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NBC Poll: Trump Gains, Clinton Drops Nationally

A new weekly national tracking poll from NBC News shows Donald Trump adding to his lead over the Republican field, while Hillary Clinton’s lead over Bernie Sanders narrows slightly. Trump has the support of 38 percent of Republicans nationally, 20 points higher than his nearest rival Ted Cruz, with 18 percent. Hillary Clinton leads Sanders by 10 points, 50-40.

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Ben Carson to Campaign Volunteers: ‘I Am In This’

GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson met with his campaign volunteers at his headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire, Saturday morning, reassuring them that he is not suspending campaigning and telling them not to let anyone convince them that he is going anywhere.

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Pull It Together, Donald Trump

Now is the time for Trump to stop thinking about the polls, stop complaining about the media (or, far worse, the voters), and recover the reason, beyond himself, that prompted him to run in the first place

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Exit Polls: Late Movement Hurt Donald Trump, Boosted Marco Rubio

With Ted Cruz’s come-from-behind victory in Iowa and Marco Rubio’s surge, we now move forward to New Hampshire knowing less than we did coming into Iowa. Will Donald Trump collapse? Does Rubio have any plans to win any state before mid-March? Can Cruz consolidate enough support to stop either one of the other two candidates? Iowa gave us few indicators.

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How Ted Cruz Engineered His Iowa Triumph

At just about 9 p.m. local time, the leadership of Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign moved like a phalanx through the lobby of the Des Moines Marriott Downtown toward vehicles that would transport them to the Iowa State Fairgrounds, where Cruz was holding his caucus-night party. With three-quarters of Iowa’s precincts counted and with the race, according to television networks, still “too close to call,” campaign manager Jeff Roe declared victory.

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Marco Rubio’s Surprise Surge in Iowa

In the hours before the Iowa caucuses opened, supporters of Marco Rubio began hinting that the Florida senator would perform better than expected — and better than the latest polls were showing. The Des Moines Register Poll released right before

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