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This particular campaign story arc has been rolling out over the course of the week but it’s looking like a smart move on the part of The Donald. Part of his appeal to those preferring an outsider candidate is the fact that Trump will largely self-fund his campaign (with the more recent addition of accepting private, small donor dollars) leaving him free of the influence of the Big Dollar. But some Super PACs popped up which have been supporting the real estate mogul, some with ties to his business empire. This has drawn a lot of criticism in the...

Has one meeting between two pols this far out from an election ever produced more presidential speculation than Biden’s, er, powwow with Elizabeth Warren this weekend?But you know what? It really does make sense. John Fund: Biden has another card to play in soliciting Warren’s support. He would be 74 years old if he were elected president in 2016, an issue he may have a way of addressing. “One thing that I keep hearing about Biden is that if he were to declare and say, because age is such a problem for him if he does, ‘I want to...

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will announce his foreign policy vision in a speech Wednesday in Chicago. Accompanying that speech is a rollout of a slate of experts who will help guide the candidate on foreign policy issues. If Bush's goal is to present himself as his "own man," that list of advisers undermines the point somewhat: 19 of the 21 people on it worked in the administrations of his father or brother. We've identified the roles each played in the past three Republican administrations, divvying them up as needed in the following Venn diagram.

New York Post Updated: Fri., Mar. 19, 2010, 7:12 PM home Pelosi potentially secures enough votes for health care passage House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) today reached 216, the magic number of votes she needs for health care reform to pass, after Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-Fla.) switched to a "yes."

Tonight, President Obama weighed in to the recent news about a black professor being arrested for disturbing the peace after police responded to reports that someone was breaking into his house. Obama responded to a question that the police acted stupid in arresting the professor, and that, uh, well, black people get pulled over by the police disproportionately. I couldn't believe he chose to comment on this issue as President, first of all. It's way, way, way not in his lane. But secondly, it is highly premature to categorize the police's actions as right or wrong. He went further than...