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Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush, rest of GOP presidential field in new Fox poll

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Donald Trump leads the Republican presidential field in a new Fox News poll released on Friday morning with 18 percent support. The businessman/celebrity’s rise has been dramatic; He’s up seven percentage points since last month and up 14 points since May. Scott Walker is second with 15 percent, followed closely by Jeb Bush at 14 percent. In fourth place is Rand Paul at 8 percent, Marco Rubio at 7 percent, Dr. Ben Carson at 6 percent, Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee at…

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Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush nationally in USA Today poll, 17-14%

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With Scott Walker’s official entry into the GOP presidential contest on Monday, there are now 15 Republicans vying for the highest office in the land. But if you were to just follow the polls in the past week, there are now two men that matter in the mid-summer of 2015: Donald Trump and Jeb Bush. A new Suffolk University/USA Today poll published on Tuesday shows the bombastic New York City businessman leading Bush in a new poll, 17-14 percent. Walker is third in…

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Jeb Bush at 15%, Donald Trump at 13% in new Monmouth University national poll

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The second national poll of the GOP presidential race in three days once again shows Jeb Bush on top, with Donald Trump nipping at his heels. But a deeper look shows Bush is in much better shape moving forward. The Monmouth University Poll released Monday afternoon shows Bush at 15 percent, Trump at 13 percent, and Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz at 9 percent. The next group of candidates includes Scott Walker (7 percent) – who is formally announcing his candidacy tonight – Mike Huckabee (7…

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Donald Trump in virtual tie with Jeb Bush in new Reuters poll

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While commentators on the Sunday talk shows continued to deride his candidacy, apparently enough Republican primary voters like what Donald Trump is talking about on the campaign trail. A Reuters-Ipsos poll released on Saturday shows that The Donald trails only Jeb Bush in a survey of national GOP presidential voters. Bush is at 16.1 percent, Trump 15.8 percent. Trump’s controversial (if not downright racist) comments regarding Mexicans coming to America has made him the number one story on political cable news…

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As Republican infighting grows, donors call for calm

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Worried about “Republican-on-Republican violence,” top party donors are taking action, with one firing off a letter calling for more civility and another seeking to block businessman Donald Trump from the debate stage altogether. Foster Friess, a Wyoming-based investor and one of the party’s top 20 donors in the last presidential contest, issued a letter to 16 White House prospects and the Republican National Committee late last week calling for candidates to stay on the “civility reservation.” “Our candidates will benefit…

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Bobby Jindal says Jeb Bush willing to hide GOP principles

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is suggesting Jeb Bush is out of step with Republican principles in the party’s presidential race. Bush departs from some conservative Republicans with his policies on immigration and education. The former Florida governor has said GOP presidential candidates should be willing to “lose the primary to win the general” election. Jindal told The Associated Press on Monday that’s another way of saying Republicans should hide their beliefs in an effort to be more appealing to the…

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The anti-pot taboo shrinks in presidential politics

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Presidential candidates are talking about marijuana in ways unimaginable not long ago. White House hopefuls in both parties are taking donations from people in the new marijuana industry, which is investing heavily in political activism as a route to expanded legalization and landed its first major candidate, Rand Paul, at a trade show last month. Several Republicans, like Democrats, are saying they won’t interfere with states that are legalizing a drug still forbidden under federal law. And at conservative policy…

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