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Scott Walker

Walker Support Solid, Establishment Favorite Bush Struggles in N.H.

As the Republican presidential candidates gather this weekend in New Hampshire, they’re all chasing a midwestern governor. The latest survey of New Hampshire Republicans, by liberal-leaning Public Policy Polling, finds Wisconsin’s Scott Walker with a strong lead at 24 percent, followed by a rising Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Marco Rubio

First Poll Shows Rubio Surge After Announcement, Now Beating Bush in Florida

AUSTIN, Texas — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is surely smiling this morning after the first poll in Florida since he announced he is running for president showed that he had received a substantial bump in his numbers. Rubio’s surge was so substantial, in fact, that he is now one point ahead of former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL), as opposed to a 12-point deficit from a poll at the beginning of the month.

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Welch: ‘As Of Today, I’m a Ted Cruz Guy’

Former GE CEO Jack Welch declared “as of today, I’m a Ted Cruz guy” on Thursday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. “As of today, I’m a Ted Cruz guy, but I’ll watch for the debates,

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Cruz: Feds Should ‘Recognize’ State Decisions on Marijuana

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said marijuana legalization is “a legitimate question for the states to make a determination” and that it is “appropriate for the federal government to recognize that the citizens of [Washington and Colorado] have made that decision” on

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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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Hillary Clinton, Robot Politics, and Burrito Media

They don’t have to see Hillary as a fantastic candidate in order to abandon their duty of opposing her, the way they’re supposed to oppose everyone who tries for high office, and America is supposed to be better-governed for it. They’re on autopilot, running tired ideological programs written decades ago.

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Fort Hood Soldiers to Receive Full Purple Heart Benefits

U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh announced that the Army will provide “all possible benefits” to victims of the 2009 Fort Hood Shooting. The announcement comes less than one week after the Army presented Purple Heart medals to 36 soldiers and family members of those who were killed in the shooting.

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Confused Democrats Post Facebook Images with GOP Talking Points

Now that Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) have officially launched their presidential campaigns, the Democratic Party is gearing up its propaganda machine to attack the Republican contenders. But a series of Facebook images they posted this week has many scratching their heads, wondering why the Democrats would use what seem to be Republican talking points in their messages.

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Hillary Clinton Big On Social Media, Especially With People Who Don’t Exist

Like all efforts to measure true popularity and influence using Internet hits, it’s interesting and relevant, because we live in the social media era, but such popularity is also fickle and easily faked. It seems like most politicians have tumbled to the idea of building up “Astroturf” political support, so they can brag about impressive numbers of Twitter followers and Facebook friends.

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Rubio Hopes to Have Strong Fundraising Kickoff

Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) campaign launched an ambitious fundraising effort to capitalize on the energy from his announcement, hoping to prove his viability in what is expected to be a crowded Republican primary field.

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Cruz Hits Hillary Over ‘Failed Policies’

With news that former First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton intends to run for the White House in 2016, Republican Senator and presidential contender Ted Cruz reacted with a statement and video calling her out over her “failed policies” while in office.

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Cruz: Obama ‘Perfectly Fine With a Nuclear Iran’

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) declared President Obama “is perfectly fine with a nuclear Iran” on Saturday’s “Larry Kudlow Show.” Cruz said, “Just in the past few weeks, a senior Iranian General has publicly said the destruction of Israel is ‘non-negotiable.’

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‘Breibart News Saturday’ on SXM 125: The Right to Bear Arms Under Fire

On Breitbart News Saturday on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125 from 10 a.m. through 1 p.m. Eastern Time, Breitbart News investigative journalist Alex Swoyer will guest host alongside co-host Dan Fleuette. They will cover the major Tennessee NRA convention, the 2016 presidential race, the collapsing nuclear deal with Iran, and much more.

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Krauthammer: Rubio Has Chance to Be ‘Kennedyesque’

On Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has a chance “to be the sort of Kennedyesque” candidate and that his foreign policy experience makes him “the best” to speak

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Media Tries Getting ‘Pedantic’ On Ted Cruz

The real lesson of this exchange: John Harwood wanted to ambush Ted Cruz with an assault on his credibility, in an interview he had plenty of time to prepare, and the only thing he could come up with was the number of IRS agents Cruz mentioned in a joke. Is that really the ground defenders of the Lyin’ King and Hillary “I didn’t want to carry two cell phones” Clinton want to fight on?