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Trump sends Chicago GOP donors spinning in different directions
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Ron Gidwitz, Dan Webb and William Kunkler are veteran Republicans – and friends – from Chicago’s political money circuit. They raised buckets of cash for Mitt Romney four years ago. This time, however, their party’s nominee has sent them spinning off in three directions. Gidwitz is hosting fundraisers for Donald Trump. Webb wrote a big…
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Horrified by Trump, Democrats getting nostalgic about Romney
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When President Barack Obama ran for re-election, Democrats made no secret of their disdain for Mitt Romney. That was all before Donald Trump. Horrified by the prospect of Trump in the White House, Obama and his party have changed their tune about Romney. As they denounce Trump as “unhinged” and unfit, they’re getting nostalgic about the 2012…
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Trump and new team have little time to execute new strategy
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Donald Trump is on the clock. He has about 80 days to reset and rally a presidential campaign that’s done little but stagger since the close of the Republican convention. The GOP nominee’s allies say the celebrity businessman and his new leadership team are “laser-focused” and ready to direct the billionaire’s venom against Democratic Hillary Clinton.…
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Trump brags about crowd size but will it turn into votes?
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It’s a staple of nearly every Donald Trump rally: a boast from the candidate about his massive crowd size, a claim – sometimes true and sometimes not – that thousands more outside are hoping to get in, and a belief that the turnout foreshadows victory in November. “I actually think I’m going good, I have…
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Clinton releases 2015 tax returns, pushing Trump for his
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Hillary and Bill Clinton earned $10.6 million last year, according to a tax filing released by her campaign that sought to pressure presidential rival Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns. The filing shows that the Clintons paid a federal tax rate of 34.2 percent in 2015. The bulk of their income – more than…
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After verbal missteps, Trump blames others
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It’s the media’s fault. That’s out of context. Never said it in the first place. Donald Trump’s claim Friday that he was merely being “sarcastic” in accusing President Barack Obama of establishing a terrorist group was his latest attempt to blame others for the uproar over what he says. It’s an instinct that Trump’s opponents say a president can’t…
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Clinton wooing a new group of voters: Republicans
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Hoping to capitalize on the criticism battering Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has begun portraying support for her candidacy as a patriotic duty of voters. She’s broadening her message and appealing directly to Republicans to keep him out of the White House. It’s a twist for a Democratic presidential candidate who has some of the highest…
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Top GOP fundraiser Meg Whitman endorses Clinton
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Top Republican donor and fundraiser Meg Whitman has endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, saying she cannot support a candidate who has “exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division.” The Hewlett-Packard executive said in a statement Tuesday that Republican nominee Donald Trump’s “demagoguery has undermined the fabric of our national character.” “Trump’s reckless and uninformed…
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Strategist’s bolt from GOP a sign of Trump’s impact on party
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Less than four years ago, the Republican Party tapped a few respected party officials to help the GOP find its way forward. This week, one of them says she’s leaving the party – driven out by Donald Trump. While not a household name, Sally Bradshaw’s decision to leave the GOP rocked those who make politics…
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Brown: How do you solve a problem like Trump?
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In November of 2012, President Barack Obama won the women’s vote by a 55 percent to 44 percent margin over Mitt Romney. While Romney won men 52 percent to 45 percent in the same election, his inability to overcome an eleven-point gap among women cost him the election and with it the presidency. Women pick…