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Back in 1992, the late Senator Paul Tsongas, a serious man of great dignity, driven a little batty by Bill Clinton’s native abilities to be all things to all people, started parading around with a stuffed panda that he called “The Pander Bear.” It didn’t work. But if you want to see true pander bears…
“Let’s be honest here,” O’Malley said. “The presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families.” READ: Can this Democrat really beat Hillary Clinton? The Democrat’s comments, in an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” are another signal that he’s likely to challenge Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary….
Getting a national political Republican campaign up and running is hard, guys. Just ask Sen. Rafael Edward Cruz, who’s declaring his candidacy today. There are just tons of little details you need to anticipate, like filing all the paperwork for an exploratory committee, setting up a PAC, asking Sheldon Adelson’s handlers if he prefers that…
And surprisingly, Rand Paul isn’t the culprit. Despite his effort to win over social media tonight … or the few people awake just after midnight on Monday, what really lit up Twitter was the website TedCruz.com. While TedCruz.org leads to a spiffy new campaign website, TedCruz.com features a black page with the message “SUPPORT PRESIDENT…
The New York Times “First Draft” and Politico Playbook picked up the “Meerkat Election” idea today, so get ready for the hype cycle to wash through the commentariat. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush “meerkatted” yesterday — which is to say, used an app integrated with Twitter on his smartphone to livestream an event online. If…