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Rand Paul Trolls Hillary
With Bogus 'To-Do' List

May 13, 2015 7:26 AM CDT

Rand Paul Trolls Hillary With Bogus 'To-Do' List

Including 'sign off on new private server location'

(Newser) - Rand Paul wants to ensure voters don't forget about the recent scandals that have plagued fellow presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton. After the Clinton camp tweeted a photo of a campaign manager's mostly boring "to-do" list yesterday, Paul revised the list to include what he thought were more...

Jeb Walks Back
Endorsement of
Iraq Invasion

May 12, 2015 7:17 PM CDT

Jeb Walks Back Endorsement of Iraq Invasion

Ex-governor acknowledges that 'mistakes were made'

(Newser) - Jeb Bush appears to be changing his tune after comments he made on Fox News this Sunday. Asked by Megyn Kelly whether, "knowing what we know now," he would "have authorized the invasion," Bush said he "would've," the New York Times reports: "...

Huckabee Is In:
What He'll Face
in Round 2

UPDATED

May 5, 2015 11:33 AM CDT

Huckabee Is In: What He'll Face in Round 2

2008 candidate is trying again

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee is throwing his hat in the ring—again. The former governor of Arkansas today announced "I am a candidate for president of the United States of America" at the University of Arkansas Community College, in his hometown of Hope—which also happens to be the birthplace of...

Carly Fiorina Has
a Domain Name
Problem

May 4, 2015 10:30 AM CDT

Carly Fiorina Has a Domain Name Problem

Trolls take her to task—at CarlyFiorina.org

(Newser) - Carly Fiorina announced her presidential candidacy today, and Internet trolls didn't waste time taking her on. It seems Fiorina failed to buy CarlyFiorina.org , and now she's facing the consequences, Gizmodo reports: Someone else bought it and filled it with 30,000 sad faces to represent the...

Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina Join GOP Race for President

UPDATED

May 4, 2015 6:48 AM CDT

Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina Join GOP Race for President

Neurosurgeon, former tech exec both underscore status as outsiders

(Newser) - The three senators officially seeking the GOP nomination have been joined by two candidates with more experience in brain surgery and business than politics. "I'm willing to be part of the equation and therefore, I'm announcing my candidacy for president of the United States of America,"...

Why Bernie
Sanders'
Candidacy
Matters

OPINION

Apr 30, 2015 3:25 PM CDT

Why Bernie Sanders' Candidacy Matters

Matt Taibbi: He's not a 'novelty act,' he's a challenge to our political system

(Newser) - In announcing his candidacy for president, Bernie Sanders asked that we not underestimate him. At Rolling Stone , Matt Taibbi writes that it will be a shame if we do. Tabbi once covered the 73-year-old independent for a lengthy profile and calls him "the rarest of Washington animals, a completely...

Bernie Sanders: I'm in,
Do Not 'Underestimate Me'

Apr 30, 2015 11:40 AM CDT

Bernie Sanders: I'm in, Do Not 'Underestimate Me'

Vermont socialist thinks 2016 voters should take him seriously

(Newser) - Bernie Sanders would like you to take his presidential campaign seriously. "Most people in America have never heard of Bernie Sanders. More than 90% of Americans have heard of Hillary Clinton," the Vermont independent acknowledges to USA Today . "I will absolutely be out-spent. But I do believe...

Gay Hotel Owner
Apologizes for
Hosting Ted Cruz

Apr 27, 2015 11:51 AM CDT

Gay Hotel Owner Apologizes for Hosting Ted Cruz

Ian Reisner and Mati Weiderpass face outrage over event

(Newser) - "I am shaken to my bones by the e-mails, texts, postings and phone calls of the past few days. I made a terrible mistake." These are the words of gay New York City hotelier Ian Reisner, who's taking no small amount of flak since hosting an unlikely...

Graham: Iran Deal
Has 'Snowball's
Chance in Hell'

SUNDAY TALK SHOWS

Apr 19, 2015 11:47 AM CDT

Graham: Iran Deal Has 'Snowball's Chance in Hell'

Meanwhile, back in 2016...

(Newser) - Lindsey Graham has surveyed the Iran nuke deal and found it decidedly lacking: "I don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance in Hell this framework will get approved by Congress after review," he said today on Fox, per the Hill . "It is so weak in...

Clinton Foundation:
We're Keeping
Foreign Donors

Apr 16, 2015 8:49 AM CDT

Clinton Foundation: We're Keeping Foreign Donors

But the list has narrowed to 6 countries to try to avoid conflict of interest

(Newser) - Just days after officially joining the 2016 presidential race, Hillary Clinton already has a thorn in her side: her family's own organization. In an effort to mitigate a possible conflict of interest with Clinton's candidacy, the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation announced in a summary out today...

Marco Rubio: I'm Running

Apr 13, 2015 6:40 PM CDT

Marco Rubio: I'm Running

Florida senator makes US presidential bid official

(Newser) - Marco Rubio officially announced his run for US president tonight before a crowd of hundreds at Miami's iconic Freedom Tower, the Miami Herald reports. "In many countries, the highest office in the land is reserved for the rich and powerful," said the 43-year-old son of Cuban immigrants....

What Are
Clinton's
Chances?

OPINION

Apr 13, 2015 12:57 PM CDT

What Are Clinton's Chances?

Pundits are, unsurprisingly, divided

(Newser) - New York magazine doesn't beat around the bush: "Unless the economy goes into a recession over the next year and a half, Hillary Clinton is probably going to win the presidential election." But not everyone agrees. A sampling of what the pundits are saying:

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Clinton Hits
the Road in a
Van Named
'Scooby'

Apr 13, 2015 7:50 AM CDT

Clinton Hits the Road in a Van Named 'Scooby'

Candidate heads to Iowa with 'a more humble approach'

(Newser) - Shortly after her big Twitter announcement , Hillary Clinton headed for Iowa in a van that's been dubbed "Scooby"—the Des Moines Register reports that is indeed a reference to the 1970s cartoon, which featured a van of its own: the Mystery Machine. Clinton is doing roadside meet-and-greets...

Internet Freaks Out
Over Clinton Logo

Apr 13, 2015 5:46 AM CDT

Internet Freaks Out Over Clinton Logo

WikiLeaks claims campaign stole its design

(Newser) - In what is not expected to be the last controversy of the Clinton campaign, heated discussion of her logo erupted on social media as soon as she announced her 2016 White House bid yesterday. Some critics said the red-and-blue logo looked like it had been made in MS Paint and...

Clinton: 'I Want
to Be That
Champion'

updated

Apr 12, 2015 2:00 PM CDT

Clinton: 'I Want to Be That Champion'

Hillary Clinton joins the 2016 presidential race

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is now, officially , at long last, Ready for Hillary. She jumped back into presidential politics today as a top adviser announced her much-awaited second campaign for the White House. The adviser, John Podesta, told alumni of her first presidential campaign in an email: "It's official: Hillary'...

What They're
Saying About
Clinton 2016

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Apr 12, 2015 11:05 AM CDT

What They're Saying About Clinton 2016

Rand Paul, John Kerry, et al weigh in ahead of announcement

(Newser) - After breathless years of speculation, Hillary Clinton will allegedly make her blessed announcement today, and rivals, potential rivals, and also-rans took to the airwaves to let their opinions be known on what they thought of Hillary for President 2.0. A look around your Sunday talk show dial, per the...

Source: Clinton
to Announce
on Sunday

Apr 10, 2015 7:47 AM CDT

Source: Clinton to Announce on Sunday

Source says she'll launch presidential campaign en route to Iowa

(Newser) - When, where, how? A source close to Hillary Clinton's campaign tells the Guardian she will tell the world of her intention to run for president on Sunday at noon Eastern, on Twitter, while on her way from New York to Iowa. The Twitter announcement will be followed by a...

Rand Paul
Makes It Official

Apr 7, 2015 12:05 PM CDT

Rand Paul Makes It Official

GOP has its second candidate for president

(Newser) - As promised , Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky kicked off his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination today in Louisville with a declaration that he's running for the White House to "return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government." At a splashy kickoff...

Rand Paul Enters
2016 Race Today,
With This Slogan

Apr 7, 2015 7:48 AM CDT

Rand Paul Enters 2016 Race Today, With This Slogan

His hope: 'Defeat the Washington machine'

(Newser) - Rand Paul will join Ted Cruz in the quest for the Republican nomination today, and he's armed with a slogan that Politico describes as one "designed to evoke populist, anti-establishment themes": "Defeat the Washington machine. Unleash the American dream." But despite the attempts to drum up...

Jeb Bush
Registered
to Vote as
'Hispanic'

Apr 6, 2015 8:09 AM CDT

Jeb Bush Registered to Vote as 'Hispanic'

Bush spokeswoman can't really explain why that happened

(Newser) - Jeb Bush seems to have erred in filling out his 2009 voter-registration application in Miami-Dade County—specifically in the "Race/Ethnicity" field, which he checked "Hispanic," the New York Times reports. The Times notes Bush's deep ties to the Hispanic community—including his Mexican wife, his fluent...