S.A. Miller
Articles by S.A. Miller
Paul Ryan promises conservative agenda, confronts Obama in big speech
In his first major speech since becoming the highest-ranking Republican in Washington, House Speaker Paul Ryan vowed Thursday to spend the next year pushing legislation that will begin to repair the damage to America that he said was wrought by President Obama. Published December 3, 2015
Donald Trump, unbound by political ideology, attracts wide spectrum of Republican voters
As he extends his lead in the Republican presidential race, billionaire businessman Donald Trump keeps bucking his party establishment and confounding predictions of his imminent downfall. Published December 2, 2015
John Kasich attacks Donald Trump for Republican establishment; no poll effect
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich has become the party establishment's lead attack dog against Donald Trump but so far hasn't taken a bite out of the front-runner's poll numbers. Published December 1, 2015
Jeb Bush touts pro-gun record despite Colorado Springs shooting
Attempting to kick-start his sputtering campaign, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Monday crowed about his pro-gun credentials despite a deadly shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado just days earlier. Published November 30, 2015
Ted Cruz boasts he’s the real conservative in Iowa, predicts Donald Trump will tumble
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday credited his surge in the polls to voters recognizing that he wasn't a "campaign conservative" like some of his rivals. Published November 30, 2015
Donald Trump blames Black Lives Matter for scaring off endorsements by black pastors
Republican presidential front-runner Donald J. Trump on Monday blamed the Black Lives Matter movement for likely scaring off black pastors from endorsing him. Published November 30, 2015
Ben Carson visits Syrian refugees in Jordan, sharpens foreign policy chops
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Friday traveled to Jordan to get a first-hand look at Syrian refugees in a United Nations-run camp, according to reports. Published November 27, 2015
Tea party activists convinced Donald Trump tapping Ted Cruz for ticket
A group of tea party activists is convinced that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has struck a secret deal with rival Sen. Ted Cruz to guarantee the Texan the vice presidential spot on the ticket, and conservatives are raving that it would be the best pairing since Harry Burnett Reese combined peanut butter and Hershey's chocolate. Published November 26, 2015
Jeb Bush attacks Donald Trump in bid to save candidacy
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush kept plugging away in his struggling campaign Wednesday by hurling attacks at front-runner Donald Trump, but GOP strategists increasingly advise him to start thinking about getting out of the race. Published November 25, 2015
Jeb Bush slams Donald Trump: ‘He doesn’t know what he’s talking about’
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday said front-runner Donald Trump's comments about Muslim Americans cheering as the World Trade Center towers fell on September 11 showed that the billionaire businessman isn't a "serious" candidate. Published November 25, 2015
Chris Christie hopes to revive flagging campaign with tough talk on terrorism
Republican presidential candidates angled Tuesday to steal the spotlight on national security issues that now dominate the race, with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vowing to restore NSA's phone-snooping program canceled this year over civil liberties concerns. Published November 24, 2015
Hillary Clinton apologizes for saying ‘illegal immigrants’
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton bowed to pressure from Hispanic activists Tuesday and apologized for using the term "illegal immigrants" at a town hall earlier this month. Published November 24, 2015
Chris Christie: Muslim-Americans fear Syrian refugees, too
Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday said that President Obama was not standing up for Muslim-Americans or any Americans with his demand to bring thousands of Syrian refugees to the United States. Published November 24, 2015
Donald Trump gains momentum with Muslim targeting push as voters focus on terrorism
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has gained momentum in polls as he vowed heightened security measures that target Muslims in the wake of the Islamic State attack on Paris, with the electorate's new focus on terrorism boosting several Republican candidates ahead of Hillary Rodham Clinton in theoretical matchups. Published November 23, 2015
Donald Trump enjoys support of tea party movement that refuses to fully embrace him
Tea party activists refuse to claim Donald Trump as one of their own and swear he hasn't become the de facto leader of the movement, but they still cheer on tea party members who rally behind the billionaire businessman to help keep him at the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Published November 22, 2015
Ben Carson’s religion not an issue for Bible Belt voters
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump raised doubts about the electorate's palatability for rival Ben Carson's Seventh-day Adventist beliefs, but Bible Belt voters insisted Thursday that the denomination to which the candidate belongs isn't an issue. Published November 19, 2015
Ben Carson likens Islamic terrorists to ‘rabid dogs’ hiding among Syrian refugees
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Thursday said Islamic terrorist are like "rabid dogs" that must be removed from the Syrian refugee population before the refugees are allowed into American neighborhoods. Published November 19, 2015
Republicans call Obama’s anti-terror strategy weak
The war with the Islamic State in the wake of the Paris attack is quickly becoming a war of words between President Obama and Republican presidential candidates. Published November 18, 2015
Jeb Bush says U.S. ground troops needed for ‘total destruction’ of Islamic State
Rolling out a national security agenda focused on the mounting terrorist threat, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday called for the "total destruction" of the terrorist army known as Islamic State with a war that includes U.S. ground troops. Published November 18, 2015
Rep. Keith Ellison defends Muslim Syrian refugees’ First Amendment rights
Rep. Keith Ellison, who in 2007 became the first Muslim member of Congress, on Wednesday cited the Constitution's protection of freedom of religion to blast his colleagues' proposals to allow Christian Syrian refugees into the U.S. refugees but not Muslims refugees from that country. Published November 18, 2015