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Chafee Jabs Clinton: ‘I Have Had No Scandals’

Presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee wasted no time in attacking fellow Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton and her email scandal at the party’s first debate of the 2016 election season. “I have high ethical standards,” Chaffee said, as he hit Hillary with in his opening statement. He has “had no scandals,” he added.

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Donald Trump: ‘I’m Never Getting Out’

Billionaire candidate Donald Trump is firing back at headlines questioning his longevity on the presidential campaign trail and whether he plans on dropping out of the Republican presidential race. “That’s some breaking news, that should be a Drudge headline, ‘I’m never getting out,’” he said as he signed off for the commercial break.

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during the Values Vote

Stop ‘Talking Down America,’ Obama Warns Presidential Contenders

Obama criticized presidential candidates for not offering solutions to economic problems, choosing instead to blame his presidency. Obama appeared to address political candidates of both parties, as he did not specifically single out Republicans. “I’m here to say that there is nothing particularly patriotic or American about talking down America,” he said, citing the United States economy as a source of economic strength in the world.

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Hollywood Hillary Backer Pushes Joe Biden Run

Long-time Clinton chum Casey Wasserman, a Hollywood sports agent, suggested Sunday that a run by Vice President Joe Biden for president in 2016 would serve to strengthen Hillary’s run for the Democratic Party nomination and the Oval Office.

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New Anti-Trump Biography Exposes Left’s Hatred

This book is everything detestable about the Left all rolled into one: class-warfare, political correctness, race baiting, double standards, arrogant self-righteousness, condescending pseudo-elitism, false pseudo-intellectualism, socialist amateur economic innuendo, and of course the Left’s signature, bottomless capacity for vile demonization.

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Ben Carson Draws Thousands in CA

On Wednesday afternoon, 2016 Presidential candidate and pediatric surgeon Dr. Ben Carson addressed thousands of people at a rally in Anaheim, California. Much of Carson’s question and answer session touched significantly on his medical experience. His speech centered around his

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Poll Shows GOP’s Two Rival Wings Combine to 50 Percent for 2016

A new poll shows that the combined polling support for the populist and establishment candidates in the GOP primary adds up to 50 percent of the electorate. That is sufficient to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016–if the GOP’s two wings can somehow rally all their supporters on election day.

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Joe Biden Not Sure He Has ‘Emotional Energy’ For Presidential Run

Joe Biden traveled to Atlanta yesterday evening to deliver a speech at the Ahavath Achim Synagogue to defend the administration’s nuclear deal with Iran, but took questions after the event from participants. “I will be straightforward with you. The most relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and I have the emotional energy to run,” he said.

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White House: Joe Biden Would Make Competent President

Earnest reminded reporters during the White House Press Briefing of Obama’s characterization of his decision to run with Biden on his presidential ticket as the best political decision of his presidency. “I think that should give you some sense of the president’s view of Vice President Biden’s aptitude for the top job,” Earnest said.

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Kelli Ward Beats John McCain in Latest AZ Poll

Ward was the choice of 45 percent of the registered Arizona voters polled, while McCain only garnered 36 percent. 1,271 of the more than 1,400 voters polled say they intend to vote in the 2016 primary election. Approximately one fifth remained undecided at this early stage of the race.

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CNN Poll: Donald Trump Still Rising

Donald Trump continues his dynamic rise in the polls, according to the latest CNN poll, which shows him earning 24 percent of support from Republican and Republican leaning voters.

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Exclusive – Wayne Allyn Root: Trump Is ‘Relentless’

The mainstream media doesn’t get it. Intellectuals don’t get it. Campaign consultants don’t get it. John McCain doesn’t get it. Maybe even Fox News anchors don’t get it. How the heck is Donald Trump still in the GOP presidential race, let alone winning? How can he offend so many people, yet still sit at the top of the polls? The opinion makers and TV experts just don’t understand his appeal.

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Trump Interview: ‘Admire Palin,’ Political Media ‘Amazingly Dishonest,’ Real Climate Change ‘Nuclear’

In the Palin Update radio program released Monday, host Kevin Scholla interviews 2016 Presidential candidate and American success story Donald Trump, who offers his admiration of Governor Palin, his take on the “amazingly dishonest” political media, taking on “weak, ineffective” politicians in both major political parties, the pathetic treatment of veterans, “nuclear climate change,” his run for the White House, and how he plans to make America great again.

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Marco Rubio Slips in Latest Poll

It’s still early in the 2016 Republican presidential primary race, but things are not looking all that good for Sen. Marco Rubio. The most recent Mason-Dixon poll shows that Rubio has dropped 15 percentage points from former Governor Jeb Bush among Florida voters, in comparison to the previous Mason-Dixon poll that had Rubio and Bush virtually tied among the Republican electorate in the Sunshine State.

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Walker to ALEC: Cancel Iran Deal, Defund Planned Parenthood

Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin told attendees at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Thursday morning in San Diego that if elected President in 2016, he would cancel the nuclear deal with Iran on day one in office. He also said that Planned Parenthood should be defunded for its role in benefiting from abortions.

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McCain Calls Some Arizonans ‘Crazies’ ‘Fired Up’ by Trump

Trump has been decrying the lax state of immigration enforcement in the U.S. and related problem of sanctuary cities. He has brought to national attention the stories of families killed by illegal aliens. Since his announcement, Trump has catapulted to the top of polls for 2016 GOP Presidential hopefuls. “Now he galvanized them,” McCain said. “He’s really got them activated.”

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The GOP’s Immigration Trump Card

Donald Trump has rocketed to the top-tier of GOP presidential polls, so naturally the greatest concern of the mainstream media is to determine how forcefully Republican leaders will condemn him.

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