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“Big Money’s Futile Search For A GOP Frontrunner”: There Is No Overriding...
The New York Times has a well-reported article today outlining the desires of various Republican Party donors and bundlers to get behind a single establishment candidate in the 2016 presidential...
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“Koch Brothers Eye 2016 Favorite”: David Koch Talked About The Wisconsin...
Presidential candidates are always eager to earn support from voters, but with nine months remaining until anyone casts a primary ballot, White House hopefuls have a slightly different focus at this...
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“Sheldon Adelson Will Not Be Ignored”: He May Have Built A Lot Of Casinos,...
Sheldon Adelson has never struck me as a brilliant guy, but I admit I don’t have much to go on in making that judgment. Maybe it’s the spectacularly ridiculous dyed-red combover that makes him seem...
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“Big Trouble In Sheldon Adelson’s Little China”: Sometimes It’s Best To Just...
Sheldon Adelson has rarely been shy about sharing his opinion. Whether the topic is Israeli politics, online gambling, or the next GOP presidential nominee, the multibillionaire casino man and...
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“In GOP Debates, The Wrong People Are On The Stage”: Super-Rich Donors Turn...
Once upon a time in our Good Ol’ US-of-A, presidential contenders and their political parties had to raise the funds needed to make the race. How quaint. But for the 2016 run, this quaint way of...
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“Playing A Deeply Inside Game”: Why Ted Cruz Has The Best Chance Of Becoming...
It’s good to be Ted Cruz. He may not have the buzziest campaign of the 2016 cycle thus far, ceding the stage to standouts — like Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Ben Carson, and Carly Fiorina — who have...
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“Perry Gets Winnowed”: He Had No Distinct Identity In A Huge Field Dominated...
The “winnowing” of the vast GOP presidential field proceeded apace this weekend, with Rick Perry “suspending” his campaign. Officially, that means there are 16 “real” candidates left. Unofficially, CNN...
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“The High Life Has Ended For Team Jeb”: Are Donors Getting Annoyed At How...
There’s a fascinating piece up at Politico this morning from Eli Stokols and Marc Caputo that documents the Jeb Bush presidential campaign’s new interest in frugality. On the first day of a two-day...
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“Will Jindal Make It To Caucus Night?”: In Weaker Financial Position Than...
On January 10, 2016, Bobby Jindal will without question obtain one of his heart’s great desires: liberation from any further obligation to the People of the Gret Stet of Loosiana. As noted here often...
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“Clouded Political Judgment”: What Happened To Jeb Bush? Too Much Money
Jeb Bush has dropped into single digits in the polls — and that’s just among Republicans in his home state of Florida. What happened to the man with all the money, top name recognition and, according...
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“Team Bush In A Fog”: One Of The Most Honest Things Jeb Has Said This Campaign
As Ed Kilgore noted on Friday, Jeb Bush’s campaign is facing tough times right now. It has been widely reported that the Bush family and Jeb’s major donors are getting together in Houston this weekend...
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“Jeb Bush Needs More Than Endorsements”: Highlighting The Extent To Which His...
Tuesday proved to be another telling day in the lackluster presidential campaign of Jeb Bush. While a new Quinnipiac poll showed the former Florida governor polling at just 4 percent in Iowa, Bush’s...
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“Cruz Sugar Daddy Funds A Fake Black GOP Group”: “Black Americans For A...
One of the GOP’s leading billionaire donors is also funding 96 percent of a super PAC named “Black Americans for a Better Future.” Funny thing is, that donor, eccentric billionaire Robert Mercer, is...
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“We Can’t Do The Rubio Thing Anymore”: More Bad News For Marco Rubio: He Just...
In his role as the donor class’s darling, Marco Rubio has enjoyed support from the Republicans’ media arm, Fox News. Throughout the primary, Fox provided Rubio with friendly interviews and key...
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“Trump Needs Billionaires, And They Know It”: Selling The American People To...
Did you hear the shocking news? Unlikely presidential candidate Donald Trump announced last week that he would be fundraising in a big way to pay for the rest of his campaign. Trump’s new finance...
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