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Democrats planning multi-year strategy to recapture seats

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Democrats need to map out a multi-year election strategy to maintain the White House, recapture seats in Congress and in state legislatures, and rebuild their bench of candidates, according to a task force formed after the party’s dismal 2014 election. Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released a 19-page report on Tuesday that describes the party’s work to rebuild after massive losses in the midterm elections during Barack Obama’s presidency. The report says the party needs to develop and…

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Marco Rubio’s low-budget campaign looks to ramp up as voting nears

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For months, Marco Rubio‘s campaign team in South Carolina operated out of a staffer’s garage, plotting strategy for the first-in-the-South primary from freshly painted yard sale furniture and tiny classroom desks. The shoestring budget setup was a point of pride for the Republican presidential candidate’s team. Now, with Rubio enjoying a burst of momentum as the early voting contests edge closer, the Florida senator’s campaign is moving beyond its lean and mean roots. On Wednesday, Rubio’s South Carolina team officially…

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Tonight’s GOP debate puts Fox Business moderators in spotlight

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Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, one of the moderators for Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, says that while she wants to help viewers understand the differences between candidates, she’s not looking to start brawls. The fourth GOP debate — and first since a CNBC session left candidates grumbling about the journalists asking questions — takes place Tuesday night in Milwaukee. Bartiromo, FBN’s Neil Cavuto and Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker will guide the two-hour discussion starting at 9 p.m. EDT.…

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A year from Election Day, GOP faces chaos it hoped to avoid

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After a devastating loss in the 2012 presidential election, the Republican Party entered a period of intense self-reflection and emerged with a firm promise to learn from its mistakes. The GOP vowed to avoid a prolonged and vicious 2016 primary. It concluded it must embrace an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws and adopt a more welcoming tone to win over women and minorities. Yet a year from Election Day 2016, the GOP primary is a rough and bumpy competition.…

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GOP suspends partnership with NBC News for February debate

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The Republican National Committee says it’s suspending its partnership with NBC News and its properties and won’t allow the network to co-host a presidential primary debate scheduled for February. The letter from RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to NBC News chief Andrew Lack comes after this week’s heavily criticized debate on CNBC. Priebus says the CNBC debate did not focus on economic issues as promised, and that candidates were asked questions that “were inaccurate or downright offensive.” NBC News, in a…

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Breaking silence, Joe Biden team leans in on potential 2016 run

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Joe Biden is sending out an unmistakable “forget-me-not” plea for 2016, brushing past signs of a Hillary Rodham Clinton resurgence with fresh and direct suggestions he could be on the verge of entering the presidential race. The vice president’s political team broke its months-long silence on the subject with a letter circulated by one of Biden’s closest friends and top advisers. In the letter, though Biden is still officially undecided, former Sen. Ted Kaufman describes a “campaign from the heart”…

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GOP works to avoid third-party presidential run

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The Republican hierarchy is challenging each of the party’s presidential candidates to sign a pledge not to undertake a third-party bid — a move aimed squarely at Donald Trump. The Republican National Committee‘s challenge was confirmed by multiple campaigns, and the timing of the pledge suggests an agreement has been reached. Trump, who is leading the packed field in early polls, has threatened to mount a third-party bid if he did not win the nomination. Such a decision would make…

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