Tag Archives: 2016 elections

Mother Jones reports that the Hillary Clinton has selected Robby Mook, a relatively unknown and openly gay man who ran the 2013 campaign of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, to be her campaign manager. Mook is widely known as Robby, not Robert, and at 35, he’s still boyish—handsome and clean-shaven with close-cropped brown hair. His usual uniform consists of chinos and …

“Look at the jihad that is being waged right now in Indiana and Arkansas, going after people of faith who respect the Biblical teaching that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. We need to bring people together to the religious liberty values that built this country. It wasn’t long ago when this was an area of …

Via Business Insider: A source with knowledge of Hillary Clinton’s plans has confirmed that she will officially announce her 2016 presidential bid on Saturday or Sunday. This will be imminently followed by campaign travel. A spokesperson for Clinton’s campaign team did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. Clinton has long been expected to enter the …

Rick Santorum announced today that he’s moving closer towards a formal 2016 announcement. Yesterday he told Iowa legislators that he’ll be a great president because he fought so hard to keep homosexuality illegal. “I’ve been through that firestorm,” he explained. “I go back 13 years to when I was in the Senate and stood up and said, ‘If the Supreme …

$31M in the first week. So they claim. The groups, four super PACs sharing variations of the name Keep the Promise, were established and secured commitments with virtually no warning over the course of several days beginning Monday. Dathan Voelter, an Austin, Tex., lawyer and friend of Mr. Cruz who is serving as treasurer for three of the super PACs, …

Via Rhode Island NPR: Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has announced that he is considering a campaign for the 2016 Democratic nomination for president. The 62-year old former U.S. Senator and governor said in an interview that he wants to give Democratic voters a choice for president. “The Republicans have lots of choices, I feel that Democratic voters deserve …

Rand Paul entered and exited the stage today to the tune of an anti-Wall Street country song owned by Warner Brothers. So of course YouTube’s magic genie recognized the track as copyrighted material and blocked the clip from further viewing. Snicker.

“Rand Paul is a different kind of Republican! Rand Paul has all sorts of new ideas! New ideas like, um, opposing same-sex marriage, backing the ‘Life Begins at Conception Act’ (which would make abortion illegal), and keeping marijuana illegal. Rand Paul also has a big new idea about climate change: it’s not happening and Paul opposes efforts to regulate carbon …

Just starting.

The formal 2016 presidential campaign announcement will come tomorrow at an event in Louisville, Kentucky. RELATED: The last wig-wearing president was James Monroe, who was first elected in 1816. Which means the next election is the Wig Bicentennial! Woo hoo!

Details.

While California Attorney General Kamala Harris goes to court in an attempt to quash the Sodomite Suppression Act, others are mocking that proposed gay death penalty referendum with ballot measures of their own. Last week saw the filing of the Jackass Suppression Act and this week we get the Shellfish Suppression Act. Via All Gov California: Joe Decker of San …

Neatly timed for Good Friday.

Via Politico: The lease is signed: Hillary Clinton’s campaign headquarters will work out of 1 Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights, according to a source familiar with the deal. The campaign will occupy two full floors of the office building, which is close to 12 subways lines and a dozen bus lines, and will be taking them as is – no …

Ted Cruz is campaigning in Iowa where yesterday he denounced the corporate reaction to RFRA laws in Indiana and Arkansas. Via the Des Moines Register: “Religious liberty is not some fringe view,” Cruz, currently the only declared candidate for president, said to about 300 people in Sioux City, the first stop on a two-day tour. “Sadly, a whole lot of …

“The debate about gay marriage is really a debate about how the government bestows benefits and whether they should be bestowed equally. I believe they should. I also believe that people of religious conviction know that marriage is a religious institution with a spiritual foundation because only a man and a woman can create life, which is a gift that …

Details. It’s really astounding that nobody has been able to get so much as an old photo of this guy. (Tipped by JMG reader Jeff)