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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ends bid for GOP nomination in 2016

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dropped out of the 2016 race for president Tuesday, ending a campaign that failed to gain much support, especially in early-voting Iowa. “I’ve come to the realization that this is not my time,” Jindal said on Fox News Channel as he announced the decision to suspend his campaign. The 44-year-old governor said he wasn’t ready to endorse another candidate, but intended to support the eventual Republican presidential nominee. Term-limited and out of office in January, Jindal…

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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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Expensive ad space almost sold out for debate

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Get in your bids fast. CNN said Friday that only one commercial slot is still available for its coverage of the Sept. 16 debate between top Republican presidential contenders, and it’s expected to draw top dollar. The trade publication Advertising Age reported this week that CNN is asking for up to $200,000 for a 30-second ad during the debate, a price comparable to slots in popular entertainment shows on the broadcast networks. CNN would not discuss its ad prices. On…

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Dominating TV, Donald Trump a ratings draw

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Opinion polls are one thing, but Nielsen numbers speak more loudly to television executives: Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump‘s ability to pull in viewers makes him catnip for news programs and wins a level of coverage that feeds on itself. NBC’s “Meet the Press” had its biggest audience in more than a year for its Trump interview on Aug. 16, leading that show’s biggest competitors — ABC’s “This Week” and CBS’ “Face the Nation” — to feature phone interviews with…

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.12.15 — Can Jeb Bush take back his response on Iraq?

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Are supporters/apologists for Jeb Bush now claiming Jeb Bush didn’t understand the question when Megyn Kelly asked him about the Iraq war? “Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion?” The Fox News host asked Bush in a very straightforward way that aired last night on the FNC. “I would have, and so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody,” Bush said, “and so would have almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got.” Not…

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Harris Faulkner considered rising star at Fox

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Harris Faulkner‘s hobby may sound like a patriotic put-on, but the Fox News Channel anchor insists it’s legit.  “The thing that I really love to do, that I now only do in the shower, is to sing the national anthem,” said Faulkner, a regular on Fox’s daytime show “Outnumbered.” While you clear that image of a shower gel bottle doubling as a hand-held mic, know that Faulkner belted out “The Star Spangled Banner” in public before Kansas City Chiefs and…

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Mike Huckabee releases video ahead of entering 2016 GOP race

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The suspense is over for Mike Huckabee fans. The former Arkansas governor is poised to officially announce his candidacy for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination next Tuesday from a place called Hope, and he released a YouTube video this morning that will be played on Tuesday leading up to his speech. Huckabee ran for the Republican nomination and did surprisingly well for awhile, winning the Iowa Caucus. He decided not to compete in 2012, but quit his Fox News Channel talk…

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