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Jeb Bush to take on Hillary Clinton in speech on ‘global jihad’

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Jeb Bush will step up his criticism of Hillary Rodham Clinton and her tenure as secretary of state on Tuesday, arguing in a speech on foreign policy the Democratic front-runner shares in the mistakes that he says led to the rise of the Islamic State. The former Florida governor will also call for a renewed sense of U.S. leadership in the Middle East, which he says is needed to defeat the militant group and an ideology that “is, to borrow…

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Jeb Bush says he’d be an upbeat candidate

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Former Governor Jeb Bush capped his first weekend politicking in early-voting Iowa by previewing what he said would be an upbeat campaign should he continue toward his all-but-declared candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. “My hope is I will run a campaign, if I get there, that will be hopeful an optimistic,” Bush told about 200 people packed into the back room of a popular pizza restaurant. Not yet a formal candidate, Bush acted like one during the two days he spent in Iowa,…

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Tea Party challengers struggle to continue success

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Four years after the tea party rocked the political world by ousting several prominent Republicans in Congress, the ultra-conservative movement finds itself with slimmer prospects as it moves into the new election season. In Tuesday’s first-in-the-nation primaries in Texas, the movement mostly settled for having an impact on key races rather than actually winning them. That may become a pattern in other states as primaries continue into the fall, many national GOP strategists believe. Though the hard-right flank is still powerful in the conservative…

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