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A new immigration TV ad campaign, shifting dynamics for the Democratic and Republican presidential debates and a sneak peak into the big fall budget battle between President Barack Obama and the GOP Congress filled our final Sunday trip around the Inside Politics table.

Perry’s Exit May Have an Impact on the Race

The news at the end of last week that former Texas Gov. Rick Perry was suspending his campaign for the GOP nomination and exiting the race took few by surprise, as numerous stories in recent weeks had reported on his campaign’s lack of funds and poor showing in the polls. The New York Times this morning has an interesting story detailing polling data that show Perry lost more than half of his support to businessman Donald Trump when the latter ... Read More >>

GOP outreach to Hispanic voters cut short by Summer of Trump

A concerted effort to improve the GOP’s dismal standing among Hispanic voters has — like all things on the campaign trail this summer — collided with Donald Trump, whose incendiary statements have attracted widespread attention and provoked other presidential candidates to take a harder line.

A lot of the support for Donald Trump is fueled by outrage against the Republican establishment. But those who ask us to understand this anger—as if it were a totally new phenomenon that none of us had ever noticed before—are ignoring the fact that Trump divides the right just as much as the establishment does.

The irony is that this final blow to Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential dream was delivered not by an enemy, but by a friend.

Christie’s campaign is over, barring a miracle. I’ll offer five reasons why in a moment.

As current New Jersey Republican Chris Christie struggles to qualify for next week’s prime-time debate on CNN, other candidates are just hoping to achieve relevance and rise past (or even get to) the 1 percent level in polls. Several “super PACs” plan to ride to the rescue to boost these faltering candidates’ chances (super PACs can raise unlimited contributions but cannot legally coordinate their efforts with campaigns, although the definition of “coordinate” is a bit tricky). Here’s a sample of ... Read More >>

The ouster of the chief executive officer of United Continental Holdings Inc. could hobble the presidential campaign of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, already struggling for relevance amid earlier corruption investigations of his allies.