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Associated PressSeptember 16, 2015

The second GOP presidential debate is giving a prime-time stage to long shots trying to prove they’re worthy of attention and to weakened veterans fighting to reassert their viability — all still struggling against the campaign’s phenomenon, Donald Trump. The billionaire businessman, who has shown striking durability through the summer, will be standing at center […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 15, 2015

First off, don’t expect a loud verbal tirade against Donald Trump on Wednesday by any of the other candidates. They now know if they offer a visceral attack, and Trump returns fire, Trump’s ratings will go up, not theirs. That’s because the public now perceives Trump as the voice of the people, a group mad […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 14, 2015

A new Gravis Marketing poll released on Monday shows New York City real estate titan Donald Trump continuing to have a strong lead in Florida in the Republican race for president, garnering 33.6 percent of the vote. As has been the case throughout the country, Trump has been leading in polls in Florida for well […]

Associated PressSeptember 13, 2015

To some Republican presidential candidates, it’s better to be with the popular pope than against him. Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have deep policy differences with Pope Francis, but the senators will break off campaign travel to attend his address to Congress later this month, a centerpiece of his eagerly anticipated visit to […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 3, 2015

Dr. Ben Carson‘s movement in the GOP presidential polls isn’t happening just in Iowa. A new Monmouth University national poll of the Republican presidential candidates released on Thursday shows the staying power of real estate tycoon Donald Trump. He leads the field with 30 percent support – that’s 4 points higher than a similar poll […]

Associated PressSeptember 1, 2015

Vacation-filled August is typically one of the worst months for any politician to raise money. But it was Ben Carson‘s best yet. The political novice, a retired neurosurgeon seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, raised $6 million, doubling his July total, his campaign told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Carson’s supporters have handed over about […]

Mitch PerryAugust 31, 2015

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Jeb Bush opposes the proposed nuclear agreement between the U.S. and Iran. He’s made that quite clear, as has every other Republican running for president. Unlike the others though, Bush said that he may not tear the deal up on “Day One” of his presidency. “At 12:01 on January, whatever it is, 19th [2017], I will […]

Guest AuthorAugust 27, 2015

Let’s circle back to Jeb Bush’s National Urban League address from several weeks ago, because if a big, pointed word must be used, it is “symptomatic” of Republican racial complacency. (It’s best to exclude Ben Carson, because like all black Republicans from Allen West to Tim Scott, he momentarily forgets that he is black. Colorblindness […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2015

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On the campaign trail this year, Hillary Clinton has gone all in on backing the Latino community when it comes to immigration policy. She’s pledged to uphold President Obama‘s executive action shielding up to five million undocumented immigrants and she’s come out in full support of providing the 11-13 million undocumented a full path to […]

Associated PressAugust 24, 2015

Even while fighting blindness in the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere this week, Republican presidential contender Rand Paul intensified political attacks against rivals in both parties, vowing to continue pressing billionaire businessman Donald Trump in particular as the Kentucky senator embraces the role as the GOP’s leading pit bull. An ophthalmologist by training, Paul […]

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GOP candidates vie to break out of Donald Trump’s shadow in debate

Tim Bryce: The not-so-great expectations for the GOP debates

New Gravis marketing poll in Florida: Donald Trump 34%, Ben Carson 22%, Jeb Bush 15%

For GOP candidates, better to be with pope than against him

National GOP poll: Donald Trump 30%, Ben Carson 18% with Carson beating Trump one-on-one

Ben Carson campaign reaping cash as he rises in GOP polls

In new web ad, Scott Walker takes a shot at Jeb Bush on Iran deal

Chris Timmons: The GOP needs a new Nixon plan for blacks

In new web video, Hillary Clinton slams Jeb Bush on immigration comments

Rand Paul: a humanitarian in Haiti, a pit bull in 2016