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AP Photo/Politico March 15 will be the most crucial day (of their lives) for both John Kasich and Marco Rubio. They both need to win their home states, to maintain even their slightest chances of becoming the next President of the United States. However, Donald Trump will e challenging them hard - as they surely must be used to it by now. Super Tuesday 3, here we go! Marco Rubio won Puerto Rico lately, and by a huge margin. It's not a lot of delegates, only 23. But still better than nothing. But what will be more important is that it can be a good indicator for Florida. Florida has over a million Puerto Ricans, and Rubio needs every one of them to win. He really counts on the Latino vote to come out and support him, because without it, it's completely impossible for him to win. However, just because you are from Florida, it doesn't mean that you will win. Especially because Florida is Trump's second home. All of the latest polls, and even from months ago, ha...

Is he, or is he not? That is the current question on the Republican side. At least to Donald Trump. And he seems to think that Ted Cruz is not a real American, and should not be eligible to be the President. How is this possible? Well Cruz was born to an American mother, but in Canada. Donald Trump keep questioning if Ted Cruz can legally be elected as President. Cruz is technically a full righted American, so there should be no reason why he couldn't be President. He wouldn't waste all this money on the campaign if he would knew that legally he is not eligible. The whole thing is a total nonsense, and Mitt Romney seems to think so too. A vast array of establishment Republicans have come out to support Cruz on this issue. It seems like they are even keen to support him, in fact anyone, just not Trump. But Trump being Trump keeps bringing it up, and it seems like it may work. Some people may question their support for Cruz, and may switch back to Trump. The candidate with...

Former President Bill Clinton began campaigning for Hillary Clinton this week. With less than four weeks before the first votes are cast, many campaigns are shaking up their tactics. Hillary is now enlisting Bill, Trump has ads and Christie is heading to Iowa. But will these new methods work? Just like Joe Biden though, Bill Clinton is known for his gaffes. In 2008 too, he made some controversial and unfortunate statements, and many saw him as a liability to his wife's campaign. This time around, he has been noticeably missing from the campaign trail, only appearing in some family gatherings with Chelsea Clinton too. However as 2016 arrives, Bill Clinton, one of America's most loved politicians, will start to heavily campaign for Hillary in both Iowa and New Hampshire. This is a change of direction for the campaign as they hope to solidify their lead in Iowa, and fight back in New Hampshire. Bill Clinton though seems to be tightly monitored and censored t...

There is an alternative way of predicting who will be the party's nominee in a Presidential Race. And no, it's not polls. It's the endorsement count from current and former politicians. If a few important and influential politicians back your campaign, they can sway a lot of their supporters towards you. And that could make the difference. Some candidates deliberately want to get the support of a few famous faces, and not that of the general public. Let's see how this applies to 2016. On the Republican side, Donald Trump leads in the polls. By a lot (as he would say). But there has not been a single politician in Congress, or within any higher levels of state government who backed him. Not one. He got one former Virginia representative and a few state legislators from a variety of states, but no one important. Jeb Bush on the other hand leads the endorsement primary. By a lot. Apart from two former Presidents and First Ladies and a Vice President, he a...

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...

Scott Olson/Getty Images Over the last couple of days there have been two Presidential debates in America. The Republicans met for the fourth time in Wisconsin on the 10th, while the Democrats met yesterday for the second time in Iowa. Both of the debates were significantly different from the ones they previously had, and it was interesting to see how the dynamics change. But at the end of the day, there are always winners and losers, and we were there to see it. Here is what happened: In the Republican debate, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz stood out. For Rubio it was the second consecutive debate in which he performed really well, gave clear policy answers and had smart comebacks for those attacking him. His chances look better and better everyday, and there is no an indication that he was able to keep his momentum going on from the strong debate performances on his campaign stops. He is rising in the polls and is getting more and more donations. Rubio is still comi...

Ethan Miller/Getty Images Hillary Clinton had a terrible summer. No one would have expected this. Just absolutely  dreadful. But now she is back, and she looks stronger and more confident than ever. She just had the best week of her campaign, and probably the best week in the past few years. The Vice President announced on Wednesday that he is not running for President in 2016. Joe Biden ended months of speculation, after he confirmed that he is not running despite a heavy buzz for him and relatively high polling numbers. Over the past six months there was heavy speculation regarding his candidacy, but Biden now declared that he had ‘run out of time’. Most analysts said that the latest probable time that Biden should have entered the race was before last week’s debate. Biden’s son, Beau, died in May from cancer and wished that his father join the race. Over the summer there were lots of positive signs of a Biden candidacy, and it is clear that he was heavil...

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 ...

Not everyone will agree, but it may be time for Hillary to finally seriously panic about this race. Months have passed since her email scandal began, and since the rise of Bernie Sanders, and she is still not handling it that well. And the future doesn't look all that great either. Hillary has got to stop the tide. And she is trying. She is giving more interviews and she is out there more, b ut Bernie is still the one that has the momentum. Some would argue that even Joe Biden has more momentum than Hillary's campaign. Hillary's campaign doesn't seem to be focused, it's like they are in denial. Let's look at polling closer. Hillary Clinton is losing to Jeb Bush in Michigan. In Michigan. If a Democrat can't take Michigan, there are some real problems here. Moreover, she is only barely beating Trump there. Hillary has clearly slipped in the polls. On a national scale too, she has got some major problems. In the latest poll, she got 33% of the vot...

As Hillary Clinton continues to slip in national polls, she switched up her defence on the email scandal. Clinton for the first time apologised for using a private server, and admitted that she 'made a mistake'. So far, Clinton has received heavy criticism for her handling of the situation, and sticking to the rhetoric that everyone knew about what she was doing, that she wasn't the only one who used private servers and that it was legal for her to do so. In the interview with ABC's David Muir, Clinton touched upon many aspects of her campaign, but everyone was listening to the email questions. It is rare that she even gives interviews, but her campaign felt that something must be changed as the former First Lady is dropping in polls all across the board. Mrs. Clinton will also appear on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and the Ellen show this week, in an attempt to show more of her personal side, and to divert attention from her scandal. Clint...

More and more speculation is surrounding the Presidential ambitions of current Vice President Joe Biden. For weeks now reports have been discussing how Biden has been talking to his advisors and potential donors as he is trying to decide his future. And the biggest indicator has just been made public. Senator Elizabeth Warren. While many may not be familiar with Warren's name or record, she in fact is a heavyweight within the Democratic Party. The Massachusetts senator is famous for her liberal stance and is the face of the progressive wing of the party. She was in fact the expected opponent of Hillary Clinton up until earlier this year, when she declined to run (to the dismay of many in the party). Most of her supporters ended up with Bernie Sanders, which explains his surge in the polls. He is now considered as a major candidate who is actually beating Hillary in some polls. Senator Warren is a very influential and respected politician in Washington, and she is...

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...

Well there you go! We support Bernie Sanders to be the Democratic candidate in 2016! It's no surprise to anyone that Finchley 1959 is a conservative Republican blogging site at it's heart, but we still try to be objective and to be deeply involved with the Democrats too! Now, before praising Bernie for his successes, let's talk about Hillary. We like Hillary, and would love to support her bid, because she would be the first female President. But voters can't go down that path again. Obama's path. It is clear that Obama got elected in 2008 mostly due to the fact that he would have been the first African-American President. It's true. Senator McCain clearly had better policies and ideas, but Obama had the color advantage and was a better public speaker. Hillary is likeable, but she would get elected because she would be the first female to do! And we wouldn't have a problem with the first female President; Margaret Thatcher is our idol. We get it. B...

The top 10 candidates have been announced for the first nationally televised debate among the Republican Candidates. It was always known that people like Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and Scott Walker would be there on the centre of the stage, but the last two available places saw a hard battle fought for them. It was a three way battle between Ohio Governor John Kasich, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Texas Governor Rick Perry. In the end, it was the Texan who failed to poll high enough in the latest surveys, and thus missed the primetime show. He will now be participating in the afternoon session with the other seven candidates who failed to register enough support. It is a big blow for the Texan, who famously destroyed his own campaign after the debates of 2012. He will now have a chance though to finish atop the afternoon debate in front of Senator Lindsey Graham, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former New York Governor George Pataki, Businesswoman Carly Fiorin...