Category Archives: campaigns
“National Poll Highlights What Republican Voters Really Think”
Release:
The College of William of Mary and the nonpartisan electoral reform organization FairVote have released a report on a national survey offering new insights into voter preferences and views on electoral reform. In partnership with YouGov and scholars… Continue reading
“Blacks See Bias in Delay on a Scalia Successor”
Must read Haberman/JMart in the NYT.
How Would Trump Do in SC If We Had Ranked Choice Voting?
Tokaji: Is Ted Cruz Eligible to Be President? Let’s Find Out
Donald Trump has revived the question whether Senator Ted Cruz is ineligible to serve as President due to his birth in Canada. A recent Trump Tweet asserts that Trump has standing and threatens to sue if Senator Cruz doesn’t stop… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s threat to sue Ted Cruz, explained”
“Campaigns secretly prep for brokered GOP convention”
Politico reports.
On a recent ELB Podcast, Ben Ginsberg says we would not have a “brokered” convention because there are no brokers anymore. That said, I would expect Ben would be one of those brokers should it get to this… Continue reading
I Talk Trump Suing Cruz Over Eligibility on “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell
Donald Trump Likely Has Standing To Contest Cruz’s Eligibility. Trump Should Lose on the Merits, If Courts Reach the Merits
The lawsuits filed so far in federal court to get Ted Cruz kicked off the ballot as a natural born citizen likely have an insurmountable standing problem. “Voters” as a class generally do not have enough of a concrete stake… Continue reading
“U.S. Supreme Court vacancy upends presidential race”
“Does Donald Trump Have Standing to Keep Ted Cruz off of the Ballot?”
Josh Douglas blogs. I hope to find time to respond soon.
“Super PAC moves to ramp up financial firepower for Clinton”
WaPo:
Two powerful organizations within the Democratic establishment announced steps Friday that have the potential to provide substantial financial firepower to presidential contender Hillary Clinton by drawing on the support of wealthy donors and corporate interests.
While providing a… Continue reading
Trump Tweets That He has Standing to Sue Cruz Over His Natural Born Citizenship Status
Trump:
If @TedCruz doesn’t clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 12, 2016
It is possible that… Continue reading