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The Smith Project: What Voters Want

Veteran pollster Pat Caddell’s Armada group has spent the past several years charting the alienation of the American electorate, constructing a fascinating model of what most Americans desire in the ideal political candidate – the great statesman, or stateswoman, voters want for our time.

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With Lindsey Graham Out – Where Will John McCain Turn in 2016?

“With Senator Lindsey Graham’s announcement, Republicans lost our most qualified, thoughtful, fearless and honest presidential candidate, not to mention the candidate with the best (and it seemed sometimes the only) sense of humor,” McCain said in a statement after Graham’s announcement, lamenting that the “bifurcated debate structure” kept the South Carolina senator from reaching a wider audience.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks at the Growth and Oppo

Marco Rubio Once Said an ‘Earned Path to Citizenship Is Code for Amnesty’

With the Iowa caucuses less than two months away, presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to dominate the field of candidates in the Republican primary race, but because Ben Carson has plummeted to third or fourth place in most of the national polls, Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio have surged and could pose to challenge Trump’s top-dog status.

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Trey Gowdy Doesn’t See the Next Ronald Reagan Coming

Rep. Trey Gowdy flew down to Florida this week to support two of his friends, former Congresswoman Sandy Adams, who is running for Congress in Florida’s 6th congressional district, as well as Rep. Ron DeSantis, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat Marco Rubio is vacating in 2016.

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Jeb Bush Echoes Obama: ‘Todos Somos Americanos’

On Tuesday, former Florida governor Jeb Bush released a new ad designed to appeal to Hispanic voters presumably outraged by the immigration positions of 2016 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, and women outraged by Trump’s controversial comments about women ranging from Megyn Kelly to Carly Fiorina.

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Rick Perry Still Struggling in Presidential Debate

On paper, Perry is a great candidate, strong on defense, great record on jobs and the economy, proves to be a charismatic speaker, and can work a room of supporters with his generous personality and his firm handshake thumbs-up style. But on the undercard debate stage tonight, he proved that he still struggles to debate well.

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Rand Paul Lights the Torch for San Diego Republicans

2016 Presidential hopeful Senator Rand Paul condemned Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her role in the Benghazi scandal in an address to over 800 San Diego Republicans Saturday night. Paul, the featured guest for the San Diego County Republican

Rand Paul in San Diego (Michelle Moons / Breitbart News)