March 31, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — The real one percent, as opposed to the fake one percent touted by Bernie Sanders (I-VT), raised its ugly head in Georgia on Monday, when "conservative" Republican Governor Nathan Deal collapsed under pressure. He vetoed a bill respecting the freedom and rights of Christians and other religious believers who oppose the gay-rights agenda... (more)

March 31, 2016

MONICA CROWLEY — Do Bill and Hillary Clinton sense a breakdown in whatever deal they may have struck with President Obama to protect her presidential ambitions? Is whatever negotiation they may have been conducting over her email server problem and any inside information she may have on him now imploding? Or have the Clintons "won" the negotiation with Mr. Obama, freeing them to hit him publicly to get her elected?... (more)

March 31, 2016

NEWSMAX — A new Marquette Law School poll shows Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with a 10-point lead over Donald Trump among likely voters in Wisconsin's upcoming open primary election.... (more)

March 31, 2016

NATIONAL REVIEW — Is it just me, or has there been some notable distancing going on over the past week between Donald Trump's usually reliable cheerleaders in the conservative media and their guy?... (more)

March 31, 2016

MONA CHAREN — In a year of floors falling away under one's feet (such as the assumption that nearly all Americans demand a minimal level of civility in public life), the Corey Lewandowski story represents one more gob smack. That Donald Trump stands by the belligerent Lewandowski tells us more of what we already knew about Trump, and also hints at the coward beneath the blowhard.... (more)

March 31, 2016

STEPHEN DINAN — Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to impose criminal punishment against women who seek abortions in violation of the law -- then recanted just hours later, as the GOP presidential front-runner continues to try to calibrate his stances with his new political party.... (more)

March 31, 2016

DEADLINE.COM — It wasn't what you'd call a love fest. It was, however, riveting TV. Cruz, was in Los Angeles today raising money because California, he said, has the most Republicans of any state in the country -- more than Texas. He told Kimmel about wanting to be an actor, and how he nearly dropped out of school to move to CA to pursue his dream.... (more)

March 31, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — Colorado may have been President Obama's best bet as a destination for detainees from Guantanamo Bay given the lack of opposition from the Democratic governor, but no longer.... (more)

March 31, 2016

DOUGLAS ERNST — A New York judge had a message for Harlem as he sentenced a gang member to 24 to 26 years in prison for attempted murder: "Black lives don't matter to black people with guns."... (more)

March 30, 2016

NEWSMAX — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker endorsed Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential race on Tuesday, a week before the state's primary. Walker made his endorsement on Twitter and on Charlie Sykes' radio show on WTMJ in Milwaukee.... (more)

March 30, 2016

TOWNHALL — The website CatholicVote endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for president today, saying that they feel as though he is the best of all remaining candidates on the issues of life, marriage, and religious liberty.... (more)

March 30, 2016

DOUGLAS ERNST — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio lost his home state of Florida to presidential hopeful Donald Trump, but his refusal to release delegates wherever possible may end the billionaire's campaign at a brokered convention.... (more)

March 30, 2016

REASON.COM — At a televised town hall on CNN tonight, Donald Trump was asked what he believed the three most important priorities of the federal government. After saying he'd like to name "security" as all three top priorities, he gave host Anderson Cooper two more, healthcare and education.... (more)

March 30, 2016

THE BLAZE — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) pushed back against accusations that he and Sen. Mike Lee (R- Utah) have pushed for homeschool to be reclassified as private school "The Glenn Beck Program" Monday evening.... (more)

March 30, 2016

NEW YORK TIMES — Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, was charged with battery Tuesday by the police in Jupiter, Fla., who said he had grabbed a reporter this month as she tried to ask Mr. Trump a question.... (more)

March 30, 2016

NEWSMAX — Donald Trump can't fire campaign manager Corey Lewandowski over the scandal involving a former reporter because "he knows too much," political strategist Dick Morris told Newsmax TV on Tuesday.... (more)

March 30, 2016

NEWSMAX — Ted Cruz said Tuesday that he had proof that rival Donald Trump planted last week's report in The National Enquirer that he had had five extramarital affairs -- tying it to the developer's "hatchet man," former political adviser Roger Stone.... (more)

March 30, 2016

GARTH KANT — The influential chairman of a committee that oversees the Justice Department is calling out U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch for the department's support for a far-left group that targets non-violent groups and conservative organizations and accuses them of hate crimes.... (more)

March 29, 2016

NEWSMAX — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's New York supporters have been "engulfed" in a "wave of pessimism" after the real estate billionaire retweeted an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz last week and amid fears the Trump campaign was behind Friday's National Enquirer article alleging Ted Cruz engaged in affairs with multiple women, New York Post columnist Fredric U. Dicker writes.... (more)

March 29, 2016

THE EDITORS OF NATIONAL REVIEW — Just when it seemed that the Republican presidential race couldn't get any less edifying, Donald Trump went after Heidi Cruz and the National Enquirer entered the fray.... (more)

March 29, 2016

NEWSMAX — GOP front-runner Donald Trump, during an often-contentious interview with conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes in Wisconsin Monday, refused to say if he'd apologize for a retweet mocking the looks of Ted Cruz's wife Heidi, and said he "didn't even know it was a bad picture" of her.... (more)

March 29, 2016

STEPHANIE CEGIELSKI — Even Trump's most trusted advisors didn't expect him to fare this well. Almost a year ago, recruited for my public relations and public policy expertise, I sat in Trump Tower being told that the goal was to get The Donald to poll in double digits and come in second in delegate count. That was it.... (more)

March 29, 2016

PATRICK RUFFINI — Donald Trump may well be burning down the Republican establishment, but the irony is that he's doing it with many of the same voters who propelled Mitt Romney and John McCain to relatively easy primary victories in the last two elections. We think of what's happening in the Republican party as the work of angry ideologues, but beyond the anger part, this isn't quite right.... (more)

March 29, 2016

NEWSMAX — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is challenging Donald Trump to debate him one-on-one in Wisconsin. Cruz said Monday he and Trump should face off for two hours on Tuesday night in Milwaukee, instead of appearing separately at a town hall to be broadcast on CNN.... (more)

March 29, 2016

NEWSMAX — Donald Trump's statements on national security have "made the United States less safe," according to former CIA Director Michael Hayden. Trump is a bigger threat to national security than Hillary Clinton, said Hayden in an interview with Glenn Thrush on Politico's "Off Message" podcast last Friday. Adding that he views Trump's "current statements as erratic. I just don't know what he's going to do."... (more)