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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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Majority of Floridians say Caitlyn Jenner’s transition won’t change society’s feelings

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Floridians have somewhat ambivalent feelings about Bruce Jenner’s transition to Caitlyn Jenner, but most adults in the Sunshine  State as well as in Ohio and Pennsylvania say there  is “a lot” or “some” social acceptance of transgender people in the nation today, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released today. The former Olympian’s transition has been covered extensively in the national media over the past few months. Jenner’s announcement on the April 24 edition of ABC’s 20/20 program was viewed by…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.24.15 — Rick Scott wins again

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Jeb Bush likes to boast on the campaign trail that he used to be called “Veto Corleone,” so prevalent was his mission to stamp out pork and other forms of what he perceived to be excessive and unnecessary government spending when as governor of Florida he was presented with the budget every year. Jeb Bush has nothing on Rick Scott. The current Florida governor yesterday vetoed $461 million of government spending. It was a notable departure from a year ago, an…

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Marco Rubio continues to gain ground on Jeb Bush in new Quinnipiac Florida poll

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For the second time in the past week, a new state poll of registered Republican Party voters in Florida show Marco Rubio gaining on Jeb Bush. A Quinnipiac survey released this morning shows that Bush maintains a narrow, two percentage point lead over the younger U.S. senator, 20-18 percent. Scott Walker is third with 9 percent support. No other Republican candidate is above 7 percent, with 13 percent undecided. Quinnipiac also polled Republican voters in the swing-states of Pennsylvania and Ohio in…

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Will Jeb Bush opt not to compete in Iowa caucus?

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Jeb Bush has had his roughest week on the campaign trail, and it’s only Thursday. The former Florida governor has been getting hammered all week by critics for his fumbling of a question regarding the Iraq war, prompting New York Times columnist Gail Collins to title her piece on Thursday, “Wow, Jeb Bush is Awful.” Meanwhile, a 19-year-old college student in Reno got in Bush’s face on Wednesday to tell him that his brother, George W. Bush, was responsible for the creation of…

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Jeb Bush to blow off Iowa straw poll — and says he ‘misinterpreted’ question on Iraq

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Jeb Bush confirmed this afternoon that he will not be participating in the Iowa Straw poll taking place this August. The news became the biggest story of the political scene in the U.S. today, obscuring to a degree the controversy emanating from Bush’s unusual response to a question asked by Fox News’ Megyn Kelly regarding the invasion of Iraq that was broadcast on Monday night. In that interview, Bush told Kelly that even knowing in retrospect that Iraq did not possess so-called weapons…

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49 percent of Florida voters do NOT approve of Rick Scott’s job performance

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Just as has been the case for most of Rick Scott’s four and a quarter years in office, a new poll out today shows more Floridians disapprove of his job performance than like it. The new Quinnipiac survey shows that 49 percent of those Floridians polled do not approve of the governor’s current job performance. 42 percent are supportive of his efforts. Meanwhile, the Sunshine State’s new senators in Washington do high positive approval ratings. Marco Rubio has a pretty…

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