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Mitch PerryDecember 14, 2015

The Marco Rubio campaign, still mired in fourth place in most national and statewide polls of the GOP presidential race, has released a new television ad that will begin airing in Iowa and New Hampshire. It’s called, “About” and in it the Florida senator refers to how the 2016 presidential election is “about the essence […]

Ryan RayDecember 14, 2015

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Strategist and communications consultant Kevin Cate just released his 2015 online holiday greeting Monday morning, and we get the feeling supporters of Donald Trump‘s 2016 bid for the White House won’t be watching it around the Christmas ham. CateComm’s new video asks whether Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – or any other red-state hero – can “save” the GOP […]

Ryan RayDecember 10, 2015

Even campaigning half as much as his rivals, Donald Trump is drowning them out in an echo chamber of insults and charged pronouncements that have taken over the presidential campaign. Frustrated GOP candidates trekking across Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina are struggling to be heard. All the while, some Republican officials worry the intense […]

Associated PressDecember 10, 2015

A prominent Iowa evangelical leader has endorsed Ted Cruz for president, a coup for the Texas senator, who has heavily courted churches and pastors in an effort to win the state’s leadoff Republican caucuses. Bob Vander Plaats announced his endorsement Thursday in Des Moines, calling Cruz a “serious leader for serious times.” Vander Plaats stressed […]

Associated PressDecember 8, 2015

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday denied an Associated Press report that he planned to visit the majority-Muslim kingdom of Jordan at the end of December. The AP report and Trump’s denial came one day after his controversial proposal to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the United States to protect the nation from […]

Associated PressDecember 8, 2015

Donald Trump‘s plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States is shoving the Republican Party to the edge of chaos, abruptly pitting GOP leaders against their own presidential front-runner and jeopardizing the party’s longtime drive to attract minorities. Unbowed, Trump fired a searing warning Tuesday via Twitter to fellow Republicans carping about his proposal. […]

Associated PressDecember 8, 2015

Donald Trump is standing by his call to block Muslims from entering the United States, even as the idea draws condemnation from rival Republican presidential candidates, party leaders and others as un-American and potentially dangerous. “I don’t care about them,” Trump told CNN Tuesday in a telephone interview, when asked about denunciation by GOP leaders. […]

Mitch PerryDecember 7, 2015

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The Marco Rubio for President campaign is releasing a new television ad called “Because” that will begin airing in select markets Iowa, starting Monday. It’s footage from a speech where Rubio discusses one of his main themes that has branded his campaign since it officially kicked off in Miami last March – that this election is […]

Associated PressDecember 1, 2015

Jeb Bush and his allies are spending circles around his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. Yet for all the money they’ve invested — $26 million on television ads alone — they’ve yet to see a substantial return. Having fallen from summer front-runner to autumn afterthought, the former Florida governor made deep spending cuts to […]

Peter SchorschNovember 28, 2015

Republican presidential candidate front-runner Donald Trump returns to Florida for a campaign rally on Saturday. Trump’s rally will be held at the Robarts Arena in Sarasota, beginning at noon. He last visited Florida last month when he made stops before large crowds in Miami and Jacksonville. The latest statewide poll shows Trump leading with 36 […]

Tag: 2016 GOP presidential primary

New Marco Rubio ad accuses Barack Obama of being intimidated by Vladimir Putin, Iran and Islamic jihadists

Kevin Cate’s 2015 holiday greeting brought to you by “misfit” Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s knack for controversy drowning out his rivals

Leading Iowa evangelical endorses Ted Cruz for president

Trump denies plans to visit majority-Muslim Jordan

Donald Trump’s Muslim ban idea pushes GOP toward chaos

Donald Trump shrugs off GOP rejections of proposal to ban Muslims

Marco Rubio releases new TV ad, “Because”

Jeb Bush spends millions on TV but has yet to rise in GOP race

Donald Trump to campaign in Sarasota on Saturday