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Potential Presidential Candidates Speak At Iowa AG Summit

Jeb Bush has optimistic message, faces challenges in ’16 bid

Jeb Bush is launching a Republican presidential bid months in the making Monday with a vow to get Washington “out of the business of causing problems” and to stay true to his beliefs — easier said than done in a bristling primary contest where his conservative credentials will be sharply challenged.

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Hillary Clinton Releases Official 2016 Spotify Playlist

Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton formally launched her 2016 presidential bid Saturday on New York City’s Roosevelt Island; just hours after her campaign released its official Spotify playlist. Featuring female artists such as Ariana Grande, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Sara Bareilles

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Wasserman Schultz: Kool-Aid Is the Republicans Drink of Choice

Monday on  MSNBC’s “The Rundown With José Díaz-Balart,” Democratic National Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) said the all of the 2016 Republican field of presidential candidates are drinking the same “Kool-Aid” of the “extremist tea party agenda.” Addressing

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NH Poll: Bernie Sanders Trails Hillary by Only 12 Points

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) trails Hillary Clinton by only 12 percentage points in New Hampshire in a new poll. A Morning Consult poll found that “among voters who say they will participate in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary, 44 percent choose Clinton,

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Bernie Sanders Recruiting Elizabeth Warren Supporters

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been making a direct appeal Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s supporters, hiring staffers associated with the various “Draft Warren” movements and vowing to bring on even more. Sanders recently hired Blair Lawton of the “Run Warren Run”

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The Nuclear Option: Jeb Burnishes Non-Credentials on Global Tour

Not since Clark Griswold took his family on a European vacation have we seen such goofy antics. Jeb Bush, in a desperate bid to be taken seriously, is cashing in his last name to buy himself a first-class tour of European capitals to hobnob with world leaders, statesmen and dignitaries.

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Mika: Hillary’s Move To The Left Doesn’t Ring True

Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Mika Brzezinski said Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton’s move to the left does not “ring true” and she doubts she will “stand up to Wall Street.” “I have been looking at that kind of rhetoric

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Bloomberg: Jeb Bush Florida Base Either in Graves or Prisons

Jeb Bush’s big political credential, and his presumed strength in the presidential campaign he’ll launch on Monday, is the broad appeal he demonstrated over two terms as Florida governor—doubly important given the critical role Florida’s primary will play in winnowing the GOP field.

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GOP Leadership’s Latest Obamatrade Ploy Revealed: Small Business Tax Hike That Violates GOP’s Anti-Tax Pledge

Establishment Republicans desperately trying to secure the passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which would give President Obama fast-track authority to secure congressional approval of at least three secretive trade deals, are now willing to increase taxes on small businesses in a way that would violate a pledge almost every Republican Congressman has taken when elected into office.