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WH2016: New early state polling has Trump looking even stronger in the battle for the GOP nomination

WH2016: New early state polling has Trump looking even stronger in the battle for the GOP nomination

The multi billionaire chalks up biggest leads yet in the 2 states with the first full primaries New polling overnight shows the extent that Donald Trump is dominating the effort to win the Republican party nomination in the so called early states which are first to decide in the nomination race. After Iowa with its caucuses which involve those who are ready to turn out on a cold winter’s night to attend a political meeting the first real primaries take…

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The big Democratic party WH2016 question remans – “Is Joe Biden going to run”?

The big Democratic party WH2016 question remans – “Is Joe Biden going to run”?

New key state polling suggests he could do better than Hillary The head of steam that’s building up over a Joe Biden WH2016 bid has received an enormous boost with a range of key state polling from Quinnipac University suggesting that in several battles the Vice-President could do better than Hillary against a range of likely GOP nominees. This follows an awkward month for the odds-on favourite, Hillary, trying to deal with the email affair as well as seeing her…

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Donald Trump continues to dominate the GOP nomination polls

Donald Trump continues to dominate the GOP nomination polls

What the “experts” deemed a debate disaster hasn’t done him any harm It’s now a week and a half on from the first Republican nominee debate of the 2016 campaign – an event that delivered for Fox News its biggest audience of all time. Normally at this stage in a White House very few people are concerned with the minutiae of nomination battles and TV debate audiences are measured in hundreds of thousands not tens of millions. The reason, of…

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Al Gore – the 150/1 outsider for the Democratic Party nomination

Al Gore – the 150/1 outsider for the Democratic Party nomination

Could 2016 be Bush v Gore not Bush v Clinton? You can see how Hillary Clinton’s issue with her private emails turns very messy and denies her the nomination, Joe Biden’s age is becoming a barrier to him getting the nomination, so much so, that’s he reportedly considering standing for only one term to calm those concerns about his age. The other day it was reported former Vice President and winner of the popular vote in the 2000 Presidential election, Al…

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The lucid Harvard professor who could make Hillary’s White House bid a bit less straightforward

The lucid Harvard professor who could make Hillary’s White House bid a bit less straightforward

I don’t know how seriously to take this move by the prominent, and highly lucid, Harvard law professor who wants to become president and then stand down after getting effective campaign finance reforms enacted. His strength as a communicator are shown in his promotional video. The key test is whether his plan to “crowd source” his bid is successful. If this does take off in any way then the Hillary campaign could be most effected. Her current dominating position has…

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Jeb Bush, 6/4 favourite for the GOP nomination, slips to 7% in the first post debate poll

Jeb Bush, 6/4 favourite for the GOP nomination, slips to 7% in the first post debate poll

Carly Fiorina & Ted Cruz big movers in post debate GOP nominee poll by Survey Monkey for NBCTrump still dominates. pic.twitter.com/0kTuFSejLf — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 11, 2015 Trump up 1 while Fiorina and Cruz the big gainers Away from the Labour leadership the most intriguing political betting market currently is on who will be the Republican party nominee for the November 2016 Presidential Election. Last Thursday we had the first live TV debates and today we’ve got the first…

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Meanwhile in the White House race the reverberations from the Fox News GOP contenders debate comtinue

Meanwhile in the White House race the reverberations from the Fox News GOP contenders debate comtinue

One reaction to Thursday's Fox News GOP debate. pic.twitter.com/dSiiyBCrCN — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 9, 2015 What a difference Trump makes. Most watched primary debates: WH2008 10.7m WH2012 7.63m WH2016 last Thursday 24m Via @GoodwinMJ — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 9, 2015

The first GOP debate – has it changed your view?

The first GOP debate – has it changed your view?

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Everybody seems to want instant reactions to events like the Fox GOP debates in Cleveland Ohio. My only “winner”, for want of a better term, was Carly Fiorina – the ex-CEO of Hewlett Packard who sounded fluid and convincing in the first session for those who started with the lowest poll ratings. Next time she needs to be facing Donald Trump – the dominant figure who has refused to rule out running as a…

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