The poll, released Thursday by Quinnipiac University, asked more than 1500 registered voters to say the 'first word' that comes to mind when they hear the name of the presidential candidates.

Jeb Bush is facing new problems in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination after three of his top fundraisers abruptly left his campaign, with Donald Trump announcing on Twitter they quit.

'FORGET LOVE ... IT'S TIME TO GET TOUGH!' the new Trump ad blares after flashing mugshots of three illegal immigrant killers – just like Jeb's dad once did in a famous ad that sank Michael Dukakis' 1988 bid.

The new video features Trump praising Hillary Clinton as a 'terrific woman,' declaring himself 'very pro-choice' and saying his views as a New Yorker are 'different than if I lived in Iowa.'

In the vlash of the titans, Jeb is pressing ahead with a 'Which Candidate Are You?' quiz on Facebook warning Americans that Trump is a 'germophobe.'

Donald Trump told Jeb Bush to speak only English in the United States, but at the same time the billionaire's luxury hotel is seeking Spanish speakers in Florida.

Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush delivered parallel messages on Tuesday - one in Spanish, another in English - as he took a sharp swipe at frontrunner Donald Trump.

Jeb Bush became Stephen Colbert's first political guest on the 'Late Show' and used the appearance to promise civility — just hours after Donald Trump hit Bush again for being boring.

'Man did JEB throw his brother under the bus last night on Colbert,' tweeted Donald Trump, as the current GOP front-runner continues to troll the former GOP front-runner.

Donald Trump and Jeb Bush didn't waste time locking horns at Wednesday's CNN presidential debate, as both tangled quickly in the debate's first hour.

The billionaire's new video mocks Jeb for saying illegal immigrants commit 'an act of love' and claiming the term 'anchor babies' refers mostly to Asian children.

Trump said people like gunman Christopher Harper-Mercer, who killed nine at Umpqua Community College and legally owned 13 firearms, can 'slip through the cracks'.

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.

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.

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.'

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.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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

'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.'

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

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.

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.

'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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

'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.'

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.

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.

Trump has begun 2016 right where last year ended by tweeting his 5.5million followers attacking political rivals Bill and Hillary Clinton, alongside fellow Republican Jeb Bush.

The four Republicans are locked in a tight battle to become establishment wing's standard bearer, and they're crowding each other out, which gives Trump the space to pull far ahead.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's relentless recent attacks on Ted Cruz, his closest rival for the primary nomination, appear to be paying off in the Hawkeye State.

Saturday Night Live kicked off with a skit mocking Thursday night's Republican debate, poking fun at all seven candidates' performances from earlier this week.

Jimmy Kimmel parodied Trump's Freedom Kids, with a less-than-rousing performance by a trio of girls (with Vanessa Hudgens) who sang of Bush's sad showing at the polls.

The Donald took questions from reporters at a Las Vegas casino before taking the stage at the Outdoor Sportsman Awards. Earlier in the day he said Jeb's campaign 'is in the toilet.'

While Ted Cruz has been the main target on Donald Trump's radar in recent days, today Trump took some time to rib an old favorite: Jeb Bush. 'He should go home and relax!' Trump suggested.

'Cruz is going down. He's like a nervous wreck. He's going down,' The Donald said during a Las Vegas rally. He also hammered a CNN analyst who said if Trump didn't win Iowa by 10, it would be a loss.

Ted Cruz blasted out a 'Monty Python's Holy Grail' clip showing 'Brave Sir Robin' chickening out ,while Rand Paul snarked that 'the IQ of the debate went up a couple dozen points.'

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Tuesday appeared to question GOP front-runner Donald Trump's Christian faith, although his campaign later backpedaled

After a second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump is poised to bounce back with a crushing victory in the New Hampshire primary.

'I'd go through a process and get it declassified [as torture], frankly ... certainly waterboarding at a minimum,' the Republican presidential front-runner said.

The Republican National Committee, Trump alleged, 'told us we have all donors in the audience. And the reason they're not loving me is I don't want their money.'

'Here's the story on Jeb,' Trump said of the former Florida governor on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' program. 'He's a stiff who you wouldn't hire in private enterprise, okay? This is a stiff.'

Donald Trump doesn't need much of a push to dole out colorful adjectives about his rivals so he happily played a game of word association this morning on Morning Joe.