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Trump and Carson top latest poll post-debate
Donald Trump and Ben Carson together command more than half of voters’ preference atop the Republican field after Wednesday night’s debate, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz rose to third place in the latest national NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll released Friday evening.
Read More >>No Need for Bush Campaign to Pull the Plug
The last several months have not been kind to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, as his campaign has morphed from frontrunner status to the middle-of-the-pack. Combined with debate performances that don’t seem to have impressed many, the Bush campaign is reassuring donors and pushing back hard against suggestions it may be time for him to follow Rick Perry and Scott Walker in exiting the race, as reported by Bloomberg Politics:
Jeb Bush Tries to Reassure Jittery Donors After Lackluster Debate
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6 things to watch for at ‘Growth and Opportunity Party’
During the Iowa State Fair, the Varied Industries Building is an indoor mall jampacked with booths displaying hot tubs, adjustable beds, kitchen cutlery, life-size handcrafted palm trees and gutter protection systems.
The exhibitors Saturday will be Republican White House hopefuls, selling themselves.
Read More >>Poll: Ben Carson leads Republican presidential field in Oklahoma
Support for his positions on moral issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage help make Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson the top choice among Oklahoma GOP voters for now, new polling data says.
Read More >>Christie, Cruz and Rubio Lead Debate Performances
The media this morning are filled with reactions and assessments of the GOP candidate performances in last night’s debate, and as usual there’s a clear consensus on a couple of candidates as far as who won and who lost, and a range of conflicting opinions on several others. Here is part of what National Journal had to say:
The Whole Room Hated the Media, but Who Else Lost the Republican Presidential Debate?
WINNERS
Marco Rubio
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POWER RANKINGS: It’s now Marco’s world, with Cruz rising
The CNBC debate featured a little — though not a lot — of policy substance. It also featured a lot of clashes between moderators and candidates. When the dust settled, the presidential field looked potentially reshaped.
Read More >>Trump, Carson running neck-and-neck in Pennsylvania
Donald Trump and Ben Carson, two outsider candidates who continued to lead the Republican presidential field, are just 1 percentage point apart from each other in a new poll of Pennsylvania Republicans.
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