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CPAC Wrap Up: Six Observations from Day Two

Probably one of the things I love most about the new format of the conference is the question and answer format at the end of the event. The third and final day of the conference will take place tomorrow, but here are some observations from day two.

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Jeb Bush Had to Bus In CPAC Supporters from K Street

From Betsy Woodruff at Slate: It sounds like Jeb Bush’s supporters are taking CPAC pretty seriously this year. Emails provided to Slate show that backers of the former Florida governor are busing supporters from downtown Washington D.C. to CPAC in

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Jeb Bush’s CPAC Fail

Jeb Bush was late getting on stage at CPAC, and he might wish he’d been even later, as he wasn’t especially warmly received.

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Jeb Bush Battles Booing CPAC Crowd on Immigration

Thursday at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference, former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) got cheers and jeers as he answered questions from Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity. Acknowledging the crowd’s anger Bush said the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants

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Jeb Bush Shares Only Wedding Photo on Anniversary

Republican Jeb Bush wished his wife a happy 41st wedding anniversary with an old wedding photo via social media on Monday. Unfortunately, the likely contender for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination only has one photo of the big day.

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TEXAS POLL: Cruz Stays in Front of Perry, Walker Nearly Even

For the second time in as many polls, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) leads the pack among Texas Republican voters as their top choice among potential 2016 presidential candidates, but just barely. Cruz has dropped back from twenty-seven percent to twenty percent but still maintained his lead. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker jumped from two percent of the vote in an October, 2014 poll to nineteen percent in Tuesday’s University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Former Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas) fell from a second place finish in the October poll to fifth place in the current poll. Perry’s support has been cut in half – down from fourteen to seven percent.

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Is Chris Christie’s ‘Bubble’ About to Burst?

Calling it a ‘bubble’ around him, the New York Times reports that a fair number of one-time supporters of New Jersey Gov Chris Christie are either frustrated with the potential national candidate’s seemingly out of touch political team or have already moved on to other potential options for 2016.

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Ted Cruz May See Florida as Key to 2016 Success

Texas Senator and potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz, will be in Jacksonville, Florida this Friday to deliver the keynote address at the annual Duval County GOP  Lincoln Day dinner. Cruz, who some expect will run for president in

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National Media Praises Jeb Bush on Foreign Policy

Former Florida Governor and probably 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, flexed his national security muscles when he gave a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs to discuss foreign policy agenda, in particularly the current war on Islamic

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2016 Field Poll: Clinton Dominant, Walker and Bush Lead GOP

The Field Poll, conducted from January 26-February 16, reveals a lopsided preference for Hillary Clinton as the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and a wide-open race among Republicans, with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker leading and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush breathing down his neck.

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Jeb Bush: Campaign of ‘Shock and Awe’ or ‘Aw Shucks’?

A report suggests that while Jeb Bush was deliberately keeping a low political profile during the last two years, he was actually busy planning the equivalent of a “shock and awe” campaign to win the GOP presidential nomination in 2016 in the event he opted to run.

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Coulter: Wall Street ‘Wasting’ Money on Jeb Bush

Columnist and author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican,” Ann Coulter declared that “the Wall Street crowd” is “going to be wasting a lot of money on Jeb Bush” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel.

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Jeb Bush: ‘Mistakes Made’ in Iraq on Brother’s Watch

Wednesday at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, while addressing the 2003 Iraq war during his brother’s administration, former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL)  said, “there were mistakes made in Iraq.” Bush said, “There were mistakes in Iraq for sure. Using the