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What top GOP hopefuls need to do in Thursday’s SC debate
With presidential primaries weeks, not months, away, the time has come for GOP candidates to make their moves to gain momentum just before the first voters begin to cast ballots.
Read More >>Cruz and Christie Gain in Popularity As Trump, Carson and Bush Stumble (POLL)
Ted Cruz has reached top-rank popularity among Republicans and Chris Christie’s favorability rating is most improved in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, while Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Jeb Bush all have stumbled in the battle for GOP hearts and minds.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton continues to far surpass Bernie Sanders in favorability among party regulars, and she’s vastly more popular within the Democratic Party than are any of the Republican candidates within the GOP base. Still, gender and racial gaps mark Clinton’s standings, and Sanders pushes back among young adults, independents and the better-off.
Read More >>Lowered expectations are a blessing in disguise for Jeb Bush
Reports of Jeb Bush’s political death may be greatly exaggerated. Not only is Bush essentially locked in a statistical tie for second place in New Hampshire, depending on which poll you prefer, but he’s also enjoying the benefits of being largely ignored by the media.
The milieu of lowered expectations can sometimes be a gift — and so it is proving for Bush. While Americans, and especially the media, have been riveted by Barnum & Bailey’s last elephant act featuring Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, Bush has been quietly meeting with small groups in town halls in New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Read More >>GOP candidate lineup announced for Fox Business Network debate
Fox Business Network on Monday announced the candidate lineup for the Jan. 14 Republican presidential debates – and already one candidate has said he will not participate after not qualifying for the prime-time event.
Read More >>Struggling Jeb Bush enjoys larger crowds
Jeb Bush is low in the polls but is experiencing something new: growing crowds.
The former Florida governor drew his largest crowd in recent memory when he hosted a town hall in Hilton Head, South Carolina, Saturday night, with 530 people in attendance, according to the fire marshal.
Read More >>New Bush super PAC ad attacks Rubio over ‘amnesty’
The super PAC supporting Jeb Bush released a new advertisement attacking Marco Rubio on Monday, accusing the Florida senator of changing his position on immigration reform and supporting “amnesty.”
Read More >>Rand Paul on the verge of being booted to undercard debate
Rand Paul is on the verge of being booted to the undercard stage in Thursday night’s Republican primary debate, while John Kasich appears to have successfully clung on to the main stage, according to a POLITICO analysis of recent polls done before Fox Business Network officially announces the lineup later on Monday.
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