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For GOP, debate was glimpse of what could have been

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For the Republican candidates for president, it was a glimpse of what could have been. Front-runner Donald Trump‘s boycott of the final debate before the Iowa caucuses created space for his rivals to delve more deeply into their differences on immigration, foreign policy and their approach to governing. And for some candidates — former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in particular — Trump’s absence from the debate stage Thursday night appeared to ease some of the tension created by his sharply…

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Viewer’s Guide: Donald Trump drama, closing arguments before Iowa

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It’s one thing to attack Donald Trump when he’s standing on the presidential debate stage. But what about when he’s not? It’s a complicated question for the seven presidential candidates in the seventh prime time Republican presidential debate, who expect a no-show from the front-runner who has eclipsed the contest for months — on the brink of Monday’s Iowa caucuses. Trump has declared that because of what he calls unfair treatment by the network hosting the debate, Fox News Channel,…

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Fox News poll: Donald Trump pulls ahead in Iowa, maintains top spot in New Hampshire

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Donald Trump is gaining ground in Iowa, a new Fox News poll found. With one week before the Iowa caucuses, Trump leads Ted Cruz, 34 percent to 23 percent. The most recent poll showed Marco Rubio was in third at 12 percent, followed by Ben Carson at 7 percent. Rand Paul, the poll found, was polling at 6 percent in Iowa. The poll found 20 percent of likely Republican caucusgoers said they would refuse to vote for Trump if he…

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Jeb Bush is only candidate NH voters view unfavorably, Monmouth U. poll finds

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For Jeb Bush and supporters, it’s probably wise not to rise or fall on the basis of a single poll. Case in point? New Hampshire. The Bush camp rallied this weekend around a poll that showed him moving up to second place in New Hampshire, getting 11.9 percent support. Flash forward to Monday, where a Monmouth University poll just released has him tied for 7th place, with just 4 percent of the vote. The story in this poll is that Donald Trump is…

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NBC News/WSJ/Marist poll: Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump in Iowa

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Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump in Iowa, while Trump continues to outpace the competition in New Hampshire, according to a NBC News/WSJ/Marist poll released Sunday. Among likely Republican caucus-goers, the Texas senator leads the New York businessman, 28 percent to 24 percent. The poll found Marco Rubio comes in third with 13 percent, Ben Caron has 11 percent and Rand Paul has 5 percent. In New Hampshire, Trump continues to dominate among likely Republican primary voters. The NBC News/WSJ/Marist poll…

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.4.16 – Welcome back Christie, Carly and the whole gang

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Happy New Year to everyone, and welcome back to reading the MPR in 2016. Yesterday many of the GOP presidential candidates were on “the shows” as The Donald refers to them, and there were amusing moments throughout the morning. My favorite was perhaps Chris Wallace getting into Chris Christie’s grill regarding how the New Jersey Governor has been making hay out of Marco Rubio’s growing absentee problem in the Senate, an issue that backfired on Jeb Bush in a previous…

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Mitch Perry Report for 12.16.15 – Fear and loathing in Las Vegas

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With all the Republican candidates gathering at the Venetian in Las Vegas for the last GOP presidential debate in 2015, the question I ask you today is – will the Republican nominee be anyone other than Donald Trump or Ted Cruz? Trump was his classic self last night, but finally had somebody take it to him in the person of Jeb Bush, who had several well-rehearsed put-down lines that had the Donald mumbling to himself and making absurd faces. Bush condemned…

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