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Nomination math may see GOP presidential candidates skip Florida primary

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As everybody chasing the White House knows, Florida’s 29 electoral votes may well decide the whole ballgame next November. But, S.V. Dáte writes in National Journal, the same cannot be said for its 99 Republican primary delegates, where the path to victory will likely go through elsewhere. The high cost of advertising statewide, Florida’s diffuse political geography, and new rules passed by the state GOP may lead candidates to forego campaigning in the state altogether. Writes Dáte: …[T]his time around, the Flor­ida party de­cided to ditch…

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Donald Trump: It’s ‘beautiful’ to watch GOP rivals drop out

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Donald Trump is just fine with eight candidates on the debate stage, and he wouldn’t mind if a few more disappear before the next one. “We started off with 17, and one by one by one they’re disappearing,” Trump told a New Hampshire crowd on Wednesday morning. “It’s a beautiful thing to watch as they go out — I love it.” Trump’s appearance in New Hampshire came less than 12 hours after he debated his Republican rivals on stage in…

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Tonight’s GOP debate puts Fox Business moderators in spotlight

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Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, one of the moderators for Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, says that while she wants to help viewers understand the differences between candidates, she’s not looking to start brawls. The fourth GOP debate — and first since a CNBC session left candidates grumbling about the journalists asking questions — takes place Tuesday night in Milwaukee. Bartiromo, FBN’s Neil Cavuto and Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker will guide the two-hour discussion starting at 9 p.m. EDT.…

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Jeb Bush says he’d kill ‘baby Hitler’ if he could travel in time

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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he’d kill the baby Adolf Hitler, if it were possible. The former Florida governor says in a video excerpt of an interview with Huffington Post: “Hell, yeah, I would. Look, you gotta step up, man.” Bush is talking about his new book, “Reply All.” He writes about email he received while governor, and the interviewer asked about some of the strangest emails he’s received. Bush replies: “It said, ‘If you could go back in…

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Jeb Bush aims to debate on his terms, after poor start

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Jeb Bush has a plan for the Republican presidential debate in Wisconsin on Tuesday night: Don’t treat it like, well, a debate. While he acknowledges he’s “gotta get better” on the debate stage, he says he’s spending less time rehearsing and sees the prime-time forum as more of a moderated conversation than a real debate. The once-presumed front-runner, now struggling in the race, remains conflicted about the purpose of the debate series but says he’s taking advice while trying to…

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David Jolly campaign unveils “Freedom Card” petition

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The 2016 Senate campaign of U.S. Rep. David Jolly rolled out a new petition Monday in support of Jolly’s so-called “Freedom Card” Veterans Affairs reform plan. The Clearwater Republican unveiled a new website, VeteransforJolly.com, where voters can register their support for Jolly’s proposal to issue new ID cards to vets which would allow them to access care outside of existing regional or VA constraints. “The time has come to put the veteran in charge of their health care decisions, not the VA,” said…

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Chris Christie credits surge in N.H. to views on drug abuse

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Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took to the airwaves Monday morning on MSNBC’s II Morning Joe, where he told host Joe Scarborough Americans need to change their thinking when it comes to illegal drug use. Asked by a panelist about why Christie is surging in the early primary state of New Hampshire, Christie said his views on addiction – unorthodox in a Republican primary field where harsh “law and order” views on drugs are the norm – were helping to carry him…

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