Bill Whalen talks about CPAC, Scott Walker, and Jeb Bush.

A two-term Republican assemblyman who has sought to broaden the appeal of the party with Hispanics launched an uphill campaign Thursday to become the next U.S. senator from California, a state that hasn’t elected a GOP senator since the 1980s.

As the response to the parade of possible 2016 presidential candidates at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) attested, conservatives continue to admire rugged individuals: entrepreneurs, test pilots, and cowboys.

In the Wall Street Journal last Friday, columnist Kim Strassel characterized the flap about Hillary Clinton’s use of only a personal email address to conduct official business during her entire tenure as secretary of state—contrary to departmental guidance.

You won’t find him at the front of any presidential preference surveys, but at this very early stage in the nominating process, here are two reasons why Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida bears watching.

If the Republican Party wishes to take the White House in 2016, it will not just need to win the minds of Gen X and Gen Y.

I have this column in this morning’s Sacramento Bee posing a simple question: is 2016 an opportunity for the GOP to break with its recent pattern of presidential nominees and go instead with a candidate in his or her 40s?

Sometimes, late-night television writers have to scrounge for material. Other times, comedy falls right in their laps.

The New York Times celebrated St Patrick’s Day not with a wearin’ of the green, but instead a wary look at the long shots in the Republican presidential field.