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Ugh. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush argued that deporting America's illegal immigrants is not the answer to the country's immigration issues at Tuesday's GOP debate. Jeb called the action, "Un-American." "Twelve million illegal immigrants, to send them back, 500,000 a month, is just not possible. And it's not embracing American values.

Poor Jeb Bush. He needed a triumph in Tuesday night’s debate to do something to turn around his degenerating campaign — something dynamic, something memorable, something powerful. Bush was substantive. But so was Marco Rubio. He was detailed. But so was Carly Fiorina. He was serious. But so was Ted Cruz. He wasn’t out of his depth, the way Ben Carson was when he talked about foreign policy and banking policy — in a series of answers that gave new meaning to the word “incoherence.” He wasn’t bizarre, the way Donald Trump was when he said we should have taken...

The Republican rift over immigration produced an early clash in Tuesday night's debate. It may also have produced something we haven't seen yet: A strong performance by Jeb Bush. Early on, Donald Trump got a question about immigration and gave his usual response: He'd build a wall, then work on deporting undocumented people already here. Then things got interesting. Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Trump's plan was wildly unrealistic, because deporting the 11.3 undocumented immigrants was simply not possible. Bush, the former Florida governor, joined the assault, saying that Trump's argument was not merely bad policy. It was also, Bush...

Jeb Bush has a strong performance on Tuesday night's GOP debate stage and was 'really the serious candidate on stage" with his command of domestic and international policy, former Rep. Eric Cantor said Wednesday. "Clearly Jeb was back," the one-time House Majority Leader told CNN's "New Day" program. "Jeb clearly was prepared. He was the one most focused on identifying where conservative policies play out and benefit working people of this country. And was prepared to take on Hillary and did so last night more so than anybody." Bush believes in commonsense conservative policy, Cantor continued, versus what's become the...

Democrats and the GOP Establishment have lost control of the political process. They can’t count on the mainstream media to do their bidding because of the rise of alternative media. There’s also the problem of conservative Republicans pushing back, not apologizing for their views, and not being able to control elections. As the Kentucky governor’s race showed, Republicans win big if they stick to issues the conservative base supports: pro-life, anti-same-sex marriage, and Tenth Amendment principles. Matt Bevin has said he will tell the EPA to “pound sound” if the agency rules against Kentucky’s coal industry. "The powers not given...

Ohio Governor John Kasich fought for more time during the Fox Business debate this evening, but as he grew increasingly agitated over what he saw as a lack of experience on key issues, the audience got tired of his preaching. At one point, they booed the governor when he was defending the notion of bailing out banks in order to keep them from failing. snip He appeared willing to interrupt any of the non-establishment candidates to remind them about what he saw as the “realities” of serving as an executive, and he frequently charged over the moderators, ignoring the bell...

A steadfast performance by Jeb Bush in Tuesday's Republican debate has halted the sense of desperation around his U.S. presidential campaign and may buy him time to counter the rise of chief rival Marco Rubio. The fourth Republican debate in the search for a 2016 presidential nominee was characterized by a steady stream of attacks against front-runner Donald Trump and mistake-free performances by Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas, two up-and-coming U.S. senators in the race. But the most relieved candidate after the two-hour encounter inside the Milwaukee Theatre was Bush, the former Florida governor who was outclassed...

This was a hungrier Jeb Bush. Donald J. Trump had just finished a breezy, boastful and hard-to-follow explanation of how he would take on the Islamic State, tossing in a curiously admiring aside about Vladimir V. Putin's performance on television. Suddenly a voice rose from his right. "Donald is wrong," said Mr. Bush, uncharacteristically interjecting before the debate moderators could move on. Mr. Bush said it again, more emphatically. "He is absolutely wrong on this." Mr. Trump had blithely suggested that he would happily stand aside and let others, such as Mr. Putin, Russia's president, sort out the messy Middle...

Senior members of Jeb Bush's finance team conducted a conference call with top donors and bundlers following Tuesday night's GOP presidential debate, acknowledging the candidate's tough couple of weeks but remaining upbeat about his performance. New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, the campaign's national finance chairman, was on the call, along with finance director Heather Larrison, senior adviser Sally Bradshaw, and communications director Tim Miller. "Over all take away was that this race is a process, and that there will be tests along the way," a source wrote in an email. "There was an acknowledgment that we have been going...

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole has endorsed Jeb Bush for president and will serve as the former Florida governor's National Veterans’ Chairman, according to the campaign. Dole said that while almost all of the candidates are his friends, he believes Bush is the most qualified. Jeb has the proven leadership skills and executive experience needed to fix the problems facing our country from the anemic economy to America's weakened standing among world leaders, Dole said in a statement. Jeb's conservative reform agenda and forward looking vision on issues including 4 percent economic growth, defeating ISIS and taking care of our...

Presidential candidate Donald Trump certainly doesn't mince words when it comes to expressing his opinion on just about anything. The GOP businessman continued that trend when he signed an online petition on Monday calling for the Cable News Network to fire “Republican strategist” Ana Navarro, who is also identified as a “political commentator” with CNN.

Fox Debate Moderators allowed Kasich to over-talk all others.....Are the Gop-e Masters trying on Kasich for size over Rubio/Bush?

Is it fair to examine the claims of a candidates life story when he offers that as his resume and the reason to vote for him? Clearly the liberal media didn’t ask questions about Obama, but the conservative media did. But the partisan public doesnt want to know anything about their party or their candidate. New questions have emerged about Carson, but what about his endorsement of the TPP? Carson endorsed the 6,000 page legal document that will fundamentally change our economy, internet freedom and our sovereignty within 24 hours of it being made public. Did he read a document...

"Would I prefer to negotiate a better trade agreement? Absolutely. If this is the best we can get, I would take it rather than allow the people of the country to be suffering further economically." This is the first time Carson himself has weighed in on the deal, and comes after his spokesman Doug Watts previously told the Wall Street Journal he was open to it... Carson's openness to the deal - he still hasn't thrown his full weight in favor of it - is likely to be particularly controversial and troubling for him....

(snip) In 2006, Rubio released a book called "100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future." In the book's section on healthcare, Rubio decried the fact that "more than 3 million Floridians lack health insurance and may face barriers in accessing needed health services." As a solution, Rubio pressed to expand government-run healthcare programs and create an insurance exchange -- both core tenets of Obamacare. (snip) The Florida GOP spent roughly $575,000 to promote Rubio's book, according to the Palm Beach Post. Rubio also set up a nonprofit to promote it. The book's promotion of themes echoed by Obama could intensify recent...

The Marco Rubio campaign is making the most out of the blockbuster story in today's New York Times about the Jeb Bush campaign about to go nuclear on Rubio. Specifically, Right to Rise, Bush's super PAC, is apparently ready to spend $20 million in attacking Rubio. "Part of running for president is you have to put your big boy pants on and get vetted on the issues, so we know we don't have a dud candidate running against Hillary Clinton," Right to Rise chief strategist Mike Murphy told the Times. Forget whether the strategy makes any sense - who could...

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said he tried to produce the most conservative immigration bill that was possible in a Democratic-controlled Senate, and he thought a GOP-controlled House would make it even better, but that a lack of trust in the federal government helped doom the 2013 push on the issue. “I live in a state that’s deeply impacted by immigration, and I was trying to make a difference,” Mr. Rubio said on Monday evening’s “Hannity” program on Fox News. “I was trying to produce the most conservative bill possible in a Senate controlled by Democrats and had hoped a...

Back in the early days of the 2014 football season, the Green Bay Packers were 1-2. Fans were upset. Head management started updating their resumes. Things were not looking good. After receiving a loss at the hands of the Detroit Lions — yes, you can understand the Pack’s frustration — quarterback Aaron Rodgers told the cheesehead faithful to "R-E-L-A-X." Rodgers calmly told the media and Green Bay nation everything will be all right. And he was right. The team finished 12-4, captured first place in the NFC North and went to the NFC Championship. Now, segueing back into an arena...

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R), who dropped out of the 2016 race in late September, will appear alongside his former primary rival Jeb Bush on Monday afternoon. Walker and the former Florida Governor will be joined by private and charter school students for an event touting the importance of school choice. It will be hosted by Hispanics for School Choice at La Casa de Esperanza in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The joint appearance marks the first time that Walker has shared the stage with a 2016 candidate since leaving the race. The press release put forward by the Bush campaign does not...

After struggling to gain traction in the 2016 race, Jeb Bush's campaign announced last week it is relaunching the campaign. It appears his super PAC is doling out some significant cash to encourage the campaign to lift-off. According to independent expenditure disclosures that we spotting on Sunlight's Real-Time Federal Campaign Finance tracker, it appears Right To Rise USA is doubling down and going after the Republican base by placing more than $6.6 million dollars in ads exclusively on the Fox News Channel. The super PAC spent $18,932 producing those commercials, which were placed by a Virginia-based firm known as Oath...