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Former Candidates Start to Coalesce Behind Trump

  • May 9, 2016
  • Paul Dupont
With the Republican primary race all but over, GOP leaders are slowly beginning to unite behind the party’s presumptive nominee, Donald Trump. This includes three of his former rivals for…
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BREAKING: Gov. Scott Walker Makes Huge Endorsement

  • March 29, 2016
  • Jon Schweppe
Many have been speculating whether Scott Walker would make an endorsement prior to Wisconsin’s primary on April 5th. Would he jump on the Donald Trump train? Would he go with…
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Voters Want Fighters, Not Appeasers, on Common Core

  • March 3, 2016
  • Erin Tuttle
Heidi Huber — founder of Parents Against the Common Core and Ohioans Against Common Core — is running for the Ohio House of Representatives. In a dramatic showdown, she is challenging incumbent Rep. Tom…
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How N.H. Common Core Moms Made Candidates Take Notice

  • February 5, 2016
  • Ann Marie Banfield
New Hampshire is about to embark on a tradition like no other. We are about to go to the polls to elect a candidate in the primary election who will…
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The Forgotten Story: How Common Core Changed the Race in Iowa

  • February 3, 2016
  • Emmett McGroarty
Now that Iowa caucus-goers have spoken, lost in the discussion of Donald Trump’s underperformance, Ted Cruz’s ground game and Marco Rubio’s surge is an acknowledgement of one issue that separated…
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How Common Core Killed Conventional GOP Candidates

  • December 18, 2015
  • Shane Vander Hart
I wanted to piggy back on what Paul wrote last week about an article written by Fred Barnes in The Weekly Standard. Barnes said that governors making the best presidential…
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Goodbye Governors: Voters Look Elsewhere in 2016

  • December 11, 2015
  • Paul Dupont
In The Weekly Standard, Fred Barnes observes that this election cycle, despite initial indications, has become a very unfriendly one for governors: At full tide, 9 of the 17 Republicans running for the…
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Common Core Killed These GOP Candidates

  • November 30, 2015
  • Emmett McGroarty
I recently gave The Hill some insight into the politics of Common Core: Republican governors struggling in the GOP presidential contest are weighed down by their failure to fully rebuke…
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To Win Iowa, It Takes Presence and Organization

  • September 24, 2015
  • Shane Vander Hart
Iowa saw numerous front-runners leading up to the 2012 Iowa Caucus. Michelle Bachmann was the front-runner in June and July, but on Caucus night she finished second to last with…
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New Iowa Poll: Trump Loses to Almost Everybody in Head-to-Head Match-Up

  • September 23, 2015
  • Maggie Gallagher
Public Policy Polling released a new Iowa poll yesterday. Donald Trump remains the front runner at 24 percent. But hidden behind that good news for Trumpsters are growing signs that an…
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Walker Drops Out

  • September 21, 2015
  • Maggie Gallagher
Gov. Scott Walker is dropping out, according to insiders. His press conference is scheduled for 6 p.m. Eastern time. Gov. Walker has shown enormous courage as governor of Wisconsin, and we…
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Walker: Hillary Is Lying About My Record on Women’s Health

  • September 14, 2015
  • Thomas Valentine
Gov. Scott Walker appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, during which he was asked by Jake Tapper about criticism leveled at him by Hillary Clinton, particularly on…
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New CNN Poll: Trump, Carson Surge Continues

  • September 10, 2015
  • Maggie Gallagher
In the latest CNN national poll, Trump continues his surge–up 8 points since the August poll–to lead the field with 32 percent support. Carson doubled his support, rising ten points…
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What Will Walker Do to Protect Religious Liberty?

  • September 8, 2015
  • Maggie Gallagher
WWWD?  Scott Walker says as he “reads” the Constitution, religious liberty is a “fundamental right.”  But what would he DO if elected president to prevent the totally unnecessary religious liberty…
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These GOP Candidates Dodge, Hide, and Spin on Kim Davis

  • September 4, 2015
  • Maggie Gallagher
The Kim Davis saga has been unfolding over weeks but it burst into the limelight when a federal judge tossed her in jail for the crime of refusing to put…
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What Do Bush, Walker, and Graham Have Against Christians in Syria?

  • September 3, 2015
  • Steve Wagner
Jeb Bush’s August 11th speech at the Reagan Presidential Library laid out a six-point blueprint for driving the remaining Christians out of Syria — unintentionally, perhaps, but effectively nonetheless.  Each element of…
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Trump Trounces Field in ThePulse2016.com’s August Straw Poll

  • September 1, 2015
  • The Pulse 2016
While August marked a new month for the 2016 campaign, it brought about the same result from readers of The Pulse 2016.  For the second straight month, Donald Trump soundly…
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Others are Noticing the Walker Slump—Finally

  • August 31, 2015
  • Maggie Gallagher
Two weeks ago, Frank Cannon talked about the remarkable Walker slump in the polls.  Others are finally noticing: Walker’s backers see a campaign discombobulated by Trump’s booming popularity and by…
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Billionaire Donor Claims Walker Promised Not to Push “Social Agenda” as President

  • August 19, 2015
  • Maggie Gallagher
The Washington Post reports: Stanley S. Hubbard, a conservative billionaire who oversees a Minnesota broadcasting company and has donated to Walker’s campaign, said the candidate has promised he would not…
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The Common Core Report Card: Scott Walker Gets a D+

  • August 19, 2015
  • Emmett McGroarty
In our Common Core report card, we graded Scott Walker and all of the GOP candidates based on the three following criteria: fighting the Common Core, protecting state and local…
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