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Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum Defend Donald Trump Against Lindsey Graham Attack

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — GOP presidential candidates former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum defended GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s statement to ban Muslims from coming into the United States until the government can put in place an effective vetting process during the undercard debate hosted by CNN in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday.

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Pataki: Trump Is the ‘Know-Nothing’ Candidate of the 21st Century

Tuesday at the CNN Republican presidential under card debate, Republican presidential candidate former Gov. George Pataki (R-NY) criticized his party’s front-runner Donald Trump because he wants to put a temporary halt on Muslims coming to the United States. Moderator Wolf Blitzer asked, “Governor Pataki,

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Exclusive — Rand Paul: Debate Moderators Must Press Marco Rubio on Gang of Eight Amnesty Bill

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is calling on CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and the other debate moderators here this evening to actually ask Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) about the “Gang of Eight” amnesty bill he pushed with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Rubio, in multiple debates so far this election cycle, has not been asked even once about the bill—his only legislative accomplishment other than providing the 60th vote for Obamatrade’s Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)—during any debate. It remains to be seen if Blitzer will asks Rubio about his amnesty plan with Schumer.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the crowd at town hall meeting Saturday, December 12, 2015 in Aiken, South Carolina. The South Carolina Republican primary is scheduled for February 20, 2016. (Photo by

Poll: One in Three Republicans Back Trump

The poll has Donald Trump in first place with 38 percent among Republicans and right-leaning independents. He is backed by more than 1 in 3 Republicans. In second place is Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) with with 15 percent. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Carson are tied in third place with 12 percent of support.

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EXCLUSIVE — Rick Santorum: GOP Presidential Candidates ‘Courageous’ Identifying ‘The Ideology’ of Radical Islam

GOP presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum — the only GOP candidate to appear in person at the Nevada National Security Action Summit— told the crowd that the next president must “challenge the Islamic world to take seriously the threat within,” and told Breitbart News that fellow GOP candidates are “courageous” for identifying the ideology that poses a domestic threat.

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Sarah Palin: Marco Rubio ‘Robotic’

Sarah Palin played a word-association game where Tapper mentioned a name and Palin responded with the first thing that came to her mind. When asked about Rubio she described him as “robotic.”

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Exclusive: Marco Rubio’s Plan For Online War Against The Islamic State

The biggest component, Rubio explained, was to puncture the notion that somehow joining the fight under the Islamic State was glamorous – when the reality proved that it was miserable, especially for foreign fighters. “They often treat you like cannon fodder, they give you the worst assignments, you’re the first ones they throw into battle and the first ones killed,” he said, describing life in the caliphate cities as “hell on earth” without the basic public services.

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Pat Caddell: American Government Has Lost The Consent of the Governed

Fox News analyst and one of the country’s top pollsters, Pat Caddell, says there is “no doubt” that government has lost the consent of the governed in America today, pointing out that 90 percent of the people say Washington “doesn’t work for the people,” but now works for its own interests instead.

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Jeb Bush’s Strategy Is Working Great… For Ted Cruz

True, the Bush name could be a liability, but probably less so against an equally dynastic opponent like Hillary Clinton. (Or, for Bush critics, running him would foolishly hamper the Republicans’ ability to make hay over the ascension of a hereditary Clinton monarch.) Jeb Bush had vast financial resources, a political organization second to none, gubernatorial experience, and all the Establishment support anyone could ask for.