©2015 Bloomberg View NZS2WE6JTSED (Bloomberg View) — With almost six weeks until the Iowa caucuses and seven weeks to the New Hampshire primary, there’s still time for big changes. But here’s how the Republican contest looks right now, based on my reading of the odds currently posted at PredictIt, the

©2015 Bloomberg View NZ76936S972C (Bloomberg View) — The Ted Cruz boomlet is thriving. Numerous pundits are weighing nomination fights that come down to Cruz and Marco Rubio, or to Cruz, Rubio and Donald Trump. And Cruz has moved up to second place, behind Rubio, in PreditIt’s prediction market. Cruz is

©2015 Bloomberg View NWOLRR6JTSEF (Bloomberg View) — Donald Trump is no longer winning everywhere. The new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register poll has Ben Carson on top in Iowa, with a 9-percentage-point lead over Trump. Combined with another national survey released yesterday, the HuffPollster estimate now has Carson at 26 percent to

©2015 Bloomberg News NTCAKS6JTSEB (Bloomberg Politics) — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is seeking funds and support in a community the U.S. and virtually every other country in the world condemns as an impediment to peace. The former Arkansas governor and Fox News commentator held a fundraising event Tuesday in the Israeli

©2015 Bloomberg News NS84AI6KLVRA (Bloomberg Politics) — As far Donald Trump is concerned, Mike Huckabee has nothing to apologize for. In an interview with Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren, Trump took aim at the Obama administration’s deal with Iran and stood up for Huckabee’s Holocaust analogy in which the former

Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJM0J86S972E (Bloomberg View) — If you play the odds, the Republican presidential nomination will go to one of these final four: Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul or Scott Walker. Last April, I calculated the odds for each like this: former Florida Governor Jeb Bush at 4-to-1; Wisconsin