Breaking: Trump and Kasich Both Ditch Next Debate
Donald Trump was first to announce he was skipping the Utah GOP debate, and John Kasich quickly followed. It has since been announced that the debate will be cancelled due…
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Debate “Fact Checker” Ignores the Real Facts About Common Core
The day after the confirmation of New York Common Core enforcer John King as U.S. Secretary of Education has brought about a flurry of commentary about Common Core and the election. The…
GOP Debate Recap: A Major Missed Opportunity for Candidates on Common Core
As to the discussion of education in last night’s debate, John Kasich demonstrated why he is in last place. For their parts, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump could have hit…
Cruz Hit 100 Percent Approval with This Debate Answer (VIDEO)
Ted Cruz had a great night last night. Unlike Marco Rubio, he didn’t back down from criticizing Donald Trump, still civilly and on substance as he always has. Nor did…
Kasich Is Not an Advocate for Local Control in Education
Last week during the Fox News GOP Debate in Detroit, Ohio Governor John Kasich painted himself to be an advocate of state and local control of education. Kasich said, “And,…
Here Is the Yuuuge Story the Mainstream Media Totally Missed on Last Week’s Debate
The Main Stream Media, addicted to drama, fixated its echo chamber on the personal insults hurled between Donald Trump and Marco Rubio after the Great Debate. Too bad. Something really…
Is the GOP Worth Saving?
Last night’s debate underscores this truth: The GOP is disintegrating. When the front-runner for your party uses the national debate stage to discuss the size of his Anthony Weiner, you…
Ted Cruz’s Great Debate Moment
Last night’s debate was somewhat more substantive and not quite as childish as the previous debates, although it had its low moments, too. The one positive takeaway from the night…
Cruz, Trump Address Marriage and Religious Liberty During Debate (VIDEO)
During the Fox News GOP presidential debate last night, moderator Bret Baier asked Ted Cruz a question regarding gay marriage and adoption and later asked Donald Trump for his response…
On Religious Liberty, Give Kasich a ‘D-‘
Many have asked me what I think of this answer by John Kasich to Brett Baier’s question: Do gay marriage dissenters have rights? Well, look, first of all, I try…
How to Win the Religious Liberty Debate — And How to Lose It
I am grateful to Hugh Hewitt for bringing up the religious liberty issue in the last GOP debate at all. I share with The New York Sun editors and Quin Hillyer a…
Did Ted Cruz Just Stump the Trump? (VIDEO)
Another excellent moment from last night: Ted Cruz prosecuted Donald Trump and caught him in a blatant lie on healthcare. [facebook url=”https://www.facebook.com/tedcruzpage/posts/10153916805352464″] Cruz: “Donald, true or false, you’ve said the…
Rubio Pounds Trump on Judges (VIDEO)
Marco Rubio, when asked about the religious liberty fight between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, chose not pick up on the religious liberty theme, but he did very effectively reinforce…
Can We Trust Donald Trump to Replace Scalia?
Donald Trump seemed out of his league when Hugh Hewitt asked the question that Hewitt said was keeping him up at nights: “Churches, Catholic and Christian colleges, Catholic adoption agencies…
Cruz: Life, Marriage and Religious Liberty Voters Can Trust Me to Replace Scalia
Hugh Hewitt, bless him, raised the issue of religious liberty directly, but before he did so, Ted Cruz once again was the only candidate to name what so many of…
Rubio v. Trump, Trump Loses
The Atlantic is calling it Donald Trump’s terrible, horrible, no-good night, and I agree: It was Trump’s worst debate of the campaign, and the defeat came largely at the hands of…
WATCH: Rubio’s Best Exchange With Trump
Last night’s debate was pretty entertaining. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz took a break from constantly needling each other and instead focused on taking down the front runner, Donald Trump.…
Conservatives Debate How to Stop Trump
Conservatives seem to agree on the need to stop Donald Trump’s burgeoning candidacy, but they disagree on a strategy. The first obstacle is how to somehow combine Ted Cruz’s and…
Who Will Beat the Trump at Tonight’s Debate?
A new raft of polling shows Donald Trump consolidating and growing his lead, which is the kind of thing that happens when you win elections. The press is full of…
How Can Rubio Recover?
Before the New Hampshire polls close tomorrow night, Marco Rubio should do two things — first, he should clarify his “robo line,” and second, he should move on from it. Although Chris Christie hounded Rubio…
