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Jeb Bush has the support of just one percent of likely Republican caucusgoers in Iowa, according to a new poll from CBS News. The poll, released Sunday, found Bush with the same level of support as Carly Fiorina, Rick Santorum, and John Kasich. That puts Bush behind Chris Christie (2 percent), Rand Paul (3 percent), Ben Carson (5 percent), Marco Rubio (13 percent), Ted Cruz (34 percent), and Donald Trump (39 percent). The poor numbers for Bush come nearly a month after Right to Rise, the super PAC supporting the former Florida governor, made a $25 million ad buy in...

New Hampshire is beginning to look like Jeb Bush's final stand. Stuck in the middle of the GOP pack he was expected to dominate, Bush is accelerating the time frame for his campaign’s next ad buy in the state. His campaign also announced Tuesday that it is opening four regional field offices in New Hampshire and upping its on-the-ground staff from 12 people to 20.

(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...