The Republican presidential contest has been aflutter for months, but now it's time for the Democrats to spread their wings before a big national audience.
Their first debate is Tuesday night on CNN. Grab your binoculars and bring along this field guide to the candidates.
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HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Key features: Nearly everybody recognizes her. She's the only candidate who's lived in the White House already, as first lady.
A quick sketch:
— Daughter of a fabric store owner and a homemaker livi
What does “a real black President” mean?
When media mogul Rupert Murdoch tweeted about his fondness for Dr. Ben Carson and his wife Candy Wednesday night, musing “What about a real black President who can properly address the racial divide?” he reignited a remarkably complicated, difficult question that might speak volumes about progress Americans have or haven’t made in the past eight years – and possibly the next four.
Since Barack Obama’s first days as a senator, debates swirled about whet
The second Republican debate, a three-hour affair that veered from sophomoric insults to policy to late-night silliness, ended after 11 p.m. Wednesday, with an outsider candidate — former tech executive Carly Fiorina — challenging front-runner Donald Trump in a way few rivals have.
Fiorina, who hadn’t even been on the main stage for the August debate, jabbed Trump for his insults of her appearance, and for his record as a businessman. She pointed out that Trump had lost money in his famous At
Donald Trump speaking at CPAC in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2011.Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons
As the presidential primary season begins, candidates are looking for ways to stand out. Competing for the harshest rhetoric on immigration seems, sadly, to have become the preferred strategy for several candidates.
After Donald Trump dominated media attention with his immigration policy proposal — calling for mass deportation of all undocumented immigrants, a border wall
In this July 14, 2014 file-pool photo, Vice President Joe Biden listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
Vice President Joe Biden received President Barack Obama’s “blessing” to make a 2016 bid for the White House, according to a senior Democrat.
But that’s if Biden chooses to run — the decision is his. While he doesn’t need the President’s permission, of course, a potential presidential candidacy was among the topics of their lunch Monday a
Rebulican presidential candidates (L-R) Rick Santorum and Carly Fiorina chat during a break in a presidential forum hosted by FOX News and Facebook at the Quicken Loans Arena August 6, 2015 in Cleveland, OH. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Carly Fiorina was the only woman on stage at the so-called “Happy Hour” debate on Thursday night. She was also the only one of the seven candidates who made clear that she deserves more attention — and a more prime spot in the debates — as the campaign
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley’s relentless criticism aimed at President Barack Obama has made dozens of headlines throughout the commander-in-chief’s presidency. And though, some may have questioned the political commentator’s motive behind his personal analysis, he recently insisted during an interview on HuffPost Live that his commentary is rooted in holding Obama accountable as the nation’s president.
“I don’t have a monopoly on the truth. There is the truth, and then there is the way to the
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton opened up about the book that she says made her who she is today: the Bible.
In an interview published in the New York Times Sunday Book Review, Clinton opened up about her favorite books and authors, name-dropping famous literary names like John Grisham, Toni Morrison and Walter Isaacson. The possible 2016 presidential candidate said the Bible has had the biggest influence on her:
If you had to name one book that made you who you are today, what woul
Larry King (left) recently interviewed Bishop T.D. Jakes (right) for his show, “Larry King Now.”
Bishop T.D. Jakes recently joined Larry King for a spirited discussion on race, religion and politics on Larry King Now.
King asked Jakes what he saw to be instinct and why a religious person would advocate following it.
“The people who really shattered the glass ceiling were people who did it from their gut,” Jakes said. “That they did it instinctively, they broke the rules, took the risk and we
Americans don’t paint a pretty picture of their public servants in the new national Reason-Rupe poll. Americans tell Reason-Rupe that 75 percent of all politicians are “corrupted” by campaign donations and lobbyists. And they say 70 percent of politicians use their political power to help their friends and hurt their enemies.
No wonder just 17 percent approve of the job Congress is doing. Or that President Obama’s approval rating is just 43 percent, with 51 percent disapproving.
And while th
Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who has found himself in the middle of the 2016 presidential conversation, speaks during the CPAC2014 at The National Harbor, Md. (Preston Keres/Special for The Washington Times)
Noted conservative speaker and nationally recognized neurosurgeon Ben Carson took his blunt talk about the state of the nation in a direction that deviated from his usual references to God and faith — remarking on America’s resemblance to Nazi Germany days.
In a recent public event in
--Former heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson shares his thoughts on African-Americans expressing their disappointment in President Obama's presidency. (Piers Morgan Tonight) 
CLINTON: We were in another one of these dramas in Washington -- would we or would we not default on our debt? And all the business leaders wanted to talk to me about was, 'was the United States going to default on its debt?' And I kept saying, 'Oh, of course not. We would never do that.' And just hoping and praying that I was right.
