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Email insights: Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio campaigns make fundraising pitches before first votes

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There’s one week until the first nominating contest of 2016, and candidates are doubling down on their campaign efforts in Iowa and New Hampshire. Marco Rubio began the week in the Hawkeye State, scheduling seven events in two days, and is planning to spend the entire week leading up to the Iowa caucuses barnstorming through the state. He isn’t alone: Jeb Bush, his friend and fellow GOP hopeful, is also campaigning in Iowa, holding events there to rally support by…

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Donald Trump promises to make U.S. “greater than ever before” in new ad

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Donald Trump is out with a new advertisement,  promising to fix the country’s problems. The 30-second spot — dubbed “Our Country” — features a clip of the New York businessman at a rally. “We are going to take our country and we’re going to fix it. We’re going to make it great again,” he is shown saying in the advertisement. “We are going to take care of our vets. We are going to fix our military. We are going to strengthen…

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A Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio battle over undecided Iowans intensifies

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Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are fighting for the favor of many of the same undecided voters across Iowa, where even some of the most attentive Republicans say they can’t make up their minds less than four weeks before voting begins. That was so among Iowans who gathered before sunrise to hear Rubio at a town-hall-style meeting in Cedar Rapids. The Florida senator impressed the crowd but few left having decided if he would get their vote. “I haven’t settled…

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Jeb Bush has moment of “self-therapy,” calls Donald Trump “a jerk”

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Days after going toe-to-toe with Donald Trump on the debate stage, Jeb Bush seemed to relish his new role as the Republican front-runner’s chief critic while campaigning on Saturday in New Hampshire. “I’ve got to get this off my chest: Donald Trump is a jerk,” Bush said, unprompted, between answering two voters’ questions. Then he slammed the billionaire businessman for insulting women, Hispanics and people with disabilities during the campaign. “Who is he kidding?” Bush asked the crowd. “I gave…

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New Hampshire GOP leaders fret over crowded 2016 field

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The Republican establishment has flexed its muscle in New Hampshire’s presidential primaries for years. But in the unpredictable 2016 election, the state’s standard political playbook faces challenges on two fronts. Donald Trump‘s brash brand of populism is resonating with voters, and he’s sustained a commanding lead in statewide preference polls for months. While several experienced politicians are well–liked, some party elites fear none will emerge as a consensus choice in time for the Feb. 9 primary, allowing Trump to win…

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Hillary Clinton files paperwork to be on New Hampshire ballot

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Hillary Rodham Clinton signed the paperwork Monday that establishes her as a Democratic presidential candidate in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary. And as such, she’s highlighting her work for the party and on behalf of Democratic candidates — an implicit swipe at rival Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist who has drawn support from the party’s liberal wing. “Well, I’m a Democrat. I just signed papers saying I’m a Democrat. He has to speak for himself,” Clinton told reporters just after…

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