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Report: 44 Percent of Debate Questions Reference Donald Trump

SIMI VALLEY, California — GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is ahead in the polls, but a new study shows he dominated the focus of the second GOP presidential primary debate Wednesday evening, as roughly 44 percent of the questions asked of the candidates involved or referenced Trump.

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EXCLUSIVE: Mike Huckabee Campaign Reacts to CNN’s GOP Debate

SIMI VALLEY, California — Following the primetime segment of the second GOP presidential primary debate hosted by CNN, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s senior communications advisor Hogan Gidley said he thinks the Governor “crushed it” with what little time he was given.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) speaks during the 41st annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord International Hotel and Conference Center on March 8, 2014 in National Harbor, Maryland.

Michele Bachmann Tweets Debate Night

SIMI VALLEY, California — Former GOP presidential candidate and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann called out GOP presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on his immigration stance, as she live tweeted the second GOP primary debate.

Republican presidential hopefuls listen as retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson (C) speaks during the Presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on September 16, 2015.  AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN

Donald Trump Leads As Republican Candidates Wrestle For Debate Air Time

CNN moderator Jake Tapper was frequently invoked for more time as candidates begged, interrupted or demanded their way back into air time at the debate last night. Some candidates, like Carly Fiorina continued to interrupt, pushing herself back on camera numerous times. Others, like Gov. Scott Walker were less successful, while Gov. John Kasich appeared to interrupt at the worst moments.

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TrumpMania: GOP Debate Sets CNN Ratings Record

Regardless of how well you think Republican frontrunner Donald Trump performed at Wednesday night’s CNN debate, there is no question he is generating unprecedented interest and excitement. Last night CNN earned its highest ratings ever. I could make a joke

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Vanity Fair: Run, Jerry Brown, Run!

Michael Kinsley, writing for Vanity Fair, urges the Democratic party to consider running Governor Jerry Brown as a potential replacement for Hillary Clinton if Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid continues to plummet.

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Carly Fiorina Masters the Five-Step Primary Dance

Conventional wisdom holds that the early front-runner in a wide-open primary, especially a crowded one, rarely turns out to be the nominee. It’s probably one of those “rules” that will be true until it isn’t, but at the moment there is ample evidence from past contests to back it up. Carly Fiorina is banking on that, gaining strength as the campaign unwinds.

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On Putin and Assad, America Finally Sees the Kinder, Gentler Trump

Before taking the California stage last night, Donald Trump promised he would attempt to “tone it down” for the second Republican debate. He mostly failed to be less Trump than his usual disposition, save for one topic: the ongoing civil war in Syria and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s role in keeping the war alive.

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The Beginning of the Trump/Carson Coalition

Donald Trump has so far dominated his Republican rivals by sticking to the slimmest of playbooks: provoke attacks, and then pounce. On Friday, Rick Perry, who was the first GOP candidate to go after Trump in July, also became the first candidate to drop out of the race. “Everybody who attacks me is doomed,” Trump boasted to The Wall Street Journal over the weekend.

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Trump: Climate Change ‘Not One of Our Big Problems’

In a post-debate appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump followed up on a question from the debate about climate change. Trump completely dismissed climate change as a threat and pointed to other nations’ responses

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Coulter Doubles Down on ‘How Many F—ing Jews’ Tweet

Wednesday after CNN’s Republican presidential debate, conservative commentator Ann Coulter, author of “¡Adios America! The Left’s Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole,” decline to walk back a tweet she had made about what she deemed to be pandering by