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Only Pataki fails to submit signatures for Virginia primary

All of the top Republican and Democratic presidential candidates appear to have fulfilled the requirements to appear on the Virginia primary ballot, avoiding a replay of the 2012 election when several failed to qualify.

Paul May Not Qualify for Main Debate Stage

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is in danger of missing the cutoff for the main stage of the next Republican debate, according to Politico:

Rand Paul could be booted from main debate stage

Rand Paul, once considered the main contender for the anti-establishment GOP vote, will likely be pushed off the debate stage next week when CNN announces the lineup for the fifth Republican forum…. (To qualify for the main debate, a candidate must average at least 3.5 percent nationally or 4 percent ... Read More >>

Rand Paul could be booted from main debate stage

Rand Paul, once considered the main contender for the anti-establishment GOP vote, will likely be pushed off the debate stage next week when CNN announces the lineup for the fifth Republican forum.

Laying Odds on the GOP Presidential Race

After following the Republican primary race for almost a year now, it’s hard to believe that we’re less than two months away from the start of voting. At the same time, it’s hard to believe we still have two months until the start of voting!

Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham has struggled in the polls, failing to meet the threshold to participate in the last debate. But a pro-Graham super PAC isn’t giving up, making its second-biggest ad buy to date.

Sen. Lindsey Graham stands at 0.5 percent in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls in the Republican presidential race. He’s infinitesimally better — 0.7 percent — in the Iowa race, and 0.5 percent in New Hampshire. Even in his native South Carolina, where he might be assumed to have favorite-son status, Graham in languishing with 2.0 percent, in a three-way tie for seventh place.

USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: Carson slides, Trump soars

Ben Carson appears to be slipping.

For the first time since early October, Carson has dropped out of the top three in the weekly GOP Power Rankings.