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Mr. Trump texted the following message: I need YOUR input today. Only 5 days until I debate Hillary on the stage. What do you want me to fight? Tap and to let me know. Not sure what will happen when I tap to provide input~it may simply be a fundraiser. However, I thought I might cull some interesting bullet points from Freeper Trump supporters :)

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday evening that the Republican presidential candidates need to do more than attack President Obama if they want to win in 2012. "It's good to be critical of the president -- I think the president means well, but his policies have failed," Bush, a Republican and the former president's younger brother, said on Fox News. "But just to stop there and say, 'I'm going to win because I'm against what's going on' is not good enough. You have to win with purpose if you really want to make these big changes." That said, the...

So much discussion today revolves around the Republican's efforts to seize upon the opportunity of the moment, and put forth a candidate who can not only unseat Obama, but advance a conservative agenda in the mold of Reagan. This discussion always leads to "where is that candidate?" or "who is this person?" To me, it seems that conservatives are "looking for love in all the wrong places". What if there were a candidate who was completely unknown, someone completely removed from the Beltway and even the local city council, a person who holds your ideals but has no designs on...

Nashville -- Speaking to the Tea Party convention here last night, Sarah Palin did not have to deliver a substantive speech built around words and ideas. All she had to do was show up, give her trademark wink and a powerful current of emotion would have passed from her to the crowd of conservatives gathered here. But in a 40-minute, remarkably detailed speech, Palin laid out what could only be described as the framework of a presidential-campaign platform. She ran through a host of specifics about recent failures of national-security and economic policies. And she wrapped it up in a...

<p>PALM SPRINGS -- In a move that could help gays and lesbians gain the right to marry, Gov. Gray Davis confirmed Friday that he has formed a task force to examine whether the landmark civil union law in Vermont could work in California.</p>