Mr. Cruz Goes to the Convention
And who, exactly, is going to pull such a bloc together? Across months of campaigning, the Republican establishment, such as it is, couldn’t manage to unite around a single candidate ordevelop a...
View ArticleGo Figure. Donald Trump Is Capable of Making a Change When Needed.
Not an easy task, but you probably have a better shot with the guy who worked, in one role or another, in every Republican nominee’s presidential campaign from 1976 to 2008. Sure, Manafort spent the...
View ArticleThe 8 A.M. Call
Then there’s a potential oil crisis, very different from the ones we used to have: the problem now is a glut, not a shortage, with many producers having run up large debts they probably can’t repay....
View Articleruz and Kasich (and the G.O.P.) Give Up on the Northeast
The pact ignored territory (Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island) where Trump will rack up delegates. In this way, the deal between the two anti-Trump campaigns reflected a...
View ArticleDonald Trump, Laying Out Foreign Policy, Promises Coherence
Mr. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, pledged a major buildup of the military, the swift destruction of the Islamic State .. Mr. Trump was scathing about the Obama...
View ArticleAnother Big Curveball in an Unpredictable Year: The Cruz-Fiorina Option
A caller to Rush Limbaugh yesterday, laying out why he prefers Trump to Cruz: We’re sick and tired of fighting with people who won’t fight, and when it comes to down to Cruz, you know, my instincts...
View ArticleThe Cult of Sore Losers
Bernie Sanders isn’t losing. Just ask many of his backers or listen to some of his own complaints. He’s being robbed, a victim of antiquated rules, voter suppression, shady arithmetic and a corrupt...
View ArticleTen Reasons Moderates Should Vote for Ted Cruz
Cruz is one of the least gaffe-prone politicians in memory: He sometimes says things that have debatable returns with voters, but he almost always says exactly what he intends to say. .. Let’s say you...
View ArticleThe Defeat of True Conservatism
When Donald Trump knocked first Jeb Bush and then Marco Rubio out of the Republican primary campaign, he defeated not only the candidates themselves but their common theory of what the G.O.P. should be...
View ArticleCruz vows to fight Trump on abortion plank in RNC platform
Though Marco Rubio suggested on Thursday that he expects his delegates to be released for Donald Trump and even volunteered to speak on his behalf, Ted Cruz signaled on Friday that he would take a...
View ArticleDonald Trump, Mainstream Conservative
Those who have long stoked the flames of populism should not be surprised by the results. .. The American Right has become willfully disengaged from its fellow citizens thanks to a wonderful...
View ArticleCruz strategist: Trump has a math problem
Jeff Roe, Ted Cruz’s campaign manager, tells ‘Off Message’ that Trump’s allergy to analytics could be fatal. Media share is the top predictor of electoral success. Ted Cruz won Iowa but was third...
View ArticleNo Speaking Slots? Ted Cruz and John Kasich Brush Off Trump’s Threat
Ted Cruz and John Kasich have a message for Donald J. Trump: They don’t care if they are not invited to speak at his convention. As Mr. Trump tries to plan a convention that will run as smoothly as...
View ArticleWhy is everyone surprised Ted Cruz didn’t endorse Trump
But why is everyone so surprised? Trump nicknames him “Lyin’ Ted,” argues he’s a Canadian ineligible for the presidency, retweets an image mocking his wife’s appearance, and suggests his dad had a role...
View ArticleTed Cruz Might Be the Only Republican Who Understands Donald Trump
If that wasn’t clear before the lights went up in the Quicken Loans Arena on Monday, it certainly was by the time Trump made his from-the-shadows entrance that night. Within minutes, you could find...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Sham Patriotism
In his bid for the White House, Donald Trump is playing many roles: law-and-order strongman, sky’s-the-limit builder, dealmaker extraordinaire. But perhaps none is more emphatic than all-American...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Disturbia
“No matter what your feelings, whether you’re the governor of Ohio, whether you’re a senator from Texas, or any of the other people that I beat so easily and so badly, you have no choice,” he crowed....
View ArticleHow One Family’s Deep Pockets Helped Reshape Donald Trump’s Campaign
New York investor Robert Mercer, has carved an idiosyncratic path through conservative politics, spending tens of millions of dollars to outflank his own party’s consultant class and unnerve its...
View ArticleDonald Trump broke the conservative media
“If in 96 days Trump loses this election, I am pointing the finger directly at people like [House Speaker] Paul Ryan and [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham and John McCain and...
View ArticleDonald Trump broke the conservative media
“If in 96 days Trump loses this election, I am pointing the finger directly at people like [House Speaker] Paul Ryan and [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham and John McCain and...
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