Bernie Sanders picked up his first major labor endorsement from the nation's largest organization of nurses, reflecting the Vermont senator's appeal among unions in his challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Who was hurt by Fox's GOP presidential debate? Will Chris Christie's rebuttal to Rand Paul increase Christie's popularity on the campaign trail? What's next for New Jersey's governor?
Find out the answers to these questions and more in this week's edition of Political Bytes with myself and State House reporter Kevin McArdle...
Republicans seeking their party's 2016 presidential nomination have the challenging task of trying to stand out among the 17 candidates in the race, and Thursday's televised debate was the first opportunity for the party to start whittling down its choices. So it's no surprise that the candidates had a vested interest in puffing up their own records as governors, senators and public figures. And some of them just got the facts wrong.
On the day of the first Republican presidential debate, Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday she's often left in a "state of disbelief" from what she hears from some of her 2016 rivals.
Donald Trump's rising appeal as a presidential candidate seems to be based on his detachment from political society, but is he about to lose that allure?