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New Jeb Bush video shows Donald Trump heaping praise on Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton in 2008

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Jeb Bush is helping Donald Trump celebrate an anniversary, but it’s one that the Republican presidential front-runner might rather forget. Seven years ago, Dec. 18, 2008, Trump – in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer – was heaping praise on newly elected president Barack Obama, saying he was “doing great,” and that his choice of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State was “a great appointment.” He also heaped praise on Obama’s selection of Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson, saying…

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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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Mitch Perry Report for 9.18.15 — Hillary says she’s up for more debates

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As was the case with Fox News last month, CNN received record ratings for airing its prime-time Republican presidential debate this week, with 23 million tuning in. Thanks to Donald Trump, of course, the debates have become Must See TV. Too bad the Democrats don’t have one of those. Or how about even holding a debate? Well, that will be happening — in three and a half weeks. As has been well noted, more and more Democrats have taken issue with…

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Marco Rubio slams White House, Charlie Crist over oil spill

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Marco Rubio slammed the Obama administration Wednesday, CNN reports, for its response to the Gulf oil spill. And Rubio did not miss the opportunity to criticize his opponent Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for not doing more to get the resources Florida needs to defend against the spill’s onslaught. “I think the federal government took its time responding to this early on,” Rubio said of the spill in an interview that aired on CNN’s The Situation Room. “I think that they…

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