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Outraged at Donald Trump? Spare me

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Let’s get one thing straight. Donald Trump is not exactly Richard Holbrooke. He has somehow made even our own Alan Grayson seem mild-mannered and silver-tongued. Let’s also agree that his comments about John McCain’s military service were borderline insane. From a pragmatic political perspective, those words should have never been uttered because they will hurt his campaign, not to mention his all-precious brand. And from a human perspective, his words were crass, insensitive and wrong. Hey Donald, I know you like people who weren’t captured;…

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Donald Trump’s self-paid presidential run means he’s not going away

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Donald Trump faced an avalanche of fresh criticism Monday for questioning Sen. John McCain‘s heroism. But he’s getting no pressure at all from the one community that could push a candidate out of the 2016 presidential race: political donors. The billionaire businessman is paying for his own campaign, and that means Republicans may have him around far longer than some party leaders would like. “Nobody leaves a race because they get tired, or because they think they don’t have the…

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Jeb Bush strikes at “Mount Washington” from his old perch in Tallahassee

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Set against a wall-sized backdrop reading “Reform D.C.,” Jeb Bush continued his push for the GOP’s presidential nomination in the state capital Monday morning at Florida State University’s Turnbull Conference Center. Bush, who lived in Tallahassee from 1999 until 2007 when he was governor, took on what he called the excesses of “Mount Washington,” by using the days when he struck fear into state lawmakers with his line-item veto pen as an example for the nation. “We used to call this city…

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No retreat, no surrender for free-speaking candidate Donald Trump

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Once again, Donald Trump isn’t backing down from comments that have inflamed the Republican presidential race. And some of his rivals are no longer treating him with kid gloves. Republican presidential contenders Marco Rubio and Rick Perry said Trump, with his latest bombast, has demonstrated he is not fit to be president. At an Iowa candidate forum on Saturday, Trump dismissed Republican Sen. John McCain‘s reputation as a war hero, saying the aviator was merely taken captive after being shot…

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Rick Perry calls on Donald Trump to withdraw from presidential race

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Donald Trump once again broke Ronald Reagan’s legendary “Eleventh Commandment:” Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican. On Thursday, the real-estate mogul and presidential candidate reached full battle mode with Sen. John McCain, after Trump attacked the veteran Arizona Republican by calling him “dummy.” Fellow presidential hopeful Rick Perry took to Twitter Saturday, calling for Trump to drop out of the race. “Donald Trump should apologize immediately for attacking Senator McCain and all veterans who have protected and…

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Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush, rest of GOP presidential field in new Fox poll

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Donald Trump leads the Republican presidential field in a new Fox News poll released on Friday morning with 18 percent support. The businessman/celebrity’s rise has been dramatic; He’s up seven percentage points since last month and up 14 points since May. Scott Walker is second with 15 percent, followed closely by Jeb Bush at 14 percent. In fourth place is Rand Paul at 8 percent, Marco Rubio at 7 percent, Dr. Ben Carson at 6 percent, Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee at…

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Jeb Bush takes Uber to San Francisco startup

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Presidential contender Jeb Bush used the ride-sharing service Uber to arrive Thursday at a startup where he was expected to talk up the benefits of small business and entrepreneurship as part of a fundraising swing through the San Francisco Bay Area. Bush pulled up at Thumbtack headquarters in the front seat of a black Toyota Camry being driven for Uber. Uber connects travelers with various cars through its smartphone app. Uber drivers are independent contractors, not employees, so they aren’t…

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