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Associated PressAugust 9, 2015

Donald Trump doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon, so his rivals are scrambling to figure out how best to handle the blowback from every new bout of bluster drowning out their campaigns. Lead the charge, if you’re the sole woman in the Republicans’ White House race and trying to crack the top tier […]

Mitch PerryAugust 8, 2015

Donald Trump is not backing down at all after being dis-invited to speak at tonight’s RedState gathering in Atlanta by organizer Eric Erickson. Erickson issued a statement around midnight on Fridaym saying that Trump was no longer invited to speak as the headliner for the second day of the conservative conference in Atlanta, which featured […]

Bob SparksAugust 6, 2015

The first debate among the top 10 Republican candidates is set for prime time on Thursday. Debate is not the right word. Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker and other contenders will basically play to the base. Some will try to look presentable to independents at the same time. Most of us have […]

Bob SparksMay 14, 2015

Campaigns are not foreign to Jeb Bush. While running three statewide campaigns in Florida, he also learned the ups and downs of national campaigns with his father and brother, George H.W. Bush (Bush 41) and George W. Bush (Bush 43), respectively. Since 1980, a Bush has appeared at the top of the national ticket six […]

Mitch PerryMay 14, 2015

In Arizona on Thursday, Jeb Bush attempted to set the record straight once and for all about whether he would have invaded Iraq if he had been president in 2003. “Knowing what we now know, I would not have engaged,” Bush said at a campaign stop in Tempe. “I would not have gone into Iraq.” […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Jeb Bush confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he won’t participate in the Iowa Straw Poll in August. The news dominated the U.S. political scene Tuesday, obscuring to a degree the controversy accompanying Bush’s response to a question asked Sunday by Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly regarding the invasion of Iraq. Bush told Kelly that even knowing […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Earlier this morning, we wrote that supporters/apologists for Jeb Bush might begin saying that he perhaps misheard the question about the Iraq war that Fox News Channel host Megyn Kelly asked him in an interview broadcast on Monday night. Now it’s actually happening. On Fox, Kelly asked in a very straightforward manner, “Knowing what we know now, […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Are supporters/apologists for Jeb Bush now claiming Jeb Bush didn’t understand the question when he Megyn Kelly asked him about the Iraq war? “Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion?” The Fox News host asked Bush in a very straightforward way that aired last night on the FNC. “I would have, and […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 9, 2015

Glenn Terrell, a Florida Supreme Court justice for 41 years, kept a thick file with such titles as “God, the Original Segregationist,” “The Bible Answers the Race Question,” and “God Gave the Law of Segregation (as well as the 10 Commandments) to Moses on Mount Sinai.” Upon voting to keep a black man out of […]

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Donald Trump defends record on women as presidential rivals pile on

Donald Trump calls Eric Erickson a “total loser” after being banned from RedState event

Bob Sparks: Politics of abortion front and center at GOP debate

Bob Sparks: Jeb Bush moves to change the subject

In 4th try, Jeb Bush again clarifies Iraq war statement

Jeb Bush to skip Iowa Straw Poll; says he “misinterpreted” question on Iraq

DNC pounces on Jeb Bush “mishearing” Megyn Kelly question on Iraq

Mitch Perry Report for 5.12.15 – Can Jeb Bush take back his response on Iraq?

Martin Dyckman: Reject bigotry and evil perpetrated in name of religion