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Trump unveils New Hampshire veterans coalition
Donald Trump, after coming under heavy criticism for charging that U.S. Sen. John McCain is “not a war hero,” announced the formation of a New Hampshire veterans coalition Thursday.
Read More >>Poll: Trump has twice the support of Bush in New Hampshire
Donald Trump isn’t just doing well in national polls — he’s also making gains among voters in early primary states.
Read More >>Paul Campaign Is Struggling
The super PAC supporting Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, America’s Liberty PAC, reported bringing in $3.1 million during the second quarter of 2015. As National Journal reports, that number is lower than any other Republican with a super PAC:
Rand Paul’s Super PAC Raises Just $3.1 Million—Smallest Total Yet for 2016 Republican
The main super PAC backing Rand Paul’s presidential campaign raised only $3.1 million in the first half of 2015, new Federal Election Commission filings show—the smallest sum of the 10 Republican ... Read More >>
Donald Trump surging in New Hampshire, Iowa
Donald Trump has surged to the lead in the New Hampshire GOP presidential primary and virtually erased Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s advantage in the Iowa caucuses, according to new NBC News/Marist polls released Sunday.
Read More >>How Does Trump End?
Donald Trump’s rapid ascendency to the top of the Republican polls—and the blinding media spotlight surrounding him that has rendered all other 2016 contenders seemingly mute—has baffled nearly every observer. Even his longtime friends (and enemies) are fascinated.
Read More >>Marco Rubio and Rand Paul Waging Low-Key Campaigns
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio shared a Washington Post headline yesterday related to their questioning of Secretary of State John Kerry over the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal. Within the last few days they’ve also shared the same general theme in two different articles, with both CNN and Politico asking why they haven’t been heard from much on the campaign trail in recent weeks.
CNN yesterday had this article:
Where is Rand Paul?
Rand Paul is doing something unusual: Blending into the ... Read More >>
Trump Would Lose Badly In A Third-Party Bid, But He Could Take The Republican Down, Too
Donald Trump is making noise about an independent bid for president. If the Republican National Committee doesn’t treat him fairly, Trump says, he’ll be more likely to launch a third-party run. I don’t know if he is at all serious, but I do know two things: History suggests that an independent Trump campaign would crash and fail; polling suggests that even if that happened, Trump could take the Republican candidate down with him.
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