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Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio fade back in Iowa in new poll

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Although Jeb Bush appears to be on a roll in national polls since his official declaration 16 days ago that he is running for office, Iowa appears to be immune to that bounce, according to a new Quinnipiac poll in Iowa released on Wednesday. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker leads in the survey with 18 percent of the vote, well ahead of Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson, who are tied for second in the poll with 10 percent support. Rand Paul and…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.29.15 — Some GOP candidates aren’t ready to ‘move on’ on gay marriage

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In this column on Friday, we wrote that Republican lawmakers (especially in Florida) should be relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Obama Administration in King v. Burwell, since it took the pressure off the party and the candidates running for president to actually have to offer a legitimate alternative if millions of people all of a sudden lost their health care because of the decision. Although not at the same level, you could argue the…

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Fox News: Jeb Bush leads, Donald Trump enters top tier in post announcement polling

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With businessman Donald Trump entering the race for the GOP presidential nomination, a new Fox News poll found a shift in the leader board, with both Trump and Jeb Bush receiving bumps after their formal announcements. On the list of Republican contenders, Bush leads with his best showing yet, getting 15 percent support among primary voters. That’s a jump from 12 percent last month. Bush launched his campaign June 15. Since announcing on June 16 – one day after Bush…

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Rick Scott tells ‘Morning Joe’ audience that ‘Florida is on fire’ as he attempts to woo Connecticut CEO’s

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Since being elected in 2010, Rick Scott has never been shy about traveling across the country to try to recruit companies to do business in the Sunshine State, regardless of whether he’s been invited. Earlier this year he went cold-calling to CEOs in California and Pennsylvania, and today he visits another Blue state — Connecticut. In advance of his two-day set of meetings, the governor teamed up with Enterprise Florida last week to cut a radio ad touting the tour,…

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New NH Poll shows Jeb Bush as the early leader, with Donald Trump right behind him

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Although it should go without saying that polls conducted as the summer of 2015 commences may not have anything to do with what happens in the winter of 2016, nevertheless they are the “snapshot in time,” as the proverbial phrase goes regarding where the electorate stands. That should be good news for Jeb Bush in the new Suffolk University poll that was published earlier on Tuesday. The newly minted “official” 2016 GOP presidential candidate leads the field, but that only means he gets 14…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.22.15 — South Carolina’s Confederate flag — and Tampa’s

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Current events can change the trajectory of a presidential race, and all of the men and women running for the nation’s highest office in the land are being tested in terms of how they react to the racist killings in Charleston last week. While Democrats are willing to bring up the issue of guns, Republicans are being asked what they think of South Carolina continuing to raise the Confederate flag. Photographs of the racist killer waving the flag and burning…

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Support for Jeb Bush grows in new WSJ/NBC News poll

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Potential support for Jeb Bush has edged upward in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Sunday, with the share of Republican primary voters who said they were open to his candidacy rising to 75 percent in June from 70 percent in April and just 49 percent in March. Preliminary numbers from the survey, which will be released in full on Monday night, also show that Marco Rubio has the highest margin of support among Republicans, with 74 percent who could see themselves…

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