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Jeb Bush, Donald Trump lead GOP candidates, still trail behind Hillary Clinton: poll

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and real estate mogul Donald Trump lead the GOP presidential candidates in a new CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday, but the poll shows they both still lag behind former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, a Democrat.

Have socially-conservative voters moved on from Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee?

When the Second Time Isn’t the Charm

feel bad for Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee and Rick Perry. They are presidential retreads at a moment when anything that is more than an hour or two old is passé.

Ben Carson, the famed surgeon turned presidential candidate, rode his outsider message to victory on Sunday at the Western Conservative Summit straw poll sponsored by the Washington Examiner, edging out former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

What presidential candidate wouldn’t want a mass Twitter following? For a group that thrives personally and professionally on public attention, the prospect of reaching hundreds of thousands without having to spend a dime (or say a word to reporters) is magic.

Jeb Bush, Donald Trump running first and second among 2016 GOP field: poll

A new poll shows former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush sitting atop the 2016 GOP presidential field, with businessman and reality television show host Donald Trump jumping to second place in the wake of his recent campaign kick-off.

Every once in a while, a really good idea or new way of looking at things comes along that is worth replicating.

Early this month, J. Ann Selzer, president of Des Moines-based Selzer & Company and pollster for The Des Moines Register and Bloomberg News, offered up a better way of looking at the potential for support of the multitude of Republican presidential contenders.