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Former New York Governor George Pataki has ended his campaign to be the Republican Presidential candidate in 2016. This comes just over a week after Senator Graham quit too, and just over a month before the first voters head to the polling stations. The moderate Republican Pataki failed to differentiate himself in the crowded 2016 field, and leaves 12 candidates in the race. George Pataki was the Governor of New York on 9/11 and based his campaign strategy on crisis management and foreign policy experience. He was also the only Republican candidate who supported same-sex marriage and one of the first ones to continusoly attack Trump over his comments during the early summer campaign period. Yet despite all of his best effort, he has failed to gain momentum in the polls, and never really polled above 2%. Not even in New Hampshire where he focused his campaign. He also failed to raise enough money to continue, and continues the "Curse of the Governors". Pataki became the ...

2015 has been incredibly exciting yet turbulent. Bloody yet promising. One thing is for sure, no one have predicted it the way it actually turned out. But we'll try it for 2016 regardless. The Paris Attacks, the fight against ISIS, the Pope's historic visit to the US, the Greek and Chinese economic troubles, the legalization of same-sex marriage in the US, Water on Mars, Volkswagen Scandal, new reigning record set by Queen Elizabeth II, Cecil the Lion, Women's World Cup, mass shootings and racial divide in the US, Climate Deal in Paris and the Nepal Earthquake were some of the events that dominated the news broadcasts in the year of 2015. We also lost some very influential people such as King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Leonard Nimoy, Lee Kuan Yew, B.B. King, John Nash, Christopher Lee, Omar Sharif, Helmut Schmidt, Maureen O'Hara and Lemmy of Motorhead just yesterday. Social Media also reached new heights as did Hollywood with Spectre, Jurassic World and Star...

The last debates of the year for both parties occurred, and now it is time to get ready for the Christmas Campaign. The Democrats met up in New Hampshire, where Bernie Sanders seems to have a small, yet comfortable lead over Hillary Clinton. It may have been the honorary home state advantage, but Bernie Sanders won the debate. He came out very strong and excited, and delivered a great performance. There were two things that could have seriously hurt him. Guns, but he handled those questions well. Data breach. Data breach? What data breach? That's right, no one cares about that. It only showed that the DNC really is against Bernie rise to stardom, but their plan backfired as the Vermont Senator gained more support. The latest polls show that he is increasing his lead in New Hampshire, and he is slowly, but once again chipping away from Hillary's lead in Iowa and nationwide after weeks of stagnating results. Hillary didn't have a bad night either. She was better tha...

Getty Images Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin has been elected as the 62nd Speaker of the House on Thursday. The Republican succeeds John Boehner who resigned last month after nearly 5 years. The Speaker is second in-line to the Presidency and sets his party's agenda in the house. Speaker Boehner resigned the day after the Pope's historic visit due to a rift in the party and the continued debate over the next possible Government shutdown. His resignation was seen as a victory to many in the year of political outsiders gaining momentum in Washington. Many blamed him for the lack of progress made in Congress over the past few years, despite the fact that he passed several key legislations during his tenure. Immediately after Boehner's resignation, California Representative Kevin McCarthy was seen as the natural successor to his boss, he however dropped out of the race soon afterwards due to disagreements and the fear of not getting the required support. Rya...

Credit: www.slate.com Hillary Clinton won the first Democratic debate on Tuesday in Las Vegas, but Senator Bernie Sanders also performed well and delivered what he intended. In many ways, this debate was even more anticipated than the Republican ones, and it certainly gave us a lot of answers. Emails. Joe Biden. Benghazi. Outsider Politicians. Wall Street. Guns. Hillary Clinton had the most to loose last night, and Bernie had the most to win. And they both delivered to an extent. But the former Secretary of State came away from the CNN debate as the candidate who had the best night. Clinton is clearly very smart and knowledgeable, she gives clear and contextual answers and is a highly skilled debater. She performed very well. But it was together with Bernie that they controlled the stage. They had the most time to talk, and everyone payed attention to them. Poor O'Malley. While Clinton performed the best overall, Sanders received the biggest cheers from the ...

As Jimmy Carter announced on August 12 that he has cancer, all the cameras turned back to him. The general coverage of his announcement was full of the expected well-wishes, but was also full of negative comments on his Presidency. We found this terribly disturbing and wrong, so we will show why all the critics are wrong. It is true that his legacy is polarising the public, but people seem to forget that he did a lot for America. Surveys that try to rank Presidents often put Jimmy Carter towards the end, and brand his presidency ignorable and only as a 'seat-warmer' for Reagan. This however couldn't be more false. And this opinion is coming from a Republican's mouth.  But first of all, it must be stated that all Presidents deserve the respect of people, as they have huge responsibilities on their back. Jimmy Carter was a one term President, who greatly suffered from the Iran hostage crisis, and was the only Democrat elected into the White House between...

The past week has seen some grand happenings that shifted American society into a new direction. Earlier this week, the nation and the world was still shocked about the horrible news coming out of South Carolina. It seemed like it will be another bad week for Obama, under whom racial tensions in the US have became the most tense since the Civil War. It is hardly what America's first African American President hoped to achieve. In fact it is quite ironic. However, tides soon turned towards his favour. The nation mourned together, and focus shifted on gun laws. While it would be irrational to ban guns all together, much tougher laws and regulations are certainly needed to end tragedies like this. If things continue to go this way America will slowly defeat itself over the racial divide. Nobody wants that. Even many Republicans, such as Mitt Romney, and several GOP candidates have suggested tighter gun regulations. More over, they supported the removal of t...