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Associated PressJanuary 17, 2016

In a swipe at his party’s front-runners, Republican White House hopeful Marco Rubio charged Saturday that anger alone isn’t enough to qualify someone to be president. “We also have to have someone for president who knows exactly what they’re going to do when they get there,” the Florida senator said, as he courted Iowa voters […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 16, 2016

As the Iowa caucuses approach, Marco Rubio makes a play for evangelicals in a 30-second spot called “Life,” in which he asserts that being anti-abortion is a “human rights issue.” He takes particular aim at “late-term abortions” that affect children who would be “viable outside the womb.” “If I have to make a choice I am […]

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

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 […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 15, 2016

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Donald Trump has a double-digit lead over the Republican field, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Trump is at 33 percent among national Republican primary voters, the poll found. Ted Cruz is at 20 percent; while Marco Rubio is at 13 percent. The poll found Ben Carson is at 12 percent, while […]

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 […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 14, 2016

In the lead-up to Iowa and New Hampshire, Marco Rubio’s campaign adds two staff members from the U.S. Senate, including a former Mitt Romney press aide. Kristine Michalson, who has been press secretary for Indiana Republican Sen. Dan Coats and the Joint Economic Committee, will be Rubio’s new director of press advance, Roll Call reports. “You […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 14, 2016

Marco Rubio is out with a new video touting his conservative credentials ahead of Thursday night’s Republican debate. The video — called “The Conservative Choice for President” — is meant to highlight Rubio’s conservative ratings. The ad features Glenn Beck and conservative political commentator Tomi Lahren singing Rubio’s praises. “So here it is. I picked […]

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

Chris Christie is pressing people in New Hampshire to avoid voting for a first-time senator in the coming presidential primary as he holds out Barack Obama as an example of what can happen when they do. “The U.S. Senate is like school,” he told a packed firehouse Wednesday. “They tell you where to go, what […]

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Donald Trump has double-digit lead over Ted Cruz in NBC News/WSJ poll

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

Marco Rubio campaign poaches 2 Senate staff members for communications team

New video highlights Marco Rubio’s conservative credentials

Mitch Perry Report for 1.14.16 — And the nominees are?

Chris Christie warns voters: Don’t elect a first-term senator