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Associated PressJanuary 17, 2016

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Parallel political clashes were igniting Sunday in the volatile presidential primary races, as one-time Republican and Democratic favorites battled once-unlikely rivals in their own party over guns and foreign policy ahead of the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses. Fueling the back-and-forth: President Barack Obama‘s address heralding two developments in U.S. relations with Iran as triumphs for […]

Associated PressJanuary 17, 2016

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After months of predicting a comeback for their preferred candidates, Republican establishment leaders now concede the first two contests of the presidential race, in Iowa and New Hampshire early next month, are Donald Trump‘s and Ted Cruz‘s to lose. That leaves many GOP traditionalists, who fear each candidate would be a disaster in the November […]

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 […]

Associated PressJanuary 15, 2016

Ted Cruz has said that after working on George W. Bush‘s 2000 campaign, being passed over for a senior position with the new administration was “a crushing blow.” Turns out, it was his own fault. Cruz was offered a job as White House associate counsel shortly after Al Gore conceded the race in December, but […]

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 […]

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 […]

Associated PressJanuary 13, 2016

President Barack Obama opened his State of the Union speech saying he’d keep it short, in what must have seemed music to the ears of some in the chamber antsy to get to Iowa to campaign for president. At times, Obama looked like he was one of them, eager to challenge biting criticism from Donald […]

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One-time presidential favorites engage longshot rivals

GOP establishment loses hope of winning Iowa, New Hampshire

Marco Rubio jabs Republican leaders: Anger not enough

Ted Cruz rejected George W. Bush White House job offer

Mitch Perry Report for 1.15.16 — Has the GOP contest wilted down to 2-and-a-half men?

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

Mitch Perry Report for 1.14.16 — And the nominees are?

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

Analysis: Obama in campaign form in final State of the Union