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Marco Rubio jabs Republican leaders: Anger not enough

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In a swipe at his party’s front-runners, Republican White House hopeful Marco Rubio charged Saturday that anger alone isn’t enough to qualify someone to be president. “We also have to have someone for president who knows exactly what they’re going to do when they get there,” the Florida senator said, as he courted Iowa voters ahead of the state’s Feb. 1 caucuses. Rubio called out leading candidates, real estate mogul Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, by name during…

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Ted Cruz rejected George W. Bush White House job offer

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Ted Cruz has said that after working on George W. Bush‘s 2000 campaign, being passed over for a senior position with the new administration was “a crushing blow.” Turns out, it was his own fault. Cruz was offered a job as White House associate counsel shortly after Al Gore conceded the race in December, but he rejected it, members of the Bush transition team told The Associated Press. Cruz thought he was in line for the more senior role of…

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Donald Trump has double-digit lead over Ted Cruz in NBC News/WSJ poll

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Donald Trump has a double-digit lead over the Republican field, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Trump is at 33 percent among national Republican primary voters, the poll found. Ted Cruz is at 20 percent; while Marco Rubio is at 13 percent. The poll found Ben Carson is at 12 percent, while Chris Christie and Jeb Bush are tied with 5 percent. Trump’s lead over the Texas senator has increased since last month. In December, the NBC…

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.15.16 — Has the GOP contest wilted down to 2-and-a-half men?

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Happy Friday, y’all. As we go into the NFL’s best weekend (and one of the greatest in all of professional sports) and reflect on the Oscar nominations (DiCaprio, Brie Larson and Stallone are locks, by the way, and though she won’t win, I’m all in for Alicia Vikander for Supporting Actress), Friday’s national story is Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate. It was dominated by the clash between front-runners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, with Marco Rubio again putting in impressive…

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At debate, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz assert their standing atop Republican field

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The rivalry between the Republican Party’s two leading candidates for president intensified in Thursday’s debate, which featured the most rollicking action to date. Yet rising tensions between billionaire businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz left little space for any of the other candidates to make an impression. With less than three weeks until Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, the renewed focus on the two candidates leading most preference polls suggests the overall shape of the 2016 contest may be solidifying…

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.14.16 — And the winner is?

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(UPDATE) Shortly after 8:30 a.m., the Oscar nominations will be announced from Hollywood, and yes, I actually give a fig. As an inveterate moviegoer, I still get excited about what the Establishment thinks about the product it puts out every year. Interestingly, while the Oscars are still among the most viewed television broadcasts globally every year, they always seem to drop in the ratings most years. This year, Chris Rock is hosting, but what I’ll be interested to see today is…

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Chris Christie warns voters: Don’t elect a first-term senator

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Chris Christie is pressing people in New Hampshire to avoid voting for a first-time senator in the coming presidential primary as he holds out Barack Obama as an example of what can happen when they do. “The U.S. Senate is like school,” he told a packed firehouse Wednesday. “They tell you where to go, what time to show up, what kind of questions you’re going to get.” The New Jersey governor said, “That’s not the way it works when you’re…

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