GOP Candidates Move Away from Common Core
National Review has a useful summary of the GOP candidates’ move away from the Common Core. It begins by noting that as recently as January 2012, Scott Walker chaired a Wisconsin reading…
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Trump Bashes Bush on Common Core
Speaking at CPAC, Donald Trump said Mitt Romney lost a race he should have won and implied Jeb Bush would be a similar candidate. He also came out against the…
Video: Cruz Also Zings Bush in Florida
Maggie, local bloggers report Sen. Ted Cruz also went after Jeb Bush on Common Core while speaking at the Jacksonville, Fla. GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner. The Shark Tank also interviewed Sen. Cruz…
Jeb Bush’s Anemic Poll Numbers
Frank, Jay Cost over at The Weekly Standard is pointing out what you said on Feb. 18—Bush is no front-runner: The Washington Post recently christened Jeb Bush the frontrunner, and for good reason. He is pulling…
Paul Zings Bush: Defund Common Core
Rand Paul just did something extraordinary. He set the benchmark for opposition to Common Core among GOP candidates: defund Common Core and dismantle the Department of Education. In an exclusive…
Earth to WSJ: Common Core a Big Problem for Bush
Over at The Wall Street Journal‘s Washington Wire, Janet Hook writes a naive column suggesting the NBC/Marist poll of Republican primary voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and New Jersey is…
Huckabee Was Top-Tier in 2012, Too
Maggie, remember that Huckabee was top-tier in 2012 as well. A February 2011 Gallup poll showed Huckabee leading the field with 18 percent, followed by Romney and Palin tied at 16 percent. …
Bush, Huckabee Ahead of GOP Pack
Frank, there may be no front-runner, but take a look at this CBS News Poll which asked Republicans who they would support and who they would definitely not support. Bush and…
There Is No Front-runner
Maggie, while the CNN poll shows Huckabee leading nationally, the more interesting polls were the ones NBC/Marist released a few days earlier in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, key…
The Jindal Effect
Bobby Jindal has almost single-handedly inserted the Common Core into the presidential narrative as a major campaign issue, siding with moms over experts and distinguishing himself from Jeb Bush, as…
One Smart MSM Reporter Notes Jindal’s Smart Strategy
Frank, at least one NBC reporter noted the logic behind Jindal’s move, at least in regards to Common Core. While most of the media moaned and groaned in an effort…
Jindal’s Amazingly Smart Week
In one week, Jindal has picked a fight with Jeb Bush on Common Core, with Bush and Obama on marriage (he won’t evolve on gay marriage and is supporting a…
Bush Responds to Common Core Question
In Tallahassee, Fla., on February 10, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush gave a policy speech on education in which he reportedly omitted Common Core. When asked later by a reporter…
