David Sherfinski
Articles by David Sherfinski
Rick Perry in N.H.: America not going to choose another ‘young, untested’ U.S. senator
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said during the first day of a two-day swing through New Hampshire Wednesday that Americans will not choose another "untested" U.S. senator to be the country's chief executive after electing President Obama. Published February 12, 2015
Hillary Clinton bests Rand Paul, Scott Walker, Jeb Bush in New Hampshire match-ups
Though former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush leads a host of potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates in a new poll on New Hampshire, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky comes closest to former Secretary of State and Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton in a general election match-up. Published February 12, 2015
Jeb Bush tops 2016 GOP field in Virginia
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush leads a field of potential 2016 GOP presidential contenders in Virginia and comes the closest to the Democratic favorite, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a new poll out Thursday. Published February 12, 2015
Rand Paul: ‘Hillary’s war’ in Libya contributed to rise of Islamic State
Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said Wednesday that President Obama's strategy in combating the Islamic State terrorist group is not working thus far — but that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton deserves a lot of the blame for tumult in the region as well. Published February 11, 2015
Ted Cruz knocks Obama, ‘photo op foreign policy’ in blistering speech
Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, said Wednesday he hasn't seen a "seriousness of purpose" in confronting the Islamic State terrorist group, as the White House sent a request for the authorization for use of military force to fight the group to Congress for consideration. Published February 11, 2015
Dick Cheney to keynote NRCC March dinner
The House Republicans' campaign arm said Wednesday that former Vice President Dick Cheney will headline their annual March dinner next month. Published February 11, 2015
Ted Cruz: Leave same-sex marriage up to the states
Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, is renewing a push for legislation that would leave the decision of whether to recognize same-sex marriages up to individual states and said he plans to introduce a constitutional amendment later this year outlining that marriage is a policy question for state legislatures. Published February 11, 2015
Marco Rubio: Geographic limits on IS authorization would tell them ‘where they can go to hide’
As President Obama prepares to send an authorization for the use of force against the Islamic State terrorist group to Congress, Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, warned against imposing geographic limits on such a request. Published February 11, 2015
Scott Walker political group sets up shop in Iowa
A new political group affiliated with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has set up shop in Iowa as organizational efforts in the early presidential state start grinding into gear. Published February 11, 2015
Virginia bill orders attorney general to defend state laws in court
The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday designed to require the state's attorney general or a designee to represent the commonwealth in cases challenging the state's laws or the state Constitution, a little more than a year after Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced he would not defend the state's ban on gay marriage. Published February 10, 2015
Rand Paul to Florida this week for local GOP events
Fresh off a trip to Iowa last weekend, Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is encroaching onto the turf of two potential 2016 GOP presidential rivals later this week and will attend two local Republican events in Florida. Published February 10, 2015
Obama’s ‘evolving’ gay marriage view was a sham, he favored it in 2008: Axelrod
In his new book, former Obama political strategist David Axelrod writes that the president favored same-sex marriage during the first presidential campaign but said publicly that he supported civil unions and purportedly had been "evolving" on the issue while in office. Published February 10, 2015
Jeb Bush posts e-mails, first chapter of e-book
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has posted a trove of communications from his time in office to a new website, as well as the first chapter of an e-book that spans the early portion of his time in office as Florida's chief executive. Published February 10, 2015
Jim Webb, Martin O’Malley headed to Iowa in April for local Democratic dinner
Two potential 2016 contenders on the Democratic side, former Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, are scheduled to headline the Polk County Democrats' annual spring awards dinner in Des Moines in April. Published February 10, 2015
Chris Christie headed back to Iowa next month for Ag Summit
Organizers announced Monday evening that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will join a host of other potential 2016 GOP hopefuls at the Iowa Agriculture Summit March 7 hosted by entrepreneur and philanthropist Bruce Rastetter. Published February 10, 2015
Virginia Senate bill calls for runoff vote in close elections
Virginia's GOP-led Senate passed a bill Monday that would require candidates for statewide election and for the U.S. Senate to win the outright majority of votes on Election Day or else face a runoff with the second-highest vote-getter. Published February 9, 2015
Bernie Sanders: ‘I would have been stronger than President Obama’ on big banks
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont Independent, said that while the economy is better off than it was six years ago, he would have been more aggressive than the president in confronting the big banks after the 2008 financial crisis. Published February 9, 2015
Bernard Sanders claims far-left lane in Democratic presidential race
Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders, who is eyeing a 2016 run as a Democrat for president, staked out an economic agenda Monday that is far to the left of his most liberal colleagues, including advocating a government-run Medicare-for-all health care system. Published February 9, 2015
Scott Walker to United Kingdom to shore up economic ties
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is heading overseas Monday for a trip to the United Kingdom as he has risen to the top or near the top of recent polling on the 2016 GOP field in the early presidential states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Published February 9, 2015
Ted Cruz on Rick Perry’s ‘young, untested senator’: ‘People occasionally throw rocks in politics’
Sen. Ted Cruz sidestepped an indirect critique from fellow Texan and former Gov. Rick Perry Sunday, complimenting Mr. Perry for his tenure as the state's chief executive. Published February 9, 2015
