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Ben Carson wins conservative straw poll, Fiorina and Walker close behind
Ben Carson, the famed surgeon turned presidential candidate, rode his outsider message to victory on Sunday at the Western Conservative Summit straw poll sponsored by the Washington Examiner, edging out former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Read More >>The Presidential Candidates Who Are Really Making a Mark on Twitter
What presidential candidate wouldn’t want a mass Twitter following? For a group that thrives personally and professionally on public attention, the prospect of reaching hundreds of thousands without having to spend a dime (or say a word to reporters) is magic.
Read More >>Jeb Bush, Donald Trump running first and second among 2016 GOP field: poll
A new poll shows former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush sitting atop the 2016 GOP presidential field, with businessman and reality television show
host Donald Trump jumping to second place in the wake of his recent campaign kick-off.
A Better Way to Keep Score in Iowa
Every once in a while, a really good idea or new way of looking at things comes along that is worth replicating.
Early this month, J. Ann Selzer, president of Des Moines-based Selzer & Company and pollster for The Des Moines Register and Bloomberg News, offered up a better way of looking at the potential for support of the multitude of Republican presidential contenders.
Read More >>Rick Perry Is Not Quite Transcending the ‘Oops’
It was clearly a slip of the tongue when former Texas Governor Rick Perry called the Charleston church shootings an “accident” rather than an “incident” in an interview last week. But the same brief, friendly interview, with the conservative outlet Newsmax TV, shows the ways in which Perry 2.0 still suffers from the same shortcomings that turned him from front-runner to punchline during his 2012 presidential run.
Read More >>Who’s in and who’s out in the first Republican debate
With new polls out Tuesday from CNN and the good people at the Washington Post (in partnership with ABC News), we’ve updated our widget to reflect what the stage would look like if the first debate were held today.
Read More >>Perry blames ‘major back surgery’ for embarrassing 2012 performance
GOP presidential contender Rick Perry blamed “major back surgery” as one of the reasons for his embarrassing performance in 2012, saying he wasn’t prepared to run for president then and underestimated the knowledge and expertise required to compete for the presidency.
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