A.D. Quig 
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) jumped in the presidential race Thursday as a Democrat, but as Stu Rothenberg says in this week’s podcast, his chances of winning the nomination are close to zero. Unless something dramatic happens, it looks like Hillary Clinton is going to be her party’s nominee. But she WON’T be the first female presidential …
There are a lot of potential firsts in this presidential cycle. Either Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio would be the first Hispanic president in history. Hillary Clinton, if elected, would be the nation’s first female president. And if Vice President Joe Biden wins, it would be the first documented miracle in the modern day. The …
The GOP number is now three, with the entry of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio into the presidential race. Jeff Kaufmann, the chair of the Iowa Republican Party, and Steve Duprey, the Republican national committeeman from New Hampshire, talk about their party’s announced and potential candidates, and how they’re playing in those two crucial early states. …
In the wake of the indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez on bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud charges, some lawmakers have jumped to defend the New Jersey Democrat, while some editorial boards have called for him to step down. So this week’s question is: who was the last senator to be indicted while in office who …
The controversy in Indiana and elsewhere over so-called religious freedom laws brings us back to a conversation about the nation’s “culture wars.” In previous decades, conservatives seemed to have the upper hand on this, especially when it came to ballot measures involving same-sex marriage. But there has been a drastic sea change on the issue …
After 30 years in the Senate, former boxer and Nevada native Harry Reid is calling it quits. The 75-year old Democrat, who has been minority, majority and now minority leader once more, announced he will not seek a sixth term in 2016. Jon Ralston, the Nevada political watcher and publisher of the Ralston Report, talks about his …
It’s a time for declarations — some, like Indiana Senator Dan Coats, are announcing they’re stepping down. Others, like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, are stepping up. Which leads to this week’s question: Coats is the third senator* to call it quits this cycle — following Barbaras Boxer and Mikulski. This is the second time Coats has …
We’re not even exploring any longer. We’re in it for real. That was the message on Monday by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who became the first major candidate of either political party to declare for president. Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune was in Lynchburg, Va., for the announcement, and she joins us to tell …
We’re going March Mad at the Political Junkie. Candidates are flying to and fro — shaking babies, kissing hands, hiring staff, and schmoozing in New Hampshire and Iowa. And we just get to sit on the couch and watch. Oh, you thought we meant basketball? That’s pretty fun, too. And it inspires this week’s trivia …
Watching Hillary Clinton explain her actions at the United Nations over “E-mailgate,” one had a sense of deja vu … as if we were all transported back to the 1990s when a Clinton — Bill or Hillary — would find him- or herself on the defensive. But is this a lasting scandal or a momentary …