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Takeaways from the Republican debate
As the first primaries creep ever closer, candidates are feeling the pressure to rise above the pack and prove their electoral viability.
Each candidate came in with different marks to hit.
Read More >>Anticipating Tonight’s GOP Debate
Most of the Republican presidential candidates will appear in their fourth debate of the nomination process tonight. The main stage will feature a slimmed-down group, as two participants in previous debates, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, failed to qualify and will instead be relegated to the early event for lower-polling candidates.
The earlier debate will remain at four participants, however, as South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Gov. George Pataki didn’t make ... Read More >>
USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: SNL bumps Trump back up
Call it the Saturday Night Live effect: Donald Trump uses his appearance on the wheezing comedy show to vault back into first place in our weekly power rankings.
Our panel of political experts was pretty unanimous: show bad, Trump good.
Read More >>What to Look for in Republican Debate Promising to Focus on Economy
Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee will bring the eight leading contenders together at a time when two are confronting questions about their pasts, one faces mounting doubts about his seriousness, and another who began the race as a favorite is under intense pressure to show he can be as forceful as he was cracked up to be.
Read More >>Ted Cruz’s self-serving analysis of the Republican primary ‘lanes’
Ted Cruz is very, very good at the subtle dig.
Consider the third Republican debate, during which Cruz excoriated the moderators’ questions by repeating all of the comments they’d made to undermine his opponents.
Read More >>Bush, Carson Under Pressure Ahead of Critical Fourth Debate
As he stood next to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in a high school gymnasium in suburban Milwaukee late Monday afternoon, one couldn’t help wonder if former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was pondering whether his own campaign would ultimately fare better than that of his former rival.
Read More >>5 things to watch in tonight’s debate
Nearly two weeks after a climactic battle in Boulder, Republican candidates take the stage tonight for a high-stakes clash that will shape the contours of the winter primary season.
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