April 28, 2016 Cruz shrugs off Trump attacks in winning Iowa, but The Donald is hardly done In the end, Iowa was a must-win state for Ted Cruz, and he pulled it out despite weeks of withering attacks from Donald Trump.
April 28, 2016 Many Iowa voters unsure as candidates try to beat expectations I watched with fascination here in Iowa as a dozen people explained why they had switched candidates in the past 48 hours—and some still hadn’t made up their minds a day before the caucuses.
April 28, 2016 Muddled Night in Iowa: No Trump, no winners, Cruz and Rubio on defense Two hours before Thursday night's ӣƵ debate, I was in constant conversations with GOP operatives, Fox anchors and other journalists, all asking the same question: Would Donald Trump show up after all?
April 28, 2016 Paul campaign rips ABC over probable exclusion from New Hampshire debate Rand Paul’s campaign is unloading on ABC News over new rules that would likely exclude him—and several other Republican candidates—from a crucial debate on the eve of the New Hampshire primary.
April 28, 2016 Donald Trump's huge gamble in vowing to skip the ӣƵ debate The upside for Donald Trump in saying he won’t show up at Thursday’s ӣƵ debate here in Des Moines is that he is once again dominating the political conversation.
April 28, 2016 News flash: GOP establishment still freaking that Trump or Cruz may win Isn’t this the 20th or 30th time I’ve read a piece saying the GOP establishment is freaking out over Trump?
April 28, 2016 An animated Clinton tries to close the enthusiasm gap with Sanders in town hall Bernie Sanders made a full-throated appeal for democratic socialism at CNN’s Democratic town hall in Iowa, but wound up debating a skeptical Chris Cuomo.
April 28, 2016 Trump isn't shooting blanks: Why National Review's attack may not matter There’s been lots of chatter over Donald Trump proclaiming at a rally that he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue without losing an iota of his support.
April 28, 2016 Trump and Sanders: How the insurgents are blowing up their parties Now it’s the Democrats’ turn to panic.
April 28, 2016 As Hillary fends off bad news, the press finally discovers the Sanders surge There was a moment in the Democratic debate, as Bernie Sanders explained that ObamaCare isn’t enough and he wants to raise taxes on everyone to pay for government-run health care, I wondered if Hillary Clinton was thinking of that Jon Lovitz line from an old “SNL” skit: