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Ingraham: Romney ‘Driving the Bushes Crazy’

Talk radio host Laura Ingraham said that “you get the sense that he [Mitt Romney] is driving the Bushes crazy” on Monday. “Mitt Romney, at this big RNC gathering over the weekend, he was a speaker on Friday night so

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Obama Pushes Hundreds of Billions in Tax Hikes

In the build up to President Obama’s State of the Union address, the White House has floated plans to raise hundreds of billions in new taxes. The plans have almost no chance of passing Congress but are designed to frame the upcoming debates and alter the landscape for the presidential election in 2016.

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2016: Dr. Ben Carson Says IRS Should Be Eliminated

Dr. Ben Carson, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, earned cheers at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention on Sunday when he said that the IRS should be eliminated. Carson made the suggestion while criticizing President Obama’s tax hike, set to be unveiled in this week’s State of the Union address.

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Romney, ‘I Have No Intention of Running…’

Added to the RNC Winter Meeting Schedule just hours before the three day rally entitled “Building on Success” got started, former Presidential nominee Mitt Romney teased Republican National Committee leadership, leaving questions of his intentions for 2016 a mystery as

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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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Chuck Todd: RNC Debate Schedule ‘Very Logical’

NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd said that he thought the RNC’s 2016 presidential primary debate schedule was “very logical” on Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “It’s, I think, very logical. I’ve been one of these people, you know, a

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RNC Releases 2016 Debate Schedule

 SAN DIEGO, California Friday morning at the beachside RNC Winter Meeting in San Diego, California, the Republican National Committee laid out a schedule for a limited nine sanctioned Presidential debates ranging from August 2015 through March 2016. Fox news –

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The Spectator: The Sadness of Mitt 2016

This article was originally posted in The Spectator and written by Alex Massie: The suggestion Mitt Romney might make another run for the Presidency of the United States made me think of a line from one of my father’s novels: ‘There’s

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2016: Iowa Poll Shows Mitt Romney Leading Crowded GOP Field

According to a Gravis Marketing poll of some 500 Iowa Republicans, Mitt Romney leads the field a year ahead of that state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. The 2012 GOP nominee earns 21 percent. The next candidate is also a familiar face with a familiar name. Jeb Bush, a former two-term Florida governor, picked up 14 percent. Scott Walker, governor of neighboring Wisconsin, took third among candidates. He picked up 10 percent.

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Ingraham Praises ‘Reagan Conservative’ Scott Walker

Talk radio host Laura Ingraham praised Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) as a “solid, Reagan conservative” on Wednesday. Ingraham did say earlier that she wasn’t supporting any candidate, and, with the exception of Jeb Bush, wouldn’t rule anyone out she

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South FL Congresswoman: Jeb Will Keep Rubio Out of 2016 Race

Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) predicted that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) would not enter the 2016 presidential race because “it’ll be difficult for Marco to compete against a Jeb” in an interview with The Hill on Monday. Ros-Lehtinen said she was “excited” about

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Watch: Breitbart’s Pollak Interviews with Larry King

Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and author of the e-book, “Wacko Birds: The Fall (and Rise) of the Tea Party,” Joel Pollak sat down with Larry King on his Ora.Tv program “Politicking with Larry King” on Friday. Pollak argued that the

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Zuckerman: Jeb Will Be GOP Nominee in 2016

US News and World Report Chairman and Editor-in-Chief and publisher of The New York Daily News, Mort Zuckerman predicted that Jeb Bush will win the 2016 GOP nomination on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” After fellow panelist Eleanor Clift predicted that Jeb

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Paul Begala: Dems Are the Establishment Party

CNN Commentator and Democratic Strategist Paul Begala admitted that the Democratic Party had become an establishment party on Friday’s “Real Time” on HBO. After joking “The Republicans have always been the hierarchical party, they always nominate the oldest white guy

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Exclusive — Rand Paul Slams ‘Moderate’ Bush, Christie, Pushes Cuts To ‘Crap’ Obama Spending With Purse Power

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a fellow likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate, is a “moderate.” Calling a Republican who’s seeking the GOP nomination a “moderate” is a clear insult in Republican presidential primary politics. During that selection process, each of the candidates is likely to focus on highlighting conservative credentials to please GOP base voters. Paul further hinted Bush would be open to tax increases and more government spending, positions no candidate is likely to take while trying to win the nomination.

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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.

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Christie Administration Proposes More Gun Control For New Jersey

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s (R) administration is proposing more gun control in the form of “security requirements” for firearm retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers–and employees of the same–in the state. The proposals originated with the State Police and are the result

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Chris Christie’s Trip to Dallas Cowboys Playoff Game Was All-Expenses Paid Gift from Jerry Jones

A spokesperson for Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) confirms that Jerry Jones, owner of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, paid for the private jet that flew Christie from New Jersey to Texas to watch the National Football League playoff game between the Cowboys and the Detroit Lions on Sunday. The value of the round trip chartered flight was estimated to exceed $10,000. The value of the seat to watch the game in Jones’s private suite was estimated at $6,000. Both the round trip flight and Christie’s seat in Jones’s private suite during the game are apparently considered personal gifts from Jones to Christie.

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MSNBC’s Hunt: McConnell Wants GOP to ‘Not Look Scary’

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” network political correspondent Kasie Hunt reported on soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s vision for the Republican Party, which is tied to presidential prospects for 2016. “[A]s they come in, they are going

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George Will Touts ‘Potent’ Scott Walker

Columnist George Will touted Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) as “potentially the most potent candidate” for the GOP in 2016 on Monday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” “Don’t overlook, I think potentially the most potent candidate, and that is Scott Walker of

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Huckabee Signs Off Fox, Keeps 2016 Options Open

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) signed off on his Fox News Channel program “Huckabee” while keeping his presidential options open on Saturday. Huckabee said that while he wasn’t declaring he would run and that such a decision would not

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Emails Provide View Into Jeb Bush’s Governorship

The Wall Street Journal has reviewed several emails from then Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s tenure in office, though it is as yet hard to characterize it as a thorough review yielding an objective view of his overall time in office.

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CNN Poll: Jeb Bush Surges to GOP 2016 Frontrunner

A new CNN/ORC poll finds former Florida Governor Jeb Bush with a 10-point lead over New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and a 16-point advantage over Dr. Ben Carson among CNN’s sample of 453 individuals who it dubbed Republicans.

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