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CNN: Joe Biden can be a game-day decision for debate

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CNN says it will allow Vice President Joe Biden to participate in the first Democratic presidential primary debate even if he decides that day to be a candidate. The network released its criteria for the Oct. 13 debate on Monday. Since Biden has achieved an average of one percent support in three polls — even though he isn’t a declared candidate — CNN said he needs only to file the necessary paperwork or say he will that day to be…

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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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Donald Trump, Ben Carson first and second in latest Florida presidential poll

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The latest Public Policy Poll survey released Tuesday shows that, as is the case in virtually every other poll in the country right now, Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson are the top two favorites of Republican presidential primary voters in Florida, more than four months before the first votes start counting. Trump and Carson’s ascendancy is bad news for Florida native sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, who now reside in third and fourth place, respectively in the new…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.10.15 — Few presidential candidates offering specifics on refugee crisis

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Yesterday in Brussels, Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Union’s top executive, proposed a plan to move approximately 160,000 refugees coming from war-torn and poverty-stricken nations in the Middle East and Africa in response to other countries to deal with the crisis gripping Europe. Although often called “Europe’s problem,” there is increasing discussion about what the United States could, and should, do to take in those fleeing Syria and other volatile parts of the world. Yesterday Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers that he favors “significantly increasing…

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Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton, 44-37 percent, in New Hampshire

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For the first time in the 2015-2016 Democratic presidential primary campaign, independent Vermont socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton in a public opinion poll, 44-37 percent. The survey was conducted by Franklin Pierce/and the Boston Herald. Vice President Joe Biden got 9 percent support in the test primary match-up. The other announced Democrats in the race, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and former Virginia Gov. Jim Webb, barely register at 1 percent or below. The survey is…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.5.15 — Hillary Clinton is struggling, but is Joe Biden really the answer?

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Maybe the presidential race will be what some fantasize/dread has always been the inevitable challenge — a Jeb Bush v. Hillary Clinton throwback contest of dueling 60-somethings. But it doesn’t look like it in early August of 2015. Forget about Jeb’s misstatements, which are starting to pile up. Let’s look deeper at some of Hillary’s numbers. A Wall Street Journal poll shows Clinton losing support with her supposed base — white women, whose numbers are supposed to make up for the reduction of…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.13.15 — Will Jim Webb’s candidacy go anywhere in the Dem primary?

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Scott Walker comes out of semi-hibernation tonight to officially announce his candidacy for president. We’ll have plenty to talk about the man who is doing well in nearby Iowa, but has many questions surrounding his candidacy as he officially gets into the race. Meanwhile, the only candidate in either party to announce via press release, former Virginia U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, did his first major television interview yesterday since declaring his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. On Fox News Sunday, Webb…

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