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The late Earl Long was governor of Louisiana, on and off, for more than a decade. “Uncle Earl” was a colorful, corrupt, and bizarre figure, even for the Pelican State; but “[s]omewhere along the line,” his lieutenant governor, William Dodd, wrote, “Earl Long changed from an amateurish shoe-polish salesman and political camp follower into a…
There was a moment when it looked as if both Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney would be running for president. Then, apparently, meetings were convened in the modern-day equivalent of smoke-filled rooms, and Romney decided to bow out, allowing Bush to be the graybeard choice of the party Establishment. More and more, it seems as…
Let’s discuss Jeb Bush’s terrible week. I’m really troubled by his awful performances, and I’m generally a person who takes bad news about politicians pretty well. For instance, a friend just sent me a story about the Texas agriculture commissioner’s vow to bring deep-fried foods back to school cafeterias. (“It’s not about French fries; it’s…
date published Jeb Bush at a town-hall-style meeting in Reno, Nev., on Wednesday.Credit James Glover/Reuters RENO, Nev. — “Your brother created ISIS,” the young woman told Jeb Bush. And with that, Ivy Ziedrich, a 19-year-old college student, created the kind of confrontational moment here on Wednesday morning that presidential candidates dread. Mr. Bush, the former…
Many years ago I pitched a magazine editor on a story about Bernie Sanders, then a congressman from Vermont, who’d agreed to something extraordinary – he agreed to let me, a reporter, stick next to him without restrictions over the course of a month in congress. Sidebar Campaign 2016: Hillary Clinton’s Fake Populism Is…
We know so little. This picture of Hillary Clinton eating tacos during her 2008 presidential campaign offers an inside look of what her meal at Chipotle may have looked like. Photo: Danny Moloshok/Reuters/Corbis According to Lexis-Nexis, fewer than 300 stories have been written about Hillary Clinton’s trip to a Chipotle in Ohio on Monday. The…
With polls giving her a four-to-one lead over her closest rivals, it would seem like Hillary Clinton has good reason to be optimistic about her recently announced presidential campaign. After all, she is quite literally the odds-on favorite. However, although her frontrunner status will almost certainly give her huge advantages in fundraising, attracting attention from the…
Hillary Clinton is expected to announce she’s officially launching a campaign for president on Sunday, formally ending two years of speculation and expectation that she would run again. Many questions remain, among them: Will she embrace President Obama’s legacy or criticize the president, and on what? How partisan will she go and how early? What…
The New York Daily News is reporting tonight that Hillary Clinton will announce her candidacy for President on Sunday. Business Insider politics editor Hunter Walker, who ran a similar report earlier today, joins Hardball with the scoop. Reports: Clinton to announce on Sunday | MSNBC.
2016 presidential hopeful Jeb Bush loves hispanic culture. He was born in Texas, governed Florida, lived two years in Venezuela, speaks fluent spanish and married the Mexican-born Columba Bush. He basically might as well be spanish, right? Except he isn’t. He is super white. But on a 2009 voter-registration application, Bush indicated that he was Hispanic, baffling…