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Mitch Perry Report for 5.5.15 –Hillary Clinton takes on the Jeb & the GOP on immigration

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Hillary Clinton is in Las Vegas today, where she will reportedly call for a path to citizenship for the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., reviving the 2013 legislation that was co-sponsored by Marco Rubio in the Senate — before he walked away from it. She will say that the standard for a true solution is nothing less than “a full and equal path to citizenship,” a Clinton aide tells The Wall Street Journal. “She will say that…

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Wall Street Journal poll: Jeb Bush still leads, Marco Rubio has broader support

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Jeb Bush may be the front-runner in the Republican presidential field for 2016, despite not yet officially a candidate, but fellow Floridian Marco Rubio is gaining steadily, and enjoys broader support with primary voters. According to a newly released Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, Bush continues to be the leading GOP candidate, with 23 percent of respondents calling him their first choice. Rubio is second, receiving 18 percent. However, three-quarters of Republican primary voters (75 percent) say they would vote…

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A Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton race would be pretty unique, actually

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Although some fear that a Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton presidential contest in 2016 is inevitable, it would be very unique in one respect. According to research conducted by an official with the University of Minnesota’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, a Clinton/Bush matchup would be the first time in 120 years in which neither major party nominated a sitting elected or appointed political officeholder to be their nominee. Bush has not held political office since his second term as…

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In S.C., Jeb Bush and other GOP hopefuls run against Obama, terrorism

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Republican presidential hopefuls eventually will have to start running against each other. But, for now, many are content to run against President Barack Obama, Iran and Middle East extremists. At the South Carolina Republican convention, Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, called the president’s international stewardship “an unmitigated disaster. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum called Obama “weak.” Rick Perry, Texas’ former governor, blasted “vacillation” by the administration. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina called the president “feckless” on the world…

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Jeb Bush on Baltimore police charges: ‘The process works’

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Friday that he trusts the legal process that resulted in charges against six Baltimore officers in the death of a man from injuries sustained while in police custody. But a president, said the likely 2016 Republican candidate, could do more to address rising anger toward police in poor neighborhoods. “I think we need, as a nation, to have a conversation about why is it that we’re creating these big pockets of poverty,” he said.…

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Jeb Bush rejects idea of governors not ready to lead from ‘Day One’

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Jeb Bush doesn’t think much of Marco Rubio‘s contention that a governor elected president isn’t ready to manage U.S. foreign policy on their first day on the job. “Let me think. Ronald Reagan?” Bush responded when asked about Rubio’s remark by National Review editor Rich Lowry on Thursday afternoon in Washington. “I don’t know what else I have to say.” Rubio made the comments last weekend while speaking to the Des Moines Register’s editorial board. “Governors can certainly read about foreign policy, and take briefings…

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Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton send divergent signals on early fundraising

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Jeb Bush wants Republicans to know he’s breaking fundraising records. Hillary Rodham Clinton wants Democrats to think she won’t. While many Republicans expect Bush to have raised $100 million by the time he declares his candidacy, Clinton advisers say that’s their modest goal for the entire primary season. The reality is that both campaigns will be flush with high-dollar donors. Bush and Clinton could each pull in more than $1 billion if they become their party’s nominee. But the disparate…

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