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Jeb Bush breaks through on Twitter during debate

For the first time this cycle, Jeb Bush captured a significant portion of the conversation on Twitter during a Republican primary debate.

Though Donald Trump was the most talked about candidate, capturing 40 percent of the conversation, Bush was in second with 20 percent, according to data provided by Twitter.

Off Message 5 takeaways from the GOP debate

There’s just something about South Carolina — maybe it’s the bad-karma ghost of John C. Calhoun (the ideological godfather of secession) — that just brings out the snarling mean in conservatives.

More likely it’s the palpable fear among GOP candidates that Donald Trump is running away with the Republican nomination that accounted for the foul mood that descended on the sour debate stage in Greenville, South Carolina, on Saturday night.

After a disappointing fifth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is hoping for a better showing in South Carolina’s primary on Feb. 20. The Washington Examiner this morning explains what Rubio’s plan is to regain the momentum he had coming out of Iowa and re-establish himself as a leading contender for the GOP nomination:

Marco Rubio’s South Carolina comeback plan

The Florida senator has expanded his scope of attack to include rival Donald Trump, while continuing to contrast ... Read More >>

The Five Republicans Who Could Be President

We began with more than 20 Republican candidates. Seventeen made it to a formal announcement. Eleven reached Iowa. Now six remain; and with Ben Carson going nowhere, only five have a chance to win the nomination. Here is how each of them could do that.

Kasich takes to the airwaves in South Carolina

John Kasich’s campaign is taking to the airwaves in South Carolina with two television ads displaying different sides of the Ohio governor.

In a more biographical spot, Kasich looks into the camera and talks about how his parents were killed by drunk drivers. He says the experience “transformed” him and helped him find his faith and a purpose in life. Kasich’s parents were killed in 1987, when Kasich was serving in Congress.

Kasich campaign hires TV ad expert

John Kasich has tapped prominent Republican media consultant Rex Elsass to help oversee his TV ad campaign, part of the campaign’s bet that new funds are coming following the governor’s strong second-place showing in New Hampshire.

Republican elites are 0-for-2 in presidential nominating contests this year, a rare and panic-inducing outcome for the party’s leadership. Yet their preferred candidates continue to fight each other, and have begun the march to the next battlefield in South Carolina without a plan to stop Donald Trump.