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Drudge: Trump Has ‘Best Campaign Day’

Matt Drudge high-fived Donald Trump Monday, Oct. 26, declaring “Trump having his single best campaign day, so far. ‘Today’ townhall knockout and now Limbaugh’s brutal burning down of Jeb and establishment”

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Trump Drops, Carson Gains, in Latest Morning Consult Poll

Donald Trump dropped 5 points, and Ben Carson gained 6 points, according to the latest large-scale national poll by produced by Morning Consult. Trump dropped from 40 percent in mid-October, down to 35 percent support, while Carson zoomed up from 14 percent to 20 percent this weekend.

Former Florida Governor and republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks to voters at the Heritage Action Presidential Candidate Forum September 18, 2015 in Greenville, South Carolina. Eleven republican candidates each had twenty five minutes to talk to voters Friday at the Bons Secours Wellness arena in the upstate of South Carolina. (Photo by

Jeb Bush Hits Marco Rubio as Obama, Redux

As he’s trying to firm up his sagging donor network, Jeb Bush’s campaign team is making it clear they view Sen Marco Rubio as his chief threat. So the Bush squad plans to start taking the battle to his fellow Floridian.

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No, the Tea Party Isn’t Dead. It’s Just Waiting.

The left chortled on Monday after learning the results of a new Gallup poll showing an all-time low for Tea Party support. According to Gallup, just 17 percent of Americans say they support the Tea Party, with 24 percent calling

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Cruz: ‘I Would Love’ to Host ‘SNL’

In an appearance on C-SPAN last week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, was asked if he would host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” as his opponent Donald Trump is next month. Unlike another one

presidents Bill Clinton (L) and George W. Bush talk about their hopes for the Presidential Leadership Scholars program at the Newseum September 8, 2014 in Washington, DC. With the cooperation of the Clinton, Bush, Lyndon B. Johnson and George H. W. Bush presidential libraries and foundations, the new scholarship program will provide 'motivated leaders across all sectors an opportunity to study presidential leadership and decision making and learn from key administration officials, practitioners and leading academics.

EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton State Department Advised Presidents Clinton AND Bush On Foreign Speeches

When the Clinton Foundation checked in for advice from Hillary Clinton’s top advisers about a foreign company that Bill Clinton was considering taking money from, they used information gathered for representatives for George W. Bush, who also checked in to Hillary’s agency. The cozy relationship shows not only the exclusivity of the former Presidents’ club, but also the closeness between the Bush and Clinton dynasties.

Cesar Vargas (C), co-director of the DREAM Action Coalition speaks while flanked by Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) (L) and Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) during a news conference on Capitol Hill July 25, 2014 in Washington, DC. The members of Congress called on the Defense Department to allow certain undocumented individuals who were brought to the United States as children, to serve in the military. (Photo by )

Illegal Immigrant Activist Joins Bernie Sanders Campaign

Cesar Vargas—an activist and undocumented immigrant able to work in the U.S. due to President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program—accepted a job with the Sanders campaign last week, according to multiple reports. “I joined the campaign because the senator believes not only that we should meet DREAMers but that DREAMers should be part of the conversation to champion policies for the Latino community,” Vargas said in a statement to BuzzFeed News.

Republican nominee for Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R) is greeted by former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush during his 'Reclaim America Victory Celebration' at the Biltmore Hotel on November 2, 2010 in Coral Gables, Florida. Results show that Rubio has clinched the Florida Senate seat against his opponents, Independent candidate and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Democratic candidate Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL).

GOP Establishment Primary Between Bush, Rubio Heats Up

Either Rubio or Bush would be considered a favorite for Florida’s delegates. With both on the ballot, though, the odds of another candidate winning Florida increase. Currently, Rubio is third and Bush is fourth in Florida. Their combined vote, 24 percent, would narrowly lead the field, however.

The Republican establishment needs one of the two to drop out before the Florida primary vote on March 15. It can withstand outsiders doing well in the early states, if the large, winner-take-all primary states fall back into the Republican fold. Combining some early state wins with the larger states in late March, however, would put the nomination far out-of-reach of the Republican establishment.