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Ben Carson exploratory committee brings in $2.1 million in March

The presidential exploratory committee of retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson raised more than $2 million in less than a month of activity, his team said Monday.

The $2.1 million total came from about 36,000 new donors, with an average donation of $54.

Rand Paul seems to stray from libertarian roots as he courts GOP base

When the presidential buzz began building around Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) a couple of years ago, the expectation was that his libertarian ideas could make him the most unusual and intriguing voice among the major contenders in the 2016 field.

But now, as he prepares to make his formal announcement Tuesday, Paul is a candidate who has turned fuzzy, having trimmed his positions and rhetoric so much that it’s unclear what kind of Republican he will present himself as when he takes the stage.

Lindsey Graham: Too green for the GOP?

Lindsey Graham may paint some green onto the 2016 Republican presidential platform. Just don’t call him a moderate.

The South Carolina senator and potential GOP presidential contender is one of the few Republicans left on Capitol Hill to embrace the idea that humans play a sizable role in warming the planet. He spent months negotiating with Democrats on an attempt at major climate legislation during President Barack Obama’s first two years, and he’s received both praise and fundraising help from the Environmental Defense Fund, a centrist voice in the green movement.

Pence’s fumbling pinches GOP 2016 field

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence didn’t do his Republican Party and its 2016 presidential candidates any favors with his ham-handling of the response to his state’s religious freedom legislation.

Pence signed his state’s version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act on March 26, despite significant controversy and allegations that it would be used by businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians.

2016 GOP hopefuls define themselves as they weigh in on Iran, ISIS and more

Potential 2016 presidential candidates have for months test driven their foreign and domestic policy positions in interviews and speeches across the country. But the real test for many voters, as is often the situation, is how the hopefuls respond to world-shaping events.

Most of the debate has been limited to the wide field of potential Republican candidates with ObamaCare and how to handle the growing threat of the Islamic State largely dominating the early part of this year.

Appearing on Breitbart News Sunday this weekend for the show’s Easter special, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said that he will make a decision officially whether or not he will run for president after the upcoming Louisiana legislative session—which starts later this month and ends around the second week of June—is over.

Florida is not a given for Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio

Bad enough that Florida is by far the most populated state never to produce a president. This diverse, mega battleground most resembles America, but we haven’t even produced a presidential nominee, despite the underdog campaigns of Reubin Askew in 1984 and Bob Graham in 2004.

Odds are better than ever, however, that 2016 will be different.