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Associated PressNovember 16, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he would consider closing U.S. mosques with radical leadership because of the Paris attacks if he were elected president. “I would hate to do it, but it’s something that you’re going to have to strongly consider,” Trump told MSNBC in a telephone interview Monday. Trump and his rivals have […]

Ryan RayNovember 13, 2015

Indiana U.S. Rep. Luke Messer – the House’s fifth highest-ranking member – endorsed Jeb Bush in his 2016 campaign for the White House on Friday. Messer chairs the Republican Policy Committee. He praised Bush for his know-how and bona fides as a reformer. “I’ve watched this primary carefully and believe Jeb Bush is uniquely qualified to lead our nation […]

Ryan RayNovember 13, 2015

As everybody chasing the White House knows, Florida’s 29 electoral votes may well decide the whole ballgame next November. But, S.V. Dáte writes in National Journal, the same cannot be said for its 99 Republican primary delegates, where the path to victory will likely go through elsewhere. The high cost of advertising statewide, Florida’s diffuse political geography, and new […]

Associated PressNovember 11, 2015

Donald Trump is just fine with eight candidates on the debate stage, and he wouldn’t mind if a few more disappear before the next one. “We started off with 17, and one by one by one they’re disappearing,” Trump told a New Hampshire crowd Wednesday morning. “It’s a beautiful thing to watch as they go […]

Associated PressNovember 10, 2015

Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, one of the moderators for Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, says that while she wants to help viewers understand the differences between candidates, she’s not looking to start brawls. The fourth GOP debate – and first since a CNBC session left candidates grumbling about the panel of journalists – takes place […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he’d kill the baby Adolf Hitler, if it were possible. The former Florida governor says in a video excerpt of an interview with Huffington Post: “Hell, yeah, I would. Look, you gotta step up, man.” Bush is talking about his new book, “Reply All.” He writes about email he […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

Jeb Bush has a plan for the Republican presidential debate in Wisconsin on Tuesday night: Don’t treat it like, well, a debate. While he acknowledges he’s “gotta get better” on the debate stage, he says he’s spending less time rehearsing and sees the prime-time forum as more of a moderated conversation than a real debate. […]

Ryan RayNovember 9, 2015

The 2016 Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. David Jolly rolled out a new petition Monday in support of Jolly’s so-called “Freedom Card” Veterans Affairs reform plan. The Clearwater Republican unveiled a new website, VeteransforJolly.com, where voters can register their support for Jolly’s proposal to issue new ID cards to vets which would allow them to access care outside […]

Ryan RayNovember 9, 2015

Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took to the airwaves Monday morning on MSNBC’s II Morning Joe, where he told host Joe Scarborough Americans need to change their thinking when it comes to illegal drug use. Asked by a panelist about why Christie is surging in the early primary state of New Hampshire, Christie said his views […]

Associated PressNovember 5, 2015

Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee have been relegated out of prime-time and onto the undercard at next week’s GOP presidential debate. And former New York Gov. George Pataki and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham won’t appear at all. That’s the decision announced Thursday night by Fox Business, which is hosting next Tuesday’s debates. Eight candidates […]

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Donald Trump says he would consider closing certain mosques

Jeb Bush nabs high-level Congressional endorsement from Luke Messer

Nomination math may see GOP presidential candidates skip Florida primary

Donald Trump: It’s “beautiful” to watch GOP rivals drop out

Next GOP debate puts Fox Business moderators in spotlight

Jeb Bush says he’d kill ‘baby Hitler’ if he could travel in time

Jeb Bush aims to debate on his terms, after poor start

David Jolly campaign unveils “Freedom Card” petition

Chris Christie on Morning Joe: Drug addiction is a disease

Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee relegated to undercard at next GOP debate