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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.

Cruz in front of Perry

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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Obama Takes Shots at GOP, Rand Paul During DNC Winter Meeting

Claiming Republicans are “bamboozlin’ folks” for advocating tax cut policies to spur job growth, a “derisive” Barack Obama gave what the New York Daily News called “a red meat speech,” “preaching to a political choir at the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee.”

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Jeb Bush, Rand Paul Make Economic Appeals to Detroit

Jeb Bush is making a stand for poor people across the country, highlighting the end result of the “Food Stamp President” Barack Obama’s failed economic policy that has increase the number of American taking government assistance. Bush told the Detroit