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Jeb Bush's campaign considers using brother George in bid to help campaign

Jeb Bush's presidential campaign is confronting the question they knew they would eventually have to face - whether to ask his older brother George to appear with him and revive his campaign.




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Jeb Bush cuts back on costs amid fears over his fund-raising ability

Republican presidential front-runner Jeb Bush is scaling back some of his campaign operations in a move intended to reassure his financial supporters that the operation is not being wasteful.




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Donald Trump blames George W Bush for 9/11 as Jeb calls attack 'pathetic'

Asked by Bloomberg Television how Americans might trust him to keep them safe, the Republican presidential front-runner bristled at the mention of Bush's role as comforter-in-chief after 9/11.




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Jeb Bush takes a swipe at Donald Trump after he blamed George snr for 9/11

The former Governor of Florida posted a two-minute video on Twitter with a string of 'absurd' comments the mogul has made on how he would operate as commander-in-chief.




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Donald Trump says his tough immigration stance might have prevented 9/11

Donald Trump suggested on Fox News Sunday that his tough stance on immigration might have prevented the terrorist attacks on 9/11. 'I doubt that those people would have been in the country.'




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Jeb Bush admitted in his own book that 'leaky' immigration policy led to 9/11

Jeb Bush wrote in a 2013 book that 'leaky' immigration policies led to the 2001 terrorist attack on the U.S. - although he attacked Donald Trump last week for saying the same thing.




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George W. Bush unloads on Ted Cruz at private fundraiser for Jeb

Clearly, former President George W. Bush's presidential pick is his brother Jeb Bush, but his least favorite GOP candidate  – well, that would be Ted Cruz. 'I just don't like the guy,' he said.




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Jeb Bush says his favorite superheroes are Batman and Supergirl

When Jeb Bush was asked to pick his favorite superhero he went for a classic – and a cutie. Bush said he liked Batman for being 'old school' and Supergirl for being 'pretty hot.'




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Jeb Bush cuts payroll, cancels fundraisers, slashes spending and lets senior staff go

It's an act of desperation from the onetime front-runner who was thought of as the Republicans' best shot at the White House until Donald Trump came along and stole all his thunder.




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Jeb Bush 'to attend meeting that will look at his finances and candidacy'

Bush, along with his brother and parents, are reportedly going to be at the Sunday and Monday meeting in Houston, Texas.




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President George HW Bush and George W Bush rally for struggling Jeb

Former Republican presidential front-runner Jeb Bush had the support of his father and his brother at a Houston rally Sunday night, but donors are increasingly nervous about the campaign.




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Jeb Bush's team calls Marco Rubio the Republican Barack Obama

The days of civility between Floridians Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio may be over, as the former governor and current senator seem poised to do battle over the 2016 GOP presidential race.




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Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio rule Google on GOP debate night

Ben Carson drew the most attention on Google in 22 states, mostly centered in the deep south and the midwest, compared to just 17 for The Donald. Marco Rubio won 10 states. Cruz. dominated in Wyoming.




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Marco Rubio calls out Hillary Clinton for making light of Benghazi hearing

While Republicans were sparring at last night's CNBC debate in Boulder, Hillary Clinton lit up Twitter by posting a GIF of her brushing her shoulder off during last week's Benghazi hearing.




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Jeb Bush rips Marco Rubio over missed Senate votes

Rubio has missed 60 percent of his Senate votes since June, one analysis, published last month, determined, and more than his fellow White House competitors.




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Republican insiders tell Jeb Bush to quit now after debate disaster

Former Republican presidential front-runner Jeb Bush's disappointing performance in Wednesday's GOP debate has led many observers to urge his withdrawal from the race.




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'I'm a grinder,' says Jeb Bush promising to become a better debater and blaming the media for suggesting that his campaign lacked 'fire' 

Jeb Bush is promising there will be more pep in his step as his presidential campaign attempts to reboot after last week's lackluster debate appearance. 'I'm a grinder,''f Bush said.




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Paul Singer backs Jeb Bush’s rival Marco Rubio for Republican presidential nomination

New York investor billionaire Paul Singer is now backing rival Marco Rubio, 44, after he was subject to an aggressive verbal attack from Jeb Bush, left, during a TV debate.




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Jeb Bush swings at Donald Trump in relaunch of his 2016 presidential campaign

Bush pushed the reset button on his struggling campaign today, kicking off his 'Jeb can fix it' tour from the state he presided over as governor for eight years.




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Marco Rubio TRIPLES his New Hampshire numbers in new poll

Rubio has vaulted into 3rd place behind Trump and Ben Carson in the past two months, growing support from 4 per cent to 13. Trump has slipped two points but still leads Ben Carson by 10




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Donald Trump sharpens his knives for Marco Rubio as his polls improve

'I think I'm better looking than he is,' Trump said of the much younger Floridian, as he hammered him on the 'very, very disloyal' decision to run against his mentor Jeb Bush.




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Bush's 'Jeb Can Fix It' slogan draws snickers as Twitter is flooded with 'Bob The Builder' jokes

In the annals of American political slogans, none has ever been borrowed from a British cartoon. Jeb Bush can fix that.




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Jeb Bush asks dad's TV coach Jon Kraushar to fix poor communication skills

Jon Kraushar, a renowned Republican consultant who helped coach Jeb Bush's father and brother to presidential victories over the past 30 years is now being called to help Jeb Bush himself.




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Ben Carson and Donald Trump neck and neck in new poll as Jeb Bush hits low

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz sure looked to have a strong debate night last week – and now there's a poll to prove it. Both Rubio and Cruz made substantial gains, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.




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Donald Trump retweets anti-Jeb Bush picture with a swastika and sombrero

Donald Trump retweeted a photo collage of anti-Jeb Bush images Tuesday which showed the former governor next to a Nazi swastika and another showing him in a sombrero.




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Donald Trump hammers Marco Rubio's credit card 'disaster' in New Hampshire

The Donald was in Concord, NH to formally file his candidacy papers for February's New Hampshire primary, and fought through hundreds of supporters to get to the statehouse.




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Jeb Bush has had enough of Donald Trump's brutal late-night tweets

While The Donald hammered Bush on Wednesday for not being 'truthful' on Fox News, the former governor was tweeting fall foliage.




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Jeb Bush's top Florida fundraiser Brian Ballard quits over attacks on Marco Rubio

Jeb Bush's top fundraiser in the state he once governed has ditched his campaign in an apparent disagreement over his attacks on fellow Floridian and rival Marco Rubio.




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Jeb Bush reveals he would murder baby Adolf Hitler if he could go back in time

In an interview with The Huffington Post Jeb Bush said that he was asked recently in an email if he would kill baby Hitler, to which he responded; 'Hell yeah, I would! You gotta step up, man!'




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Donald Trump booed as he insults John Kasich in immigration spat

'Come on folks, we all know that we can't pick them up and ship them back across the border,' Kasich charged. 'It's a silly argument. It's not an adult argument.'




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Jeb Bush goes Rambo on ISIS saying ‘We should have no empathy for enemies’

'We should destroy them, plain and simple, which means a strategy in the Middle East to do just that,' Bush said on Fox. Americans want leader to 'go in, settle this, and then move on,' he said.




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Hillary Clinton trails EVERY top-tier Republican in national poll as Marco Rubio leads her by 8 points – and even Chris Christie could edge her in a general election

Everyone in the field – including Clinton – improved their 'honesty and trustworthy' scores except for Ben Carson, whose number has plummeted by 7 points since the beginning of the month.




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Hillary Clinton tops Donald Trump and Ben Carson on handling terrorism

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton also leads the race among the candidates whom Americans most trust to handle terrorism, an new Washington Post-ABC News poll found Monday




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Jeb calls Obama comment linking climate change to terrorism 'ludicrous'

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush took aim at the Obama administration in separate national TV interviews Wednesday, slamming the president for an ineffective fight against ISIS




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Marco Rubio spent a fortune on love child rumours but Jeb Bush's hands are clean

Marco Rubio's PAC spent more than $40,000 trying to debunk the whispers that had long haunted the Florida Republican: that he had a 'zipper problem,' mistresses and a love child.




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Herman Cain will speak at Trump rally on Monday as he attacks Jeb Bush for talking tough while The Donald continues to 'wipe the floor with him' 

Herman Cain, who had his 15 minutes of political fame back in 2012, is coming out of the woodwork to spread the word about Donald Trump. Cain will speak at Trump's rally tonight in Georgia.




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Jeb Bush donor Mike Fernandez described Donald Trump as a bully 

Mike Fernandez (pictured) paid for the advert to be run in The Miami Herald yesterday, and it will also be printed in Des Moines and Las Vegas on December 14.




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Paul Rand 'to be booted in favor of Chris Christie in GOP debate'

The debate will air on CNN at 9 pm Eastern on Tuesday, Dec. 15. Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, John Kasich and Carly Fiorinia are likely to be included.




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Donald Trump swats away Jeb Bush over Muslims and terror at GOP debate 2015

'Jeb doesn't really believe I'm unhinged,' Trump said. 'He said that because his campaign has failed, and nobody cares.' The two talked over each other constantly as The Donald mugged and grimaced.




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Donald Trump, Chris Christie and Ted Cruz are CNN Republican debate 'winners'

'He was 2,000 percent more presidential than anybody else tonight,' one woman said of Christie, the governor of New Jersey. Cruz scored points for his tough talk on terrorism.




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Donald Trump throws pity party for Jeb Bush after GOP debate

Donald Trump doesn't like having to be mean to Jeb Bush. 'I don't like doing it, I don't like saying bad things about him,' Trump told Bill O'Reilly in an interview that will be airing tonight.




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Donald Trump tells Bill O'Reilly he isn't thin-skinned after Jeb Bush jibes

The GOP presidential candidate known for his stinging take downs of his opponents and critics told O'Reilly 'people go after me' and insisted that he doesn't like having to be mean to be mean.




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Jeb Bush boasts that he's been consistent on illegal immigration

Bush's brag flies in the face of his own changing position on the issue since 2012, when he said he supported a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and now.




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Jeb Bush 'hated' being the frontrunner and Donald Trump calls him a 'loser'

Jeb Bush likes running for president from behind. Talking to John Dickerson yesterday on Face the Nation, the former frontrunner said he didn't care much for the honor that Trump currently holds.




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Rand Paul says he won't debate if booted from Fox Business' prime time event

Three more GOP candidates are likely to be downgraded from prime time to meal time at the next debate, including Rand Paul. The senator says he won't debate at all if it comes to that.




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Jeb Bush's spokeswoman calls Donald Trump 'Twitter-drunk' over Photoshop image

Bush had challenged Trump to a one-on-one debate. The Donald responded by sharing the image with 5.4 million Twitter followers – depicting Jeb with his finger up one nostril.




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Donald Trump says he wants to 'run the table' and win primaries in EVERY early state 

'I'm looking to win everything,' Trump told a capacity crowd of thousands in a South Carolina hotel ballroom, saying that his tussles with Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush are part of a 'war.'




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Jeb Bush calls Donald Trump 'unhinged' and 'dishonest' in new video 

Jeb Bush has his own countdown to contribute to conclude the year. The Bush campaign put out a new video blasting the 'chaos candidate' Donald Trump, pointing out his more clueless moments.




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Jeb Bush says Tamir Rice was shot in Chicago and calls Loretta Lynch a 'he'

When a reporter reminded him that the shooting 'happened in Cleveland,' a forlorn-looking Bush cast his eyes downward and said: 'Oh, I'm sorry. My bad.'




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Donald Trump releases list of 'town chairs' in New Hampshire

When Donald Trump's campaign rolled out a list of his New Hampshire town chairs last week the roster was supposed to show the 'incredible grassroots support' he was receiving in the state.