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Mitch PerryNovember 19, 2015

A Bloomberg Politics poll released on Thursday morning shows Donald Trump continuing to lead the GOP race for president with 24 percent, followed up by Dr. Ben Carson at 20 percent. Marco Rubio continues his rise — the Florida Senator is now at 12 percent. Texas Senator Ted Cruz is fourth with 9 percent. Jeb Bush is next […]

Phil AmmannNovember 18, 2015

Jeb Bush and his supporters have spent more than twice that of any other candidate or outside group on TV ads in the 2016 presidential race. And what does the former Florida governor get for nearly $20 million, asks Mark Murray of NBC News. Apparently, not much. Bush’s poll numbers are currently languishing in the […]

Associated PressNovember 18, 2015

Idaho billionaire Frank VanderSloot said Wednesday he will support Republican Marco Rubio for president, adding another prominent donor to the Florida senator’s endorsement list. “He’s clearly, in our opinion, the brightest of the bunch,” said VanderSloot, founder and chief executive of the health care products company Melaleuca. “He has a great understanding of what it […]

Associated PressNovember 18, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday called for the U.S. to send more troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State. “This is the war of our time,” the former Florida governor said at the Citadel five days after Islamic State militants attacked Paris and killed 129 people. “Radical Islamic terrorists have […]

Associated PressNovember 18, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is calling for a broad military buildup and says the U.S. armed forces have been left ill-prepared to defeat the Islamic State, blamed for the Paris attacks that killed at least 129 and wounded hundreds more. The former Florida governor is projecting himself as a potential commander in chief able […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2015

Donald Trump has doubled the vote of his nearest challenger in Florida, Marco Rubio, in a new poll by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative released Wednesday. The poll also shows Hillary Clinton trails several GOP front-runners in head-to-head matchups. Trump leads the GOP field with 36 percent, followed by Rubio at 18 […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2015

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Donald Trump continues to lead in New Hampshire in a new poll out on Wednesday, but Marco Rubio is rising. The poll, conducted by the MassInc Polling Group for Boston NPR station WBUR, shows Trump leading with 22 percent, doubling his advantage over Rubio and Dr. Ben Carson, who are tied for second with 11 […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 17, 2015

Prepare for disaster. I’m not saying America can’t win the war against Islamic extremism – embodied at this point in history by the Islamic State. But war is not a series of inspiring victories. War is a series of dispiriting calamities. Think Black Hawk down in Somalia. Think the USS Stark off the coast of […]

Mitch PerryNovember 17, 2015

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A new national poll on the Republican presidential race shows that Donald Trump and Ben Carson continue to dominate the field, and should either of them drop out, the other stands to benefit the most. The UMass Poll released Monday by the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows Trump leading the field with 31 percent, followed […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 16, 2015

Prepare for disaster. I’m not saying America can’t win the war against Islamic extremism – embodied at this point in history by the Islamic State. But war is not a series of inspiring victories. War is a series of dispiriting calamities. Think Black Hawk down in Somalia. Think the USS Stark off the coast of […]

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New Bloomberg poll: Donald Trump 24%, Ben Carson 20%, Marco Rubio 12%

What does Jeb Bush get for $20 million in TV ad buys? Not much.

Marco Rubio wins support of Idaho billionaire Frank VanderSloot

Jeb Bush calls for U.S. ground forces to fight Islamic State

Jeb Bush using Paris attacks to pitch broad military buildup

Donald Trump up 36% to 18% over Marco Rubio in new Florida poll

Marco Rubio tied for 2nd in New Hampshire in NPR poll

Jac VerSteeg: To win war against ISIS, prepare for disaster

UMass poll shows Donald Trump with 31 percent, Ben Carson 22 percent

Jac VerSteeg: To win war against ISIS, prepare for disaster