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GOP gears up for long primary grind

The Republican National Committee changed its presidential nominating process to make it more clean and decisive, to avoid the rotating gang of front-runners many believe damaged the party’s prospects in 2012. But many candidates are preparing for a messy, fractious crawl to the 2016 nomination anyway — and they’re stockpiling the cash to do it.

2016 Predictions Require Caution

With the field for the 2016 nomination nearly filled out, political pundits and prognosticators of all stripes are making their assessments about who is a viable candidate and who is not, which “lane” a given candidate is competing in and who they might be blocking, and how the overall campaign is likely to play out. One prominent forecaster, Sean Trende of RealClearPolitics.com, takes to Politico Magazine this morning to urge a little caution about how much stock to put in ... Read More >>

Clinton, Bush lead 2016 fundraising race as Cruz, Carson exceed expectations

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jeb Bush, two establishment candidates with long-polished fundraising machines, are poised to finish the first half of the year with the most donations in a crowded 2016 presidential campaign field where the money chase is the first real primary.

One month from today, ten Republican candidates for President will walk out onto the stage in Cleveland, Ohio for a debate. Left off of that stage will likely be six additional candidates. And that’s causing problems for some, according to Bloomberg Politics:

The Republican Debate Selection Process Is a New Wild Card in Presidential Politics

A month from now, 10 Republican presidential candidates will walk out onto a primetime debate stage in Cleveland and confront each other face to face for the first ... Read More >>

Ben Carson has raised $8.35 million in the first quarter of his campaign, much more than the political novice expected. But he has eyes on raising more.

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.

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.