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Texas Could Be Kingmaker in 2016 GOP Primary

This year, however, Texas will join eleven other states on a “Super Tuesday” primary on March 1. With fifteen-and-counting Republicans in the race, the chances that the field would significantly narrow with just the first four states are very low. “Texas is the reddest of the red states, and unfortunately, in previous cycles our primary hasn’t mattered much,” Texas GOP chairman Tom Mechler told the Morning News, sharing his satisfaction that in 2016, Texas Republicans would “have a say in who is the next Republican nominee for president.”

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Rand Paul Calls for An End to Sanctuary Cities, Says There Should be Populist ‘Revolution’ Against Unsecured Border

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul called for an end of “sanctuary city” policies after a Mexican illegal immigrant shot the 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle dead on Pier 14 in San Francisco. Paul now joins candidates Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in calling for strict border controls to protect Americans from convicted felons such as Francisco Sanchez, who was deported five times yet sought out San Francisco deliberately because he knew he would not be deported from there.

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GOP Presidential Debate Organizers Facing Mathematical Quandry

Looking just at these most recent numbers, if we are going to select the top ten candidates — the cutoff to participate in the debate under the current rules — we will end up with sixteen candidates who can legitimately claim to be in the “top ten,” due to the number of ties.

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The Breitbart Primary Expands: New Contenders, Shifting Positions

The last two weeks have shaken up the Republican presidential race, with Governor Rick Perry (R-TX), Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL), and Donald Trump jumping in. Meanwhile, on the Democratic side of the aisle, presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton has been losing ground to socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VA) amid her campaign relaunch.