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Ted Cruz, who says he believes that the field of GOP candidates will solidify in June, said on ���Fox and Friends��� that he is looking at a campaign very seriously. Cruz has certainly proceeded as if he is already a candidate for 2016, visiting early.
GOP reins in primary debates: From 20 in 2012 to 9 in 2016.
���This schedule ensures we will have a robust discussion among our candidates while also allowing the candidates to focus their time engaging with Republican voters,��� RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said. Fox News will moderate the first. By: John McCormack. In an appearance on ABCs This Week, Indiana governor Mike Pence defended his states Religious Freedom Restoration Act by noting that Barack Obama had voted for the same law as an Illinois state.
GOPs field of presidential hopefuls grows ever more crowded
In case you havent been paying attention to the 2016 Republican presidential race ��� and you should be, given that the election is a mere 652 days away ��� there was an interesting development last week: Everyone is running. Really. In Washington.
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NEWS. Within an hour, little Annabelle was back with her shocked parents - and theyve since reconfigured their door locks. Annabelle, however, seemed. GOP Presidential Hopefuls Back Indiana Religious Freedom Law.
Pence Digs In Over Religious Freedom Law : Political Wire
���Pence struggled under persistent questioning from ABCs George Stephanopoulos on Sunday morning as he went on air to defend the law��� One thing Pence was clear about, however: He will not support language that��.
Watch A Fox News Anchor Debunk His Networks Defense.
Fox News anchor Bret Baier debunked the networks defense of Indianas discriminatory religious freedom law, explaining that the law is broader than both federal law and similar measures in other states. Last week. Proponents of the law, including Indiana Republican Gov.. But that interview with Stephanopoulos over the weekend was obviously not a great back and forth in defense of this law that likely is going to have to be at least tweaked, if not changed.
Splits on Iran, Cuba Dominate First GOP Presidential Forum
ABCNews.com. Next Video New Indiana Religious Freedom Bill a License to Discriminate, Say Opponents. Sunday nights panel was sponsored by the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a not-for-profit connected to Charles and David Koch that is holding.
Indiana GOP Leaders Scramble to Clarify Discriminatory.
At a press conference Monday, Indianas GOP leaders attempted to calm the growing backlash against the state over its new religious freedom law, CNN reports: Republicans David Long (above left) and Brian Bosma��.
Potential 2016 GOP Hopefuls Flock to Iowa Freedom Summit
The date for the first-in-the-nation Iowa could still change, but Republicans are already descending on the key presidential states capital this weekend for the Iowa Freedom Summit -- one of the first showcases for prospective 2016 GOP candidates, but .
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Mike Pence reaps the whirlwind
A priest, a rabbi, and half a dozen nuns walked into the Indiana Statehouse last Thursday. The punchline: Mike Pence. Indianas Republican governor has become the lefts favorite punching bag after passing a Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA.
Republican lawmakers pledge to clarify Indiana religious.
Republican lawmakers in Indiana pledged on Monday to clarify a religious freedom bill that was slammed by businesses and activists for sending a message of discrimination against gays after it was passed last week.. At a news conference, Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma and state Senate President Pro Tem David Long said the law was not intended to discriminate against anyone, and that it sets a legal standard allowing people of all faiths to bring religious��.
Republicans Nightmares Come To Life As GOP Worries.
And after losing two straight presidential elections, Republican voters are thinking much more strategically���and arent nearly as convinced as the political press that Bush is the strongest contender against Hillary Clinton. It would be. Republican Rebranding Fails As Mitt Romney And Jeb Bush Lead A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that Mitt Romney leads the pack of GOP hopefuls for 2016, with Jeb Bush running in second place. Chris Christie Is��.
ABC News: Republicans to Launch Investigation Into Hillary Clintons Private.
What email controversy. Hillary Clinton explain watch used private email account when she was secretary of state. And how shes deleted 3000 private emails but apparently not enough for house speaker John Boehner. When Im down Cutler in New York .
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Whats fascinating, politically, about the debate over that religious-freedom law in Indiana (and elsewhere) is that it pits social conservatives vs. big business on the subject of gay rights. Groups such as the Indiana Chamber of Commerce have taken.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pences Anti-Gay Discrimination Political.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) is enmeshed in a political quagmire and spreading national firestorm over a state law proponents say is merely to protect ���religious freedom,��� but that critics ��� which include a growing number of prominent Americans and. Some Republican lawmakers across the country on several issues may have the votes now to shove through laws long on their agenda, but that doesnt mean that they wont now face some considerable push-back.
Attorney General Nomination Holdup Is an Unconscionable Delay by GOP
We havent heard the White House responded yet to senator McConnell saying yesterday. The religious nomination. Well it certainly a disappointment that after a 128. Days since being nominated. To be the next attorney general. That Loretta lynch.
Gov. Mike Pence wants Indianas new hate law to be clarified
Mike Pence, scorched by a fast-spreading political firestorm, told The Star on Saturday that he will support the introduction of legislation to ���clarify��� that Indianas controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not promote discrimination... According to Slate, Erick Erickson recently started arguing that Georgias RFRA law was meant to protect Christian business, rather than religious businesses as he used to argue - after a Jewish Republican proposed an��.
Why Presidential Hopefuls Love to Hate Washington, DC
In bashing D.C. even as he spoke from offices where one can practically see the White House from the window, Walker was carrying out a rite of passage for most presidential hopefuls, Republican and Democratic, who dont currently work inside the.
Republican presidential hopefuls barnstorm New Hampshire
Following an agriculture summit in Iowa last weekend, a herd of Republican presidential hopefuls is poised to converge on the Granite State, hoping to make inroads there for the pivotal primary. The most. In an appearance on ABCs This Week, Indiana governor Mike Pence defended his states Religious Freedom Restoration Act by noting that Barack Obama had voted for the same law as an Illinois state. Read More.. Video News �� Backstory �� Dialogue �� More.
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By asking straightforward and direct questions, ABCs George Stephanopoulos crushed Indiana Gov. Mike Pences facade that his legalized discrimination bill is about religious freedom. Indiana Republican Governor Mike��.
As Religious Tyranny Arrives, Religious Freedom Lovers.
Indianas got the right idea! The Indiana House voted this week to approve a religious freedom bill that would protect business owners who want to decline to provide services for same-sex marriages. After the 63 to 31 House vote in.. When Indiana Governor and presidential hopeful Mike Pence went to Israel he met Benjamin Netanyahu but not Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas; Arizona Republicans Propose Bill That Would Allow Them To Break Any Law Arizona��.
Morning Plum: Scott Walker versus Jeb Bush for soul of the GOP?
Two excellent pieces this morning examine this question by contrasting the tones and approaches taken by Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, the two apparent frontrunners for the GOP presidential nomination.. MIKE PENCE STRUGGLES WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT INDIANA.
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Back Indiana Religious Freedom Law
Key Republican presidential hopefuls are backing Indianas new Religious Freedom Restoration Act amid growing concern over possible discrimation against gays and lesbians when the law takes effect. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, in an interview on .
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Attempts Damage Control, Wont.
Appearing on This Week earlier this morning, Indiana Gov.. Mike Pence attempted to mitigate the growing backlash against him and his state in the wake of the new religious freedom law.. Wake the hell up news media.. surprise MD gubernatorial upset presages the general incompetence of Democrats to get their act and message together for critical elections, and that we are almost surely facing someone from the Republican clown car as president in 2017.
Republican presidential contenders back Indianas religious.
WASHINGTON (CNN ��� March 30, 2015) ��� Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum and Ben Carson are rushing to defend Indianas ���religious freedom��� law, standing with social conservatives on a measure that opponents have said opens the door to discrimination. Mike Pence struggled to explain it in an appearance on ABCs ���This Week.���. Jindal, the Louisiana governor, told Breitbart News in an email Monday that he, too, supports Indianas law.
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PENCE: The Indiana governor defended the controversial religious freedom law Sunday, though he said that hes open to a section that clarifies its meaning. More from the Indy Star: One thing Pence was clear about, however: He will not support.
Fox News Anchor Debunks Foxs Own Propaganda About.
Indianas religious freedom law has inspired so much backlash and outrage that Fox News anchor Bret Baier debunked his own networks propaganda and misinformation.
Three-Minute Briefing: WH Pulls Back on Bibi Smackdown, Pence Does PR
RFRA Ruh-Roh: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence spent the weekend dealing with an angry backlash over his decision to sign a bill modeled after the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act that critics say effectively legalizes anti-gay discrimination ��� and.
Racing Against the Clock: Progress and Setbacks at Nuclear Talks
Whats fascinating, politically, about the debate over that religious-freedom law in Indiana (and elsewhere) is that it pits social conservatives vs. big business on the subject of gay rights. Groups such as the Indiana Chamber of Commerce have taken.
Three GOP Presidential Hopefuls to Appear on Panel Moderated by ABCs.
Three of the most talked about potential GOP presidential candidates will appear together this weekend at a panel sponsored by the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, in this years first forum of presidential hopefuls. At the groups winter meeting .
Advice on womens issues for 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls
Republican presidential candidates havent had the best luck with young, unmarried women in the past couple of elections. That has to change if they hope to. Mark Udalls attacks on womens issues, fought back by proposing an actual solution to the problem he was accused of creating. Udall claimed Gardner. Indiana Governor: This Is the Same Religious Freedom Law Obama Voted for in Illinois. By: John McCormack. Video News �� Backstory �� Dialogue �� More.