The fighting and the meanness that we see daily in the news may be what the extremists believe and feel but not what 40% – even 50% – of Americans believe and feel.
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Mitt Romney says he will not seek a second term in the Senate
Romney is critical of both Trump and Biden, and says most Republicans are drawn to a ‘populist demagogue message.’ His decision not to seek reelection is likely to be the end of the 2012 GOP presidential nominee’s political career.
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Top state Senate Republican to lead DeSantis campaign in Maine
Senate Minority Leader Trey Stewart, R-Presque Isle, will help lead Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign in Maine, along with former House Republican leader Josh Tardy and state Rep. Reagan Paul, R-Winterport.
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Another View: Thought Trump’s Big Lie was a problem? DeSantis’ is even scarier
A President DeSantis would be no friend to the democratic process.
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Commentary: Vivek Ramaswamy’s idiotic play for airtime is working
He and fellow presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have unleashed a flood of misinformation on the 2024 campaign trail – a tactic called the ‘Gish gallop.’
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Jim Fossel: 2024 campaigns must be specific, creative
Old tactics focused on either persuading or dividing voters aren’t going to cut it.
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Texas Republican files suit in effort to keep Trump off Maine’s presidential ballot
John Anthony Castro, a write-in Republican presidential candidate, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Portland seeking to disqualify the former president from the 2024 ballot, alleging that he violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Trump plans harsher trade and tax policies for his 2024 comeback bid
The ex-president intends to center his economic plans on extending and deepening the Republican tax cuts from 2017.
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In pivotal South Carolina primary, Republican presidential hopefuls search for a path against Trump
Several campaigns are placing a huge emphasis on South Carolina, where the Republican primary is traditionally the last chance before Super Tuesday for many White House hopefuls to break through.
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Conservative groups devise plan to dismantle U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision
The nearly 1,000-page handbook calls for firing as many as 50,000 federal workers and replacing them with an ‘army’ willing to carry out Trump’s wishes, or those of another conservative.