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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 9, 2016

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Republican voters think Donald Trump will be their party’s nominee, according to a new NBC News|Survey Monkey tracking poll. Trump continues to lead the Republican field in the national poll, with 35 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning voters saying the supported him. Ted Cruz is in second with 20 percent, followed by Marco Rubio with […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 9, 2016

Nashua, NH — After a frenzied week of campaigning, New Hampshire voters are going to the polls today, and the good news is that it appears that if any snow does descend upon the state, it will be rather innocuous in its intensity. To say the least, that’s a big deal. You can hear the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 9, 2016

The candidates they support are as different as can be. There’s Marco Rubio supporters and Jeb Bush boosters; Ted Cruz backers and Donald Trump allies. All of them are confident their man will get the ticket out of New Hampshire, and many still are still hopeful their candidate will be the Republican nominee. “I feel good,” said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Miami Republican backing […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 9, 2016

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Perhaps Monday was just a busy day in the GOP Senate campaign. Too busy, perhaps, to craft even a pro forma response regarding the question of whether or not they shared Marco Rubio‘s abortion position, described by Florida Democratic Party chair Allison Tant as opposition “to all abortions with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest.” The press […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 8, 2016

Jeb Bush and John Kasich are battling it out for second place in New Hampshire, according to a new Emerson College Polling Society poll released Monday. Among likely Republican primary voters, Donald Trump remains in the lead in the Granite State with 31 percent. Bush is in second with 16 percent, followed by Kasich at […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 8, 2016

The final WMUR-CNN poll in New Hampshire shows that New York City businessman Donald Trump continues to hold a major lead and will be the likely victor Tuesday night. The poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire, shows Trump up with 31 percent support. Marco Rubio is second with 17 percent, and Ted Cruz is […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 8, 2016

Make no doubt about it, Hillary Clinton wants to perform well in Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation Democratic primary, where she made up ground in the polls in recent weeks against Bernie Sanders. Numerous Democrats from across the country have flocked to the Granite State in recent days to help turn out Clinton supporters on Tuesday. One of […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 8, 2016

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Donald Trump leads in Florida, but Marco Rubio is in second place, according to a new poll from Florida Southern College. The survey found Trump maintains the top spot in Florida among registered Republican voters with 27 percent. Rubio is in second with 20 percent, followed by Ted Cruz at 12 percent and Ben Carson […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 8, 2016

Good morning from Nashua, New Hampshire, where snow is expected to hit New England again later Monday. We want to get a run in before things get uglier out there, so let’s right to the point after a full weekend of campaigning. Can Marco survive the Christie pummeling? Let’s face it: Unless every poll out […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 8, 2016

Watching the Sunday talk shows, if I didn’t “know” that Jeb Bush was considered washed up, I would have thought the other campaigns saw him as a real force in Tuesday’s balloting. On ABC’s “This Week,” both Donald Trump and Marco Rubio laid into Jeb. Trump countered Bush scoring points on him in a Saturday night debate exchange […]

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