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I suspect Dr. Ben Carson is about to learn that running for President of the United States is not brain surgery.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 4, 2015
42%
Of New Jersey voters believe Jeb Bush would make a better president than Chris Christie, who only 27% support, a new Monmouth University poll finds. Similarly, more N.J. voters believe Scott Walker would make a better president than Christie, 34% to 24%. “Just 29% of Gov. Christie’s Garden State constituents believe he has the right temperament to be president, while 67% say he does not. Large majorities of Democrats (78%) and independents (64%) – as well as a majority (54%) of Republicans – say Christie does not have the right temperament to lead the country. Just three months ago, a solid majority (66%) of Republicans believed Christie did have the proper disposition for the presidency.”
A Nebraska woman identifying herself as the “ambassador” for plaintiffs “God and His Son, Jesus Christ,” is suing all homosexuals on Earth for breaking “religious and moral laws,” NBC News reports.
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Of Republican primary approve of the job Sen. John McCain is doing, compared to 50% who disapprove, a new Public Policy Polling survey in Arizona finds. Only 37% of primary voters say they generally support him for renomination, compared to 51% who say they would prefer someone ‘more conservative.’
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Gov. Scott Walker’s big early lead in the Republican Caucus, followed by Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Marco Rubio at 13%, Sen. Ted Cruz at 12%, Mike Huckabee at 11%, Ben Carson at 7% and Jeb Bush at 5%, according to a new Quinnipiac poll in Iowa. No other candidate is above 3%.
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The DNC “announced that the party’s primary election season will feature six officially sanctioned debates, a light schedule for a thin Democratic field — one that stands in striking contrast to the lineup for the already-crowded race for the GOP nomination,” the Washington Post reports.
Everything that starts with ‘Al’ in the Middle East is bad news.
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by TPM.
The religious right remains the largest voting bloc in the Republican Party, and that gives Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, the potential to play a big role in the presidential nominating contest. … But Mr. Huckabee, who was set to announce his presidential bid Tuesday morning, will have a harder time winning Iowa than he did in 2008, when religious conservatives had serious reservations about the two main candidates, John McCain and Mitt Romney. This year’s conservative favorites do not have Mr. Romney’s vulnerabilities among evangelicals, like Mormonism or past support for abortion rights.
