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Here's Hillary Clinton's big 2016 challenge, in one chart — As many have already observed, one of the big questions that will help decide whether Hillary Clinton wins the White House next year is this: Can Clinton turn out the coalition that helped power Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 wins at the same levels that the president did?
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Ted Cruz Sets Sights on ‘Moderate’ Marco Rubio — With the two Republican presidential hopefuls on the rise, the Texas hardliner is subtly trying to undermine his rival. — For Ted Cruz, the single biggest obstacle to winning the Republican nomination may not be outsider candidates Donald Trump …
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Heritage Action presidential scorecard rates Cruz near-perfect
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Chris Christie: 'I Don't Have A Lot Of Sympathy' For Ben Carson (VIDEO) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) delivered a challenge to Republican presidential rival Ben Carson on CNN's “New Day” on Monday morning: “Come out and tell us exactly what is going on.”
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Christie on Carson scrutiny: 'I don't have a whole lot of sympathy'
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Mike Huckabee Takes A Dig At Ben Carson: ‘I Never Stabbed Anybody’ (VIDEO)
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SeaWorld to phase out killer whale show … SeaWorld intends to phase out its longstanding killer whale show at its San Diego park next year as part of a comprehensive strategy unveiled Monday to re-position the embattled company amid persistent criticisms of how it treats its orcas.
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SeaWorld to phase out killer whale show — SeaWorld intends to phase out its longstanding killer whale show at its San Diego park next year as part of a strategy to re-position the embattled company amid persistent criticisms of how it treats its orcas. — In its place would be a new orca …
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Obama Tells Netanyahu Their Differences Must Be Narrowed — He says split is mostly on ‘narrow issue’ of the Iran deal — Netanyahu says shared goals will keep the alliance strong — President Barack Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that while their differences …
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Statement from University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe — It is clear to all of us that change is needed, and we appreciate the thoughtfulness and passion which have gone into the sharing of concerns. My administration has been meeting around the clock and has been doing …
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Despair, American Style — A couple of weeks ago President Obama mocked Republicans who are “down on America,” and reinforced his message by doing a pretty good Grumpy Cat impression. He had a point: With job growth at rates not seen since the 1990s, with the percentage of Americans covered …
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Charts of the Day: Americans Seem to Be About As Happy As Ever — The new Case/Deaton paper about the rise in white deaths from suicide, alcohol, and drug overdoses has inspired a lot of discussion about why Americans are apparently so despondent these days. Paul Krugman goes so far as to call it “existential despair.”
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How A Conservative Radio Host Inspired Ben Carson To Apply To Yale — Ben Carson told reporters a story on Friday that he has written about several times: as a high school senior, he could only afford to apply to one college, and he decided he would apply to the school that won a face off …
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Ben Carson and the Truth
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Supreme Court Tosses Lawsuit Against Texas Trooper — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday threw out a lawsuit against a Texas state trooper who shot and killed a fleeing driver while trying to disable the speeding car. — At a time of increased scrutiny focused on deadly police encounters …
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Four Reasons the Missouri Football Strikers are Cowardly Liberal Lazy Douchebags — UPDATE: Mizzou's President has apparently resigned, proving that some people think negotiating with terrorists is a good idea, even when those terrorists are 1-5 in the SEC.
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Missouri player says many on team don't support practice boycott — 37m - COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHELDON RICHARDSON MISSOURI TIGERS + more
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For debate, Fox Business aims to be the anti-CNBC — Fox Business Network, the host of Tuesday's GOP debate, has its claws out — not for the candidates, as its moderators vow to stick closely to the issues, but for its more famous competitor CNBC. — Tuesday's encounter …
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Fox Business Channel Star Maria Bartiromo to GOP Candidates: Grow Up — Despite all the Republican griping over CNBC's presidential debate, Maria Bartiromo says any question will be ‘fair game’ in Milwaukee on Tuesday. — When it comes to running a presidential debate …
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Bernie Sanders, Lover of Genocidal Tyrants, Is Anything But Cute — In a reality show election starring Hillary Clinton, it takes real effort to be the most appalling, disgusting, and morally bankrupt character in the cast. Enter stage left Bernie Sanders, the “democratic” socialist.
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Dems search for fountain of youth
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Bachmann: Jesus is ‘coming soon’ — Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) calls in an interview for converting as many people as possible to Christianity because Jesus is “coming soon.” — The 2012 Republican presidential candidate made the comments in a radio interview last week with Tony Perkins …
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RedState, Erick on the Radio, The PJ Tatler and The Huffington Post


Only Conservatives Can Save The American Campus-But Should We? — What does it take to generate a rabid, Maoist-style mob demanding political purges, on an Ivy League campus, in 2015? An email defending “offensive” Halloween costumes, apparently. — That's what kicked off the latest nadir …
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