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DNC Chair says Marco Rubio won’t appeal to millennial voters

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One of Marco Rubio’s chief assets that he’s campaigned on during his run for the White House is that he would be representing a new generation of leadership in Washington. “Are You Ready for a New American Century?” the 44-year-old Florida Senator asks on the homepage of his campaign website. On the eve of the fifth Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was asked on a conference call whether she fears Rubio’s appeal with millennial voters.…

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Kevin Cate’s 2015 holiday greeting brought to you by “misfit” Donald Trump

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Strategist and communications consultant Kevin Cate just released his 2015 online holiday greeting Monday morning, and we get the feeling supporters of Donald Trump‘s 2016 bid for the White House won’t be watching it around the Christmas ham. CateComm’s new video asks whether Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – or any other red-state hero – can “save” the GOP from a victory by the free-wheeling New York real estate mogul. The production incorporates footage from the 1964 Burl Ives-narrated Christmas television classic, while quoting…

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New Marco Rubio ad accuses Barack Obama of being intimidated by Vladimir Putin, Iran and Islamic jihadists

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The Marco Rubio campaign, still mired in fourth place in most national and statewide polls of the GOP presidential race, has released a new television ad that will begin airing in Iowa and New Hampshire. It’s called, “About” and in it the Florida senator refers to how the 2016 presidential election is “about the essence of America.” “This election is about the essence of America,” he says. “About all of us who feel out of place in our own country.…

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Donald Trump’s knack for controversy drowning out his rivals

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Even campaigning half as much as his rivals, Donald Trump is drowning them out in an echo chamber of insults and charged pronouncements that have taken over the presidential campaign. Frustrated GOP candidates trekking across Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina are struggling to be heard. All the while, some Republican officials worry the intense Trump focus is letting Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton escape serious scrutiny as she works to strengthen her case to general election voters in the 2016…

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Leading Iowa evangelical endorses Ted Cruz for president

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A prominent Iowa evangelical leader has endorsed Ted Cruz for president, a coup for the Texas senator, who has heavily courted churches and pastors in an effort to win the state’s leadoff Republican caucuses. Bob Vander Plaats announced his endorsement Thursday in Des Moines, calling Cruz a “serious leader for serious times.” Vander Plaats stressed that this was a personal endorsement, not one on behalf of the Family Leader, the influential Christian conservative group he leads. The group’s board has…

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Donald Trump plans visit to majority-Muslim kingdom of Jordan

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plans to visit the majority-Muslim kingdom of Jordan at the end of December, The Associated Press has learned. The disclosure came one day after Trump’s controversial proposal to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the United States to protect the nation from Islamic terrorism. Trump’s visit to Jordan would take place as part of his trip to neighboring Israel, which he previously disclosed during an interview last week with the AP. It was not immediately…

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Donald Trump’s Muslim ban idea pushes GOP toward chaos

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Donald Trump‘s plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States is shoving the Republican Party to the edge of chaos, abruptly pitting GOP leaders against their own presidential front-runner and jeopardizing the party’s longtime drive to attract minorities. Unbowed, Trump fired a searing warning Tuesday via Twitter to fellow Republicans carping about his proposal. A majority of his supporters, he tweeted, “would vote for me if I departed the GOP & ran as an independent.” The crossfire between Trump…

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