald Trump or Ted Cruz? The answer? Donald J. Trump: It’s the $64,000 question for…
Trump Would Beat Clinton in November
Well, the drought of polls from Christmas through New Year’s is now over. The contours of the race are becoming clearer with just a few weeks to go before the…
Cruz Stump Speech in Iowa: End Common Core, Abolish the Department of Ed
Marco Rubio is not the only one running against Common Core in his closing pitch to Iowans. In addition to a YouTube video, Ted Cruz is putting ending Common Core…
New Rubio TV Ad Features His Faith
Marco Rubio’s pitch to Iowa voters is deeply personal. He speaks of his faith, not politics: Our goal is eternity. To live beside our creator for all time. To accept…
Trump’s January Pivot
Donald Trump is well on his way to winning the Republican presidential nomination. This owes substantially to the party’s bias for “winner-take-all” and “winner-take-all-lite” primaries. Trump will come out of…
Huckabee Contends Iowa Is Up For Grabs
(Urbandale, IA) Former Arkansas Governor and 2008 Iowa Caucus winner Mike Huckabee stopped by the Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale for a campaign stop on Sunday afternoon. This stop was…
Mike Huckabee’s Moral Clarity
Mike Huckabee’s super PAC is launching a half million dollar ad buy in Iowa for a new 30 second spot, “Moral Clarity.” Its black and white cinematography reminds Iowa voters that…
Trump’s Second Massive Fail Attacking Cruz
Donald Trump is a master communicator. But it’s becoming clearer he just doesn’t understand evangelicals, or deeply principled conservatives, which is why his attacks on Ted Cruz not only fail,…
Santorum Makes His Case Against Cruz (VIDEO)
Former Senator Rick Santorum appeared on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show” yesterday, where he discussed his own social conservative record versus the positions of fellow presidential candidate Ted Cruz.…
The Rubio Path to Victory: A Roadmap?
In light of the Rubio Nevada firewall strategy, I offer Dan McLaughlin’s (RedState) Rubio roadmap that seemingly validates it, though contrasting it with Cruz’s more viable path to the nomination.…
