2016 Election

Trump Holds Lead In Iowa Poll

But his lead did shrink a bit. Via USA Today: Businessman Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican field in Iowa, a new Suffolk University Poll finds, but his performance in last week’s opening debate has dented his standing among GOP partisans and cost him some ground in the state that will hold the first presidential contest next year. Also …

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Rick Perry Runs Out Of Money, Stops Paying Staffers

Oh, this is just so, so sad. Rick Perry’s staffers have been told to get another gig. Via the Washington Post: Former Texas governor Rick Perry’s presidential campaign is no longer paying its staff because fundraising has dried up, while his cash-flush allied super PAC is preparing to expand its political operation to compensate for the campaign’s shortcomings, campaign and …

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REPORT: Trump Is Buying Positive Coverage From Breitbart

If true, a massive scoop from Buzzfeed: According to four sources with knowledge of the situation, editors and writers at the outlet have privately complained since at least last year that the company’s top management was allowing Trump to turn Breitbart into his own fan website — using it to hype his political prospects and attack his enemies. One current …

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Even More Infighting: Trump Vs Fiorina

CNN reports: Add Carly Fiorina to the list of the targets of Donald Trump’s Twitter outbursts. The former Hewlett-Packard executive hit Trump in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” on Sunday saying that “women understood” he was referring to menstruation when Trump said Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her — …

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MEXICO: American Pro Wrestler Brian Cage Dons “Vote Trump” Shirt For Pay-Per-View Event

Here’s one way to play the villain: American pro wrestler Brian Cage entered the Mexico City ring in a “Vote Trump” shirt last night for the AAA Triplemania XXIII match which aired on pay-per-view in North America. Cage lost the match to a wrestler named Alberto El Patron.

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New GOP Infighting: RedState Vs Ben Carson

Donald Trump wasn’t the only GOP contender that didn’t appear at the RedState convention this weekend and Breitbart is delighted to tell you about it. GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s long-time business manager and friend told Breitbart News that Erick Erickson lied about his reasoning for not inviting Carson to the RedState event in Atlanta over the weekend. RedState …

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