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Why Are So Many Republicans With No Chance Running for President?
No one will blame you if you can’t keep track of the Republican presidential field. It’s huge. If you count declared candidates, prospectives, and announced aspirants, you have 18 people from across the Republican ideological spectrum: Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rick Santorum, Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Gov. John Kasich, Gov. Rick Snyder, Gov. Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, George Pataki, Rick Perry, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. The field is so large that news networks have put limits on who can join the debates. Fox News, for example, will invite only candidates who placed in the top 10 of an average of national polls. Likewise, CNN will hold two debates: one for top-tier candidates, and one for the bottom tier. (One possible effect of this? Underdog candidates will pull every stunt they can to get onstage.)
Read More >>Ted Cruz’s Straw Poll Conundrum
O’Brien, Smith, Wheeler to co-chair Ted Cruz NH campaign
Three of New Hampshire’s most hard-line, staunch conservatives are ready to endorse Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz.
Read More >>Six takeaways from the new Iowa Quinnipiac Poll
Iowa is a crucial state for any Republican presidential hopeful looking to become the nominee. Here are some important takeaways from the new Quinnipiac University survey for May.
1) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is on top: He leads the Iowa Republican Caucus with 21 percent of likely caucus participants. Though he is the clear leader in May, he did have 25 percent in the same February poll.
Read More >>New Iowa poll: Scott Walker leads, Jeb Bush in 7th place
The latest Iowa polling numbers are great news for Scott Walker, and terrible news for Jeb Bush.
The Wisconsin governor retains his advantage among Iowa Republican caucus-goers, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, with 21 percent of likely participants saying they would vote for him if the caucus were held today.
Read More >>Poll: Jeb Bush Leads Republican Presidential Field, Marco Rubio Second
Maybe his last name isn’t such a liability, after all.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush leads the GOP presidential field according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal national poll. Bush was the first pick of 23 percent of the 251 Republican primary voters surveyed.
Read More >>G.O.P. Hopefuls Now Aiming to Woo the Middle Class
The last three men to win the Republican nomination have been the prosperous son of a president (George W. Bush), a senator who could not recall how many homes his family owned (John McCain of Arizona; it was seven) and a private equity executive worth an estimated $200 million (Mitt Romney).
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