Why Jeb Bush's Nod Is the Beginning of the End of the Primary Race

It’s the ninth inning of the Republican presidential primary, and Mitt Romney just brought his ace closer into the game.

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Mitt Romney's Victory Bores the Press

Veteran professional GOP primary watchers are starting to sound a wee bit bored: Mitt Romney won big in Illinois, but because they all saw it coming (it's their job to make accurate predictions, after all) nothing has changed in the presidential race.

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Signs of Newt Gingrich's Fading Campaign

Gingrich made his usual pledge on the Hannity show to stay in the race, but his fundraising is drying up, his schedule is lightening, there are questions about what he could accomplish by pressing on to the August convention in Tampa.

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Romney Wins Illinois

Mitt Romney has polled well ahead of Rick Santorum in Illinois the last few days, but his campaign told the Huffington Post that they expect the race to be closer than the polls predict. 

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Winning Is Never Enough for Romney

You'd think Tuesday, the day of the Illinois primary, was shaping up to be a good day for Mitt Romney, both mathematically -- the state awards lots of delegates, and Rick Santorum has already ceded 10 by not filing all the right paperwork -- and symbolically -- this would be a victory in a big, diverse state just days after Romney demolished Santorum in Puerto Rico, where Santorum wasted two days campaigning

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GOP Candidates Not Sure What to Say About the Economy

Now that the unemployment rate has improved several months in a row, Mitt Romney has had to shift his message on the economy, while Rick Santorum has stopped talking about it at all.

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How Solid Is Romney's Lead in Illinois?

Romney is leading Santorum in Illinois, but will the underdog outperform his polls again? Meanwhile, more Americans approve of the job Obama's doing, but a majority wants health care reform killed by the Supreme Court.

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Team Romney Can't Seem to Humanize Mitt

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Santorum Giving Up on Suburbanites, Moderates, People Creeped Out by Penn State

Rick Santorum condemned President Obama for not protecting children from pornographers Sunday night, but in the same 5-minute interview, he wouldn't say that Joe Paterno had failed to protect children from an accused child rapist.

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Romney Wins Puerto Rico, Headed For 'Blowout' in Illinois

Mitt Romney pulled off a clean sweep of Puerto Rico's Republican delegates on Sunday, and at least one poll shows him with a commanding lead in Tuesday's Illinois primary. 

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California Is America's Least Favorite State

Today in questions you didn't ask but are damn well getting the answers to, a Public Policy Polling survey ranked the 50 U.S. states by popularity among voters nationwide. And while Hawaii placing No. 1 in this little popularity contest wasn't a shock, that the Golden State ranked last was.

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What the Wu-Tang Clan Can Teach the Illinois Senate

"Dolla, dolla bill ya'll" gains new relevance during a budget debate

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Emanuel Takes Shots at Wisconsin as He's Sworn In as Chicago Mayor

Says he rejects other Midwestern states "exploiting" fiscal crisis to curb union power

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What Illinois Can Learn From New Mexico About the Death Penalty

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected to abolish capital punishment on Wednesday

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