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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 18, 2016

The super PAC supporting GOP hopeful Jeb Bush is asking donors to pitch in to fund a Super Bowl advertisement. On Friday, The New York Times reported Mike Murphy, the head or Right to Rise, urged donors in an email to contribute online to air an advertisement supporting Bush in New England during the Super […]

Associated PressJanuary 17, 2016

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Parallel political clashes were igniting Sunday in the volatile presidential primary races, as one-time Republican and Democratic favorites battled once-unlikely rivals in their own party over guns and foreign policy ahead of the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses. Fueling the back-and-forth: President Barack Obama‘s address heralding two developments in U.S. relations with Iran as triumphs for […]

Associated PressJanuary 17, 2016

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After months of predicting a comeback for their preferred candidates, Republican establishment leaders now concede the first two contests of the presidential race, in Iowa and New Hampshire early next month, are Donald Trump‘s and Ted Cruz‘s to lose. That leaves many GOP traditionalists, who fear each candidate would be a disaster in the November […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 15, 2016

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Jeb Bush, fresh off a record-breaking fundraising effort, celebrated in July with major donors at an exclusive two-day conference in Kennebunkport, Maine. It was there the former governor boasted his $114 million hauls were “only the beginning.” That was last year. Months later, and weeks before the first votes in Iowa and New Hampshire, Bush […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2016

(UPDATED) Jeb Bush has received a much-needed boost in his flagging campaign for president on Friday after South Carolina Senator and former presidential candidate Lindsey Graham endorsed him. “It is not enough to criticize Barack Obama, you need to have an alternative to lead from behind, and Jeb Bush has the alternative,” said Graham at a […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2016

Happy Friday, y’all. As we go into the NFL’s best weekend (and one of the greatest in all of professional sports) and reflect on the Oscar nominations (DiCaprio, Brie Larson and Stallone are locks, by the way, and though she won’t win, I’m all in for Alicia Vikander for Supporting Actress), Friday’s national story is […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 15, 2016

The rivalry between the Republican Party’s two leading candidates for president intensified in Thursday’s debate, which featured the most rollicking action to date. Yet rising tensions between billionaire businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz left little space for any of the other candidates to make an impression. With less than three weeks until […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 14, 2016

Jeb Bush is taking a swipe at GOP front-runner Donald Trump, this time for comments mocking a reporter with a disability, in a new advertisement. The new advertisement — called “Enough” — is part of the campaign’s rotating ad buy in New Hampshire, according to the campaign. “I believe life is precious. I believe is truly […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 14, 2016

(UPDATE) Shortly after 8:30 a.m., the Oscar nominations will be announced from Hollywood, and yes, I actually give a fig. As an inveterate moviegoer, I still get excited about what the Establishment thinks about the product it puts out every year. Interestingly, while the Oscars are still among the most viewed television broadcasts globally every year, […]

Associated PressJanuary 13, 2016

Jeb Bush says he misjudged the intensity of anger among Republican voters before his White House campaign and believes the country in 2016 is “dramatically different” than in past elections. Yet he insists he’s still a viable candidate, and one who has broadened his mission to include defending conservativism from GOP front-runner Donald Trump. “I […]

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Jeb Bush super PAC attempts to crowdfund Super Bowl ad

One-time presidential favorites engage longshot rivals

GOP establishment loses hope of winning Iowa, New Hampshire

Anxious Jeb Bush donors await signal it’s time to move on

Lindsey Graham endorses Jeb Bush for president

Mitch Perry Report for 1.15.16 — Has the GOP contest wilted down to 2-and-a-half men?

At debate, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz assert their standing atop Republican field

Jeb Bush goes after Donald Trump in new ad airing in New Hampshire

Mitch Perry Report for 1.14.16 — And the nominees are?

Jeb Bush sees conservatism at stake in 2016