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Hotline’s GOP Presidential Power Rankings: The Trump Card
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.
Read More >>14 GOP candidates not named Donald Trump will participate in the same event tonight. Here’s what to watch.
Fourteen of the 17 major Republican candidates for president plan to participate in a candidate forum in New Hampshire Monday night, giving voters an early glimpse of most of the packed field in the same setting.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>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.
Read More >>The Granite State Bet: Magnet for GOP Underdogs
By Friday, John Kasich will have hosted six town halls in the Granite State in the week since he launched his presidential campaign. A super PAC supporting the Ohio governor is already running ads, sharing this early airtime only with a certain fellow contender from New Jersey.
Read More >>Fox News tweaks Republican debate rules to allow more candidates to participate
The trailing candidates in the crowded Republican presidential field can now more easily qualify for Fox News’s pre-debate debate next week in Cleveland.
Read More >>Candidates Scramble to Make Republican Debates
The first Republican debate will be held on Aug. 6 in Cleveland. Because only the top 10 candidates according to national polls will be on stage, six candidates and possibly seven (if Jim Gilmore enters the race by that date) will likely miss the cutoff. (“Likely” because in the event of a tie for 10th place, the tied candidates will be allowed on stage.)
Politico has an interesting article on several of the candidates who could be excluded from the first ... Read More >>