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At SC Summit, Santorum Touts Foreign Policy Experience

Former Sen. Rick Santorum is gearing up for a presidential run, telling the crowd at the South Carolina Freedom Summit on Saturday that “Commander-in-Chief is not an entry-level position,” and insisting he’s got the experience needed to deal with a troubling world.

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Cruz Campaign Touts Continued Strong Performance in Polls

AUSTIN, Texas — Now that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been joined by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in the presidential race, and other candidates are inching closer to throwing their hats in the ring, the Cruz campaign is touting several recent polls that show he is continuing to be a top contender in the Republican presidential primary.

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Several Potential 2016 Contenders Hit with FEC Complaint

The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 is claiming that four possible 2016 presidential candidates—Republicans Jeb Bush, Rick Santorum, and Scott Walker, along with Democrat Martin O’Malley—are “violating campaign-finance laws by building campaign infrastructure without formally ‘testing the waters’ for a bid,” according to a Politico report.

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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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2015: Sold Out South Carolina Tea Party Convention Kicks Off In Myrtle Beach

The South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention is underway, and event organizers tell Breitbart News that they’ve been overwhelmed by an unexpectedly high level of interest among activists statewide. Major speakers set to weigh in this weekend include potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), real estate magnate Donald Trump, Dr. Ben Carson and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

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Exclusive: Trump To Address South Carolina Tea Party Convention

Real estate magnate and potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will test the waters in the nation’s first-in-the-south primary state, South Carolina, this month. He will deliver a keynote address to the South Carolina Tea Party convention in Myrtle Beach. Joe Dugan, the head of the Myrtle Beach Tea Party and organizer of the annual conference, praised Trump—a solid opponent of amnesty—for making the trip down.