Jeb Bush's summer surge  —  Bush is enjoying an unmistakable spike in the polls.  The question is whether it will last.  —  Just two months after a flubbed question about the Iraq War seemed to imperil his presidential candidacy and a campaign shakeup hinted at disarray behind the scenes …

The GOP's Two Latino Problems  —  Republicans aren't just alienating Latinos.  They are turning off some white voters along the way.  —  With his angry rants against undocumented immigrants, Donald Trump is a stark reminder of the GOP's terrible problem with Latino voters.

Jeb Bush and longer working hours: gaffesplainer 2016  —  Jeb Bush's stated goal of 4 percent annual GDP growth, though unrealistic, in general sounds nice.  But during a New Hampshire Union Leader interview live-streamed on Periscope, Bush got granular about his plan, revealing that part …

Jeb Bush: 'We've got to start solving problems'  —  New Hampshire Union Leader  —  A “poisonous political environment” muddles the debate on energy and climate, when people should recognize that carbon emissions in America are down, Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush said.

Taking On Donald Trump May Be a Key Step in Getting to the Oval Office  —  No matter how glittering the political resume, getting elected U.S. president remains one of the great challenges on the planet.  As Bill Clinton explains it, presidential candidates must not only make voters …

Donald Trump: Reince Priebus didn't tell me to ‘tone it down’  —  Donald Trump remembers that phone call with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus a bit differently.  —  The Donald took to Twitter on Thursday morning to slam a Washington Post report that Priebus spent nearly …

Jenny Horne: How a descendant of the president of the Confederacy helped vanquish his flag  —  On June 17, a church in Charleston became the scene of horrific slaughter.  White supremacist Dylann Roof allegedly murdered a beloved pastor and eight of his parishioners simply because they were black.