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Another poll, another huge — and growing — Trump lead

It seems like only this morning that we were updating our “state of the debate” graphic and talking about how John Kasich was pretty secure in his position and how the center of gravity in the 2016 Republican race was Donald Trump in about every sense of the phrase. It seems like it was only this morning, because it was only this morning.

State of the race 6 months before Iowa caucuses

To size up how Iowa-centric the candidates’ schedules are, the Republicans and Democrats are ranked in order of days spent in Iowa since the day after the 2012 election through Saturday.

Jeb Bush retakes the top spot for the GOP nomination once again in our August rankings, but not because he’s the candidate who has dominated the conversation since we last ranked the field in early June.

Marco Rubio, not Donald Trump, charms the ‘very conservative’

The “very conservative” Republican is a much coveted voting bloc among the GOP presidential hopefuls, who officially number 17 now that Jim Gilmore has declared his candidacy. Yes, yes — all the candidates aspire to win over New Hampshire and Iowa voters, that’s a given. But staunchly conservative GOPers are also at the top of the wish list.

Kasich in, Perry out, and Trump Trump Trump: The latest on next week’s debate

Congratulations to Governor John; sorry about your luck Governor Rick. With the release of new national poll numbers from Quinnipiac University this morning, we have a new top 10 — the threshold for a slot in next week’s first GOP debate — for only the second time since May.

Decisive debate polls set for release

The fight to get on stage at next week’s Fox News Channel Republican presidential debate is about to become a lot clearer.

Mike Huckabee is only Republican to attend AFL-CIO endorsement meeting

Mike Huckabee met privately for an hour Wednesday afternoon with the AFL-CIO’s executive council.