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Pollsters: Don’t trust us to winnow GOP field
Pollsters surveyed by POLITICO have a unanimous warning for the Republican National Committee and the TV networks who are using public-opinion surveys to exclude presidential candidates from debates: Don’t trust polls to detect often-tiny grades of opinion in a giant field.
Read More >>Rand Paul raises just $2.5 million in third quarter
Sen. Rand Paul will report raising just $2.5 million in the third quarter of this year, Paul’s campaign confirmed Thursday.
That haul is a precipitous drop from the $7 million that the campaign raised during the April-June fundraising period.
Read More >>How the GOP gets to the final four
With the Governors Club members Scott Walker and Rick Perry gone, the bloated Republican presidential field is showing the inevitable signs of radical shrinkage by year’s end, with donors’ reluctance to bet on long shots.
Read More >>Rand Paul rolls out caucus state endorsements
Sen. Rand Paul’s 2016 presidential campaign is rolling out a set of endorsements from state legislators in caucus states on Thursday, POLITICO has learned.
The move underscores Paul’s effort to turnaruond lackluster polling and stay competitive in the presidential race by focusing more on caucus states.
Read More >>The cruelest month of the 2016 race
October is when the 2016 campaign gets real.
Two debates are coming — one that will likely winnow the GOP field and one that could rearrange the Democratic race. A Benghazi hearing will either be a showcase or a feeding frenzy. And campaign fundraising reports are going to be making a lot of decisions for people, whether they like it or not.
Read More >>Paul Campaign Facing Challenges
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is currently in 10th place in the RealClearPolitics.com average of polls, and it’s probably fair to say he and his backers hoped to be higher up in the standings at this point. Thought to be the natural heir to his father’s base of support from the 2008 and 2012 nomination contests, Paul is having to fight Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to hold on to the libertarian-leaning voters, according to The Washington Examiner:
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Ted Cruz is stealing Rand Paul’s libertarian base
In the Senate, Ted Cruz stood with Rand Paul. On the campaign trail, he’s stomping all over him.
Cruz on Tuesday unveiled a coalition of libertarian supporters that is chock full of activists who backed Paul’s father, Ron Paul, in the two previous Republican presidential primaries.
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