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Who did the crowd like at the Family Leadership Summit?

Here is a sampling of crowd reaction from The Family Leadership Summit held Saturday at Stephens Auditorium in Ames.

Poll: Bush has edge over Rubio among Miami Cuban voters

In their home county in Florida, Jeb Bush is beating Marco Rubio by double digits among GOP voters and even among those who are most like the freshman senator: Cuban-American Republicans, a new poll shows.

While Republican firebrand Donald Trump has seized control of news headlines over the past few weeks, it’s Texas Senator Ted Cruz who may be poised for a breakout moment on the campaign trail, particularly after impressing conservatives over the weekend in the key state of Iowa.

This week marked the first deadline for 2016 presidential candidates and their affiliated political action committees to submit their campaign finance records to the Federal Election Commission.

Is Trump Starving Cruz of Attention, Support?

The Politico Caucus is out this morning, a weekly look at the campaign by political insiders in the early states of Iowa and New Hampshire. The leadoff today suggests real estate magnate Donald Trump’s candidacy is primarily impacting Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker also having their candidacies diminished:

Insiders: Ted Cruz hurt most by Trump candidacy

Donald Trump’s turn in the national spotlight is mainly taking a toll on Ted Cruz, the ... Read More >>

Campaigns shatter spending records

The crowded field of 2016 presidential candidates spent $48 million through the first half of the year — nearly twice as much as their counterparts had at this point in the 2012 cycle — reflecting the new realities of fast, expensive campaign launches.

Let them debate!

It will be easy this year to identify the biggest losers in the GOP debates. They will be the candidates who aren’t on the stage.