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Marco Rubio’s Iowa crisscross approach bends caucus campaign norm

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Marco Rubio is all over the map in Iowa. Quite literally. Having spent little time in the state’s rural Christian conservative northwest, the Republican presidential candidate dropped in to Sioux County for the first time last week, then bounced across the state two days later to speak with some of Iowa’s more fiscally conservative voters in the east. “I’m going to trust that he knows what he’s doing,” state Rep. John Wills, who supports Rubio, said after his campaign stop…

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Fox News poll: Donald Trump pulls ahead in Iowa, maintains top spot in New Hampshire

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Donald Trump is gaining ground in Iowa, a new Fox News poll found. With one week before the Iowa caucuses, Trump leads Ted Cruz, 34 percent to 23 percent. The most recent poll showed Marco Rubio was in third at 12 percent, followed by Ben Carson at 7 percent. Rand Paul, the poll found, was polling at 6 percent in Iowa. The poll found 20 percent of likely Republican caucusgoers said they would refuse to vote for Trump if he…

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Donald Trump welcomes a senator, bashes Glenn Beck’s support of Ted Cruz

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Donald Trump is so confident about the loyalty of his supporters that he predicted Saturday they would stick with him even if he shot someone. The Republican presidential front-runner bashed conservative commentator Glenn Beck‘s support of rival Ted Cruz and welcomed a figure from the GOP establishment, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, in rallies nine days before the Iowa caucuses open voting in the 2016 campaign. “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I…

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Silver Airways offers free flights in Florida if Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio win Iowa

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Floridians now have another reason to root for Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio in the Iowa caucuses — free airline tickets. The Tampa Bay Business Journal reported that Silver Airways is running a promotion that offers free flights in Florida if Rubio or Bush the Iowa caucus. “You may think there’s only a snowball’s chance but if one of our Florida candidates — Marco or Jeb — pull off the win in the Iowa Caucus and don’t get ‘Trumped,’ you’ll receive a…

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Polling roundup: Candidates continue to jockey for top spot in Iowa

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Want to know who is pulling ahead in Iowa? The answer might just depend on which poll you’re looking at. A flurry of polls released this week in advance of the Iowa caucuses showed it could be a tight race among the Republican presidential hopefuls. Three polls have Donald Trump leading the pack — two of which showed the New York businessman maintained a commanding lead. The two remaining polls out of Iowa had Trump neck-and-neck with Ted Cruz, with the…

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‘Marcomentum’ ads feature Iowa caucusgoers, New Hampshire primary voters

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A pair of advertisements featuring Marco Rubio supporters in Iowa and New Hampshire are hitting the airwaves. The ads — dubbed “Momentum” — feature Iowa caucusgoers and New Hampshire primary voters explaining why they support the Florida Republican. The spots will air in their respective states beginning today. In the Iowa ad, caucusgoers from around the state highlight his time spent in Iowa listening to caucusgoers. “It’s time we get someone in the White House who represents me,” a woman in…

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Marco Rubio betting on a long-haul strategy to win nomination

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Under pressure to emerge as the Republican mainstream’s presidential contender, Sen. Marco Rubio is increasingly relying on a national strategy as he lowers expectations for February’s primary contests. He’s betting big that Republican voters across the political spectrum will ultimately coalesce behind his candidacy in the state-by-state slog for delegates his team envisions for the months ahead. It’s a strategy fraught with risk for Rubio, who’s still fighting to break out among the pack of candidates looking up at New…

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