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Martin DyckmanJanuary 25, 2016

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Had a modern Rip Van Winkle, who happened to be a Republican, fallen asleep 20 years ago, he might think that he had awakened now in hell. His choice in the 1996 party primaries for president would have been among a 10-person field including Bob Dole, the senator and eventual nominee; Sen. Richard Lugar of […]

Associated PressJanuary 25, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio sprinted toward the Iowa caucuses Sunday, avoiding direct confrontations with his opponents and instead, projecting a vision that looks more toward the general election. The Florida senator was in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, part of a nine-day blitz across the state, campaigning with confidence to audiences numbering in the hundreds, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 25, 2016

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Donald Trump is gaining ground in Iowa, a new Fox News poll found. With one week before the Iowa caucuses, Trump leads Ted Cruz, 34 percent to 23 percent. The most recent poll showed Marco Rubio was in third at 12 percent, followed by Ben Carson at 7 percent. Rand Paul, the poll found, was […]

Martin DyckmanJanuary 24, 2016

Had a modern Rip Van Winkle who happened to be a Republican fallen asleep 20 years ago, he might think that he had awakened now in hell. His choice in the 1996 party primaries for president would have been among a 10-person field including Bob Dole, the senator and eventual nominee; Sen. Richard Lugar of […]

Associated PressJanuary 24, 2016

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s latest flirtation with a White House run set the political world aflutter Saturday. But in Iowa, some people wondered, who? “I don’t know anything about him,” said Leslie McCreery, a 70-year-old Hillary Clinton supporter. Asked whether she was familiar with the three-term New York mayor, Clinton supporter Beverly Williams, […]

Associated PressJanuary 24, 2016

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush unleashed a fury of criticism against Donald Trump on Saturday before imploring New Hampshire voters to forgo the billionaire businessman in the state’s Feb. 9 primary. “You have a chance to reshape this whole primary,” Bush told hundreds of voters at a state Republican Party presidential candidate forum. Trump, who […]

Associated PressJanuary 22, 2016

Ted Cruz once proudly wore a belt buckle borrowed from George H.W. Bush that said: “President of the United States.” He campaigned and worked for that former president’s son, Dubya, former President George W. Bush. And Cruz helped write a book lavishing praise on him. Also, the endorsement of George P. Bush, the family’s latest […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 22, 2016

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Donald Trump maintains a huge lead over his opponents, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll. Among likely Republican primary voters, the New York Republican leads the pack with 38 percent. That’s a 19-point lead over Ted Cruz who is at 19 percent. Marco Rubio is at 14 percent, followed by Ben Carson at 7 percent. […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 22, 2016

Jeb Bush said Thursday that while his brother will join him on the campaign trail and his mother stars in a new ad, he remains wary of leaning on his famous family as he seeks to become its third president. At a town hall meeting Thursday night, a woman carrying a photo of Bush’s father […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 22, 2016

Want to know who is pulling ahead in Iowa? The answer might just depend on which poll you’re looking at. A flurry of polls released this week in advance of the Iowa caucuses showed it could be a tight race among the Republican presidential hopefuls. Three polls have Donald Trump leading the pack — two of […]

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