Seth McLaughlin
Articles by Seth McLaughlin
NRSC ad: Hillary Clinton is burden on Democrats candidates
Republicans rolled out a television ad Wednesday that makes the case that Hillary Clinton will be a major drag on down-ticket Democrats in the November elections, describing the former first lady as the "living embodiment of everything people hate about politics." Published May 18, 2016
Mitt Romney blasts ‘fraud’ Donald Trump — 4 years after calling endorsement an ‘honor’
Mitt Romney is doing his darnedest to sink presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's chances of winning the White House in November, in what has turned into an untoward clash of really rich Republicans. Published May 17, 2016
Democratic governors look to cash in on Trump
The Democratic governors' campaign arm is hoping that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's positions on women's issues become a cash cow for their candidates running in the fall election. Published May 13, 2016
Donald Trump, Paul Ryan ‘totally committed’ to party unity after meeting
Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan emerged from a meeting Thursday declaring the GOP is coming together, but lawmakers continued to resist the billionaire businessman's unconventional agenda, and so far their main point of unity is a desire to beat Hillary Clinton in November. Published May 12, 2016
Paul Ryan, Donald Trump set for symbolic meeting
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump will meet Thursday for the first time since 2012. The political world will dissect every smoke signal sent from Thursday's meeting, but the mere fact that they are meeting is symbolically important. Published May 11, 2016
Donald Trump campaign ‘complete opposite’ of RNC’s 2016 blueprint
Donald Trump is not who GOP leaders imagined when they conducted their autopsy of what went wrong in the 2012 presidential election and laid out their path to retake the White House in 2016, beginning with a gentler approach to women and illegal immigrants. Published May 11, 2016
Mitt Romney: Donald Trump should be disqualified over refusal to release tax returns
Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, said businessman Donald Trump's refusal to release his tax returns should "disqualify" him from becoming president, and said there must be a "bombshell" in the New York billionaire's tax records. Published May 11, 2016
Donald Trump pulls even with Hillary Clinton in swing states Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pulled even with Hillary Clinton in polling in the key swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, as Republicans begin to coalesce around their presumptive nominee, beginning a six-month sprint to Election Day. Published May 10, 2016
West Virginia GOP voters feel ‘betrayed’ by Republican politicians
GOP voters handed Donald Trump another win in the West Virginia primary, and many said Republican in Washington have abandoned them. Published May 10, 2016
Donald Trump scratches white nationalist from delegate list, blames campaign oversight
Donald Trump's campaign said Tuesday that a self-described white nationalist was mistakenly included on its slate of delegates for the California primary. Published May 10, 2016
Donald Trump wins West Virginia, Nebraska primaries
Donald Trump scored wins Tuesday in the West Virginia and Nebraska primaries, padding his lead in the Republican presidential race hours after a new poll showed him locked in a tight general election battle with Hillary Clinton. Published May 10, 2016
Marco Rubio doesn’t want to be Donald Trump’s vice president
Sen. Marco Rubio made it clear Monday that he he does not want to be businessman Donald Trump's running mate in the 2016 presidential election. Published May 9, 2016
Donald Trump, Republicans set for Hispanic backlash over border wall, immigration rhetoric
Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign promising to build a border wall to stop illegal immigrants -- and Hispanic rights advocates say Republicans will now reap the pain of having him as their party's nominee. Published May 8, 2016
Donald Trump knocks Hillary Clinton on coal in West Virginia, vows to revive industry
Donald Trump cast Hillary Clinton as anti-coal during a campaign stop in West Virginia and vowed to raise money for other Republicans running down ticket, signaling that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is shifting his attention to the general election and a likely showdown with the former secretary of state. Published May 5, 2016
Rick Perry endorses Donald Trump
Rick Perry threw his support behind presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in the presidential race, marking a stark turnaround for the former Texas governor who last year called the New York billionaire "a cancer on conservatism." Published May 5, 2016
Trump touts taco bowl on Cinco de Mayo: ‘I love Hispanics’
Presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump celebrated Cinco de Mayo by giving a shoutout to the people that put together his taco bowl. Published May 5, 2016
John Kasich suspends White House bid
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday dropped out of the 2016 GOP presidential race, clearing the way for businessman Donald Trump to seize the Republican nomination and shift his focus toward the general election. Published May 4, 2016
Democrats hoping Donald Trump dooms GOP in Senate races
Democrats running in competitive Senate races are giddy about the prospect of businessman Donald Trump leading Republicans into the fall election, confident that their GOP rivals could get swallowed up in an anti-Trump undertow. Published May 4, 2016
Working-class voters, Clinton fatigue are key to Donald Trump’s general election success
Donald Trump's path to victory in November runs through disaffected white working voters who the GOP hopes can force the election into Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and other states that haven't been in play for decades. Published May 4, 2016
Ted Cruz urges Indiana to stop Donald Trump, pull country back from the ‘abyss’
Sen. Ted Cruz delivered a full-throated take down of businessman Donald Trump, as part of a last-ditch effort to trip up the New York billionaire in Indiana's primary, which is shaping up to be the last stand for the "Never Trump" movement in the GOP presidential race. Published May 3, 2016
