candice miller
The party of Cruz and Trump seems overjoyed that Democrats have a challenger, too.
Donald Trump's bigotry is not only dominating the news cycle and winning Trump Republican primary votes. It's directly trickling into to new legislation that Congress is currently considering -- legislation that will effectively create two classes of Americans.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
House Speaker John Boehner may have had a rough couple of weeks with a shutdown that's made him a lightning rod for public anger over gridlock in Washington, but the Ohio Republican is still one of the biggest political money magnets in town.
Defending the makeup of the Republican leadership is not grounds for overlooking the Republican's difficulties with women voters. But the gender gap will only be fixed by policy changes, not by identity politics.