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New PPP national survey has Donald Trump up by 10 points

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Donald Trump may or may not have already peaked in the Republican presidential contest, but no other candidate gets close to him in yet another national poll of GOP candidates released on Tuesday. The Public Policy Polling survey has Trump up with 27 percent support. Ben Carson is in second place with 17 percent, and Marco Rubio is next with 13 percent. These are all numbers that are roughly the same as when PPP conducted its last survey back in early September. Rounding…

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Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio still in middle of the pack in new Iowa, NH polls

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Florida’s two presidential candidates – Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio- remain in the middle of the pack in two new polls taken in Iowa and New Hampshire and released on Sunday. Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican field in both states, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist surveys. In New Hampshire, Trump now holds a five-point advantage over Carly Fiorina among GOP primary voters, 21 percent to 16 percent – followed by Bush in third place with  percent, and Marco…

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Marco Rubio rises to 4th place, Jeb Bush back in 5th in USA Today/Suffolk University poll

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Has the Donald Trump phenomenon peaked? Not exactly, according to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll released on Wednesday that shows the NYC real estate magnate maintaining a double-digit lead in the GOP presidential sweepstakes. Trump is at 23 percent. Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina are tied for second with 13 percent each. Marco Rubio comes in fourth with 9 percent. Jeb Bush is in fifth place with 8 percent, and Ted Cruz is next with 6 percent. Nobody else in the pack gets…

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Bill Day’s latest: Aqua Man versus Macho Man

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Donald Trump is aiming his massive ego at a new target: Marco Rubio. Trump calls the junior senator from Florida “a clown” who was “sweaty … overly ambitious,” as well as financially unsuccessful and “absent” from the U.S. Senate. Nevertheless, Bill Day’s latest shows Rubio might just prove more of a challenge to the real-estate tycoon who (so far) is still the GOP front-runner. Rather than regularly rebuking Trump, or pretending he does not matter, Rubio bided his time – waiting…

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Conservatives to 2016 GOP field: Defy us at your own peril

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The Republican Party’s conservative wing, pumped up by House Speaker John Boehner‘s stepping down, is warning the 2016 presidential candidates that defying its wishes will come at their peril. Religious activists forcefully conveyed this message Saturday: embrace our uncompromising stance against abortion rights and gay marriage, among other priorities, even if doing so risks a federal government shutdown. An emboldened conservative movement signals fresh trouble for White House candidates viewed by the party’s frustrated base as insufficiently committed to their…

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‘Lean and mean’ campaigns enable GOP candidates to endure

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As Scott Walker gave up on his 2016 presidential race this week, he implored other Republicans in the crowded field to follow his lead and drop out – so that one could rise to challenge front-runner Donald Trump. None appears likely to do so anytime soon. Walker stood out in the GOP race with his unsustainable mix of lackluster fundraising and an expensive campaign operation. Few if any of the 15 remaining candidates feel the intense financial pressures that he…

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Jeb Bush slumps to 6th place in Iowa in new PPP poll

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Jeb Bush assured reporters in Cedar Falls on Tuesday that “We are in it for the long haul,” and said he believes he’ll be able to pick up some supporters of Scott Walker in Iowa. Though he has nabbed one such backer who had been supporting Walker — Iowa state Rep. Terry Baxter, he’ll need a whole lot more if he’s going to be competitive in the Hawkeye State, according to a new Public Policy Poll released today. Donald Trump leads the field…

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