Politics

Absent an alien invasion, the zombie apocalypse or the sudden re-annexation of California by Mexico, Donald Trump will be the Republican candidate for president. It’s time to move on to the real question: Can he beat Hillary Clinton? You’re darn right he can. This runs contrary to conventional wisdom, of course. Then again, conventional wisdom […]

WASHINGTON — Despite pinning his presidential hopes on Indiana, Ted Cruz is down 15 points in that state, a new poll revealed Sunday. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll shows Donald Trump dominating, receiving the support of 49 percent of likely Republican primary voters, with Cruz at 34 percent and Gov. John Kasich is at […]

“Thank you son. I appreciate you sharing your views. You know, hopefully one of the things somebody has told you is that children should actually speak with respect. Imagine what a different world it would be if someone told Donald Trump that years ago. In my household, when a child behaved that way, they’d get […]

Down in the polls and with zero margin for error heading into Tuesday’s crucial Indiana primary, Ted Cruz could be forgiven for seeing a silver lining in his apparent strength with unbound Republican delegates. Until Donald Trump’s romp through the Northeast last Tuesday abruptly changed the subject, the political world was captivated — and Trump […]

Donald Trump will likely wind up winning the most primary votes of any GOP presidential candidate in modern history, the author of the influential Smart Politics blog told The Post on Wednesday. After convincing victories in Tuesday’s primaries in five East Coast states, Trump has roughly 10.1 million votes, about 200,000 more than Mitt Romney […]

Democratic strategist Dave “Mudcat” Saunders believes Donald Trump will beat Hillary Clinton like a “baby seal,” and that working class whites who haven’t already left the Democratic Party for cultural reasons will due so now for economic ones. “I know a ton of Democrats — male, female, black and white — here [in southern Virginia] […]

Bernie Sanders began laying off staff today as his campaign came to grips with its losses yesterday in four states. The Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign told staffers working on those contests to begin looking for new jobs rather than relocate to states with upcoming primaries as they have in the past, Politico reports. It’s one […]

INDIANAPOLIS (CBSNewYork/AP) — Despite being mathematically eliminated from clinching the Republican nomination, Sen. Ted Cruz has picked a running mate. Cruz tapped former technology executive Carly Fiorina to run as his vice presidential nominee. The Texas senator unveiled his decision Wednesday afternoon in Indianapolis, calling Fiorina an “extraordinary leader.” “It is unusual to make the […]

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, at a Fox News-hosted town hall in Indianapolis, on Wednesday blasted rival Ted Cruz’s decision to announce a running mate even though he’s losing the nomination race – calling it a “waste of time.” Shortly afterward, though, Cruz VP pick Carly Fiorina fired back, saying the race isn’t over yet […]

Donald Trump won every county on Tuesday night in the five northeastern states that held primaries, sweeping up more delegates in his quest to lock up the GOP nomination. Trump won each county in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut and Rhode Island, including Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County, where rival  John Kasich was born. Trump also won every […]