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Ready? Fire Ames!

Source: National Review Online, Nov 26 2012, 3:36am CST

Consider that in the poll’s 30-year-plus history it has correctly prefigured the eventual nominee just twice, in the persons of Senator Bob Dole and Governor George W. Bush, in 1995 and 1999, respectively, and only the latter went on — narrowly — ...

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20 minutes ago

Walker's Iowa visit tonight serves as 2016 test

Source: Des Moines Register  |   May 23 2013, 4:25am CDT

Scott Walker, the controversial governor of neighboring Wisconsin, comes to Iowa tonight amid speculation that hed be a smash with Republicans here if he were to run for president, as some top Iowa politics watchers predict. Hes th ...

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6 hours ago

Walker to speak at fundraiser in Iowa, stoking 2016 talk

Source: WISC Madison  |   May 22 2013, 10:45pm CDT

Gov. Scott Walker has been answering questions recently about his political ambitions after some high-profile speeches around the country. Walker appeared at the Conservative Political Action Committee in March and said ...

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25 weeks ago


Quote:
"I think the straw poll has outlived its usefulness ... It has been a great fundraiser for the party, but I think its days are over."


Source: National Review Online

 

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8 hours ago

Why Ted Cruz Needs to Trust Republicans

Source: The Monkey Cage  |   May 22 2013, 7:50pm CDT

The senior senator from Arizona urged this body to trust the Republicans. Let me be clear, I don’t trust the Republicans. I don’t trust the Democrats and I think a whole lot of Americans likewise don’t trust the Repu ...

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10 hours ago

Va. GOP’s E.W. Jackson: So far right he has said Democrats have ‘Antichrist’ agenda

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 22 2013, 6:42pm CDT

I can hardly wait for the first debate in the campaign for Virginia lieutenant governor. Will Republican candidate E.W. Jackson reaffirm a past position by accusing his Democratic opponent of representing the Antichrist? And, if so, how could ...

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10 hours ago

As Iowa Goes: Another Republican governor expands Medicaid

Source: Bangor Daily News  |   May 22 2013, 6:11pm CDT

As Gov. LePage (R-ME) announces that he’d veto a bill that pays the hospital debt via his plan and expands Medicaid (and then release the voter-approved bonds he’s held up so far), another Republican governor has taken a very different p ...

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11 hours ago

New poll highlights Mainers’ strong feelings about LePage

Source: Bangor Daily News  |   May 22 2013, 5:35pm CDT

The latest fix for Maine political junkies fixated on the 2014 governor’s race came Wednesday when Critical Insights, a Portland-based polling firm, released its semi-annual trend-tracking survey. Polls this far before an election offer little more than ...

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13 hours ago

Wis. governor to court Iowans, stoking 2016 talk

Source: AzFamily.com  |   May 22 2013, 3:04pm CDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year. But the Republican's actions suggest he might be seeking a much bigger prize — the presidency in 2016. This week, he p ...

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13 hours ago

Gov. Walker Courts Iowans, Stoking 2016 Talk

Source: NewsMax  |   May 22 2013, 2:55pm CDT

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year, his third race in four years. But the Republican's courting of out-of-state donors and conservatives, his plans to visit Iowa this week, and his refusal t ...

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15 hours ago

Maddow Freaked Out by 'Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very Conservative' GOP Candidates

Source: Newsbusters  |   May 22 2013, 1:36pm CDT

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow warned her very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very liberal audience that the Virginia Republican Party just picked a slate of "very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very conservative" candidates to run for office t ...

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