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I may not be the youngest candidate in this race, but I’ll be the youngest woman president in the history of the United States.
— Hillary Clinton, “sketching a vision of a more hopeful, inclusive America that takes care of own while taking on big challenges such as climate change, said Saturday she is running for president to be the champion the country needs now, as well as its history-making first female commander in chief,” the Washington Post reports.
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Favorite son Lindsey Graham’s lead in South Carolina, followed closely by Ben Carson at 12%, Jeb Bush at 11%, Scott Walker at 10%, Marco Rubio at 8%, Mike Huckabee at 7% and Ted Cruz at 6%, according to a new Morning Consult Poll.
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Jeb Bush’s lead in New Hampshire, followed by Scott Walker at 10%, Rand Paul at 9%, Marco Rubio at 8% and Donald Trump at 8%, according to a new Morning Consult Poll.
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Scott Walker’s leading over the GOP field in Iowa, followed by Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul at 10%. They are followed by Marco Rubio at 7%, Chris Christie at 6%, and Ben Carson and Donald Trump at 5% according to a new Morning Consult Poll.
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Of Floridians who voted when Marco Rubio was last on the ballot, in 2010, are still registered, a Bloomberg Politics study conducted with University of Florida has found. By contrast, political scientist Daniel A. Smith found that nearly three-quarters of Florida’s 12.9 million currently registered voters have never even seen Jeb Bush’s name on a ballot.
There is only one thing that I really miss about being president, and that’s being the commander-in-chief.
— George W. Bush, quoted by The Hill.
The problem is not that I don’t understand the global banking system. The problem for these guys is that I fully understand the system and I understand how they make their money. And that’s what they don’t like about me.
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), quoted by Politico, firing back at JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon for suggesting she has no clue what she’s talking about in her attacks on Wall Street.
Texas was in a long period of drought until Governor Perry signed the fetal pain bill. It rained that night. Now God has his hold on California.
— California Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R), suggesting her state’s worst drought in 1,200 years may be God’s retribution for laws providing women with access to abortions, the Huffington Post reports.
Here’s the question for the country: Can you be single and still be president? Is it a job for married people only? Is there a sign on the White House, ‘Single people may not apply?’ I don’t know, I haven’t seen it.
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), in an interview with Yahoo, on being unmarried and running for president.
