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Trump soars, Bush sinks in latest N.H. poll

Donald Trump is now the choice of nearly one-in-three likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire, while Jeb Bush, who once pledged that he would win in the state, plummeted to just 4 percent in the latest Monmouth University poll.

With less than a month before the New Hampshire primary, the Republican polls are showing significant movement, and a competitive battle for second and third place within the margin of error.

Have Ben Carson’s comments doubting the Rapture and hell contributed to his decline?

When the political press writes the obituary of Ben Carson’s campaign — assuming his recent staff shake-up doesn’t lead to a stunning revival — the retired neurosurgeon’s foreign policy problems almost undoubtedly will be cited as the cause of death.

That might be only partially right, though. Another Carson flub that has flown below the radar is his confusing end-times theology, which he initially tried to explain in an interview with our Sally Quinn in a story that ran Dec. 1.

In the January edition of AEI’s Political Report, we provide profiles of the 2012 Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada Republican electorates. What makes each of these electorates distinct? Will their profiles be similar in 2016?

After a dramatic fade, can Ben Carson hang onto his 9 percent in Iowa?

Even some of Ben Carson’s most steadfast admirers have developed a wandering eye.

With the Iowa caucuses just three weeks away, the ardent conservatives who buoyed Carson’s Republican candidacy from the start remain unsure whether they will caucus for the retired neurosurgeon, many of them courted away by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) while Carson’s campaign stumbled through internal disputes and gaffes that raised questions about his readiness for the Oval Office.

Fans wait hours in cold rain for Carson

A line of cold, wet Ben Carson fans waited two-hours plus outside a venue that exceeded 300-capacity for a Bettendorf town hall meeting Thursday night.

Their endurance was rewarded by Carson’s campaign staff and secret service, who swiftly cleared the building and funneled another 200 bodies in for screening and hosted a second town hall meeting.

29 Days Left - The State of the Caucus Race

If you are into politics, there will be no better place to be for the next month than the state of Iowa. The holidays are over. The Hawkeye football season is over. We love college basketball, and while conference play is upon us, it doesn’t get serious until March. For the next 30 days, the Iowa Caucuses will take center stage and dominate discussions and news coverage around the state.

Insiders: Clinton and Cruz aren’t sure bets in Iowa

Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz are poised to win the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses — but haven’t yet locked the state down. And Donald Trump has the edge among Republicans in the three other states that will vote next month, including a commanding advantage in New Hampshire.