Politics

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL – If you think the 2016 presidential campaign is already wild, imagine where we’d be without Democratic superdelegates. Bernie Sanders might be the next President. The 74-year-old socialist won West Virginia’s primary on Tuesday, his 19th victory and second in a row. He still trails Hillary Clinton 1,719 to 1,425 in […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Shifting swiftly to the general election, Donald Trump says he’s narrowed his list of potential running mates to “five or six” people and doesn’t want to accept taxpayer money to finance a fall campaign against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In a break from recent major party nominees, Trump does not […]

Fresh off a big win in the West Virginia primary, Sen. Bernard Sanders’ campaign said Wednesday the Democratic Party would be courting “disaster” if it nominates Hillary Clinton as its presidential nominee. In a fundraising email to supporters, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver cited recent polls showing the Vermont senator performing better against Republican Donald […]

A liberal friend is very concerned about the Republican Party. He tells me that Donald Trump will make it impossible for anybody anywhere running under the “R” column to win election. Even a dogcatcher in Podunk is doomed! The New York Times shows a similar concern. Surely written with furrowed brow, its front page worries […]

Ted Cruz supporters, and I am one, have a decision to make. My story on this decision starts on May 20, 2014, the night I had the great good fortune to attend a small dinner with Sen. Ted Cruz, to talk strategy and policy. Personally, I was skeptical of him and his chances in a […]

By Melissa Herrmann, Jennifer De Pinto and Ellen Uchimiya In November, Donald Trump would be the choice of 44 percent of West Virginia Democratic primary voters who supported Bernie Sanders Tuesday, CBS News early exit polling found. Live updates: West Virginia and Nebraska primaries CBS News Election Center GOP West Virginia results But support for […]

Hillary Clinton is putting David Copperfield to shame with her vanishing voter trick. Her base of support is disappearing right before our eyes, but unlike Copperfield, Clinton isn’t putting on an act. On Tuesday, Clinton lost the West Virginia primary to 74-year-old socialist Bernie Sanders 51% to 36%. That’s a stark contrast to 2008, when […]

Donald Trump Within 100 Delegates of Winning GOP Nomination… Doubles Cruz Delegate Count Jim Hoft May 10th, 2016 8:25 pm 248 Comments Guest post by Joe Hoft Donald Trump won West Virginia tonight with over 70% of the vote. Donald Trump also won Nebraska, a winner take all state with 36 delegates. Trump will end […]

Vice President Joe Biden says he “would have been the best president” if he had mounted a successful campaign in the 2016 election, but that forgoing the race was the right decision for his family. Speaking with “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts in an exclusive interview that aired today, Biden said he had planned […]

MARTINSBURG, W.Va.—Bernie Sanders defeated front-runner Hillary Clinton in West Virginia on Tuesday, regaining momentum and leaving some of Mrs. Clinton’s backers uneasy that her path to the Democratic presidential nomination figures to be rocky to the end. “I’m always uncomfortable when she loses,” said New Hampshire state Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, a Clinton supporter. “Every time […]