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Hillary Clinton patches relations with liberals at campaign’s outset

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This time, Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to be on liberals’ good side. As a presidential candidate in 2008, she opposed gay marriage, equivocated on granting driver’s licenses to people who were living in the U.S. illegally, and endured heavy criticism from rival Barack Obama on her stance on campaign finance. During the opening week of her second presidential campaign, Clinton showed she had retooled her positions to line up with the views of progressive Democrats. On Monday, she called for…

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John Bolton: Hillary Clinton as “radical” now as back at Yale

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If you want to feel afraid about terrorism in the world, spend a few minutes with John Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush. Bolton is hardcore, as anyone who has ever watched him on Fox News or any other media outlet will understand. He said that while Barack Obama‘s foreign policy has been a disaster, it wasn’t just the president’s philosophy or background that was the problem: It was the Democratic Party’s. “There is no…

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Hillary Clinton’s decision: The long road to a second campaign

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Around Christmas, Hillary Rodham Clinton set off on her annual holiday vacation at Oscar de la Renta‘s beachfront estate in the Dominican Republic. It was a somber and serious time for Clinton. De la Renta, whose relationship with the former first lady had blossomed from dress designer to close friend, had recently died and Clinton wanted to be there to support his widow. She was also wrestling with a final decision on whether to run for president. She arrived at…

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Florida progressives blast Patrick Murphy as a ‘Wall Street Democrat’

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South Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has started off quickly in his quest to become the Democratic Party nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016, and the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida (DPCF) has a message to the rest of the party — not so fast. “When it comes to the race shaping up to replace Marco Rubio, we believe that Floridians are looking for a bold champion who will inspire and engage voters,” said DPCF President Susan Smith in a conference…

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Jeb Bush claims ‘Hispanic’ on 2009 voter registration form

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Few can argue that Jeb Bush has qualities that could appeal to Hispanic voters. Bush speaks fluent Spanish; his wife, Columba, is from Mexico. He spent a couple years in Venezuela, taking up the people and culture. Although Bush was born in Texas, a member of one of America’s leading political families, the former governor can go overboard with Spanish-speaking voters, by claiming he is actually Hispanic. According to Alan Rappeport of The New York Times, Bush identified as Hispanic…

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Jeb Bush losing ground in Florida, according to new Quinnipiac Poll

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There’s some good news and some bad news for Jeb Bush and his supporters in a new Quinnipiac survey of Republican primary voters in Florida. The former governor continues to lead the field of potential 2016 candidates with 24 percent. That’s 9 percentage points more than the next candidate in Florida, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who comes in at 15 percent. Marco Rubio is a close third with 12 percent. However, that’s an 8-point drop for Bush since the last…

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Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton favored by American voters in 2016, CBS poll shows

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Jeb Bush continues to lead the field as best-known presidential hopeful tested in a new poll of Republican voters released Monday by CBS News. Behind Bush is former Gov. Mike Huckabee, followed by U.S. Sens. Rand Paul and Marco Rubio. Respondents could choose as many names as they wanted. Showing the biggest movement in the past month is Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who announced his candidacy during the survey. Thirty-seven percent of Republican voters would consider voting for him now, while only…

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