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5 Years After 'Citizens United,' SuperPACs Continue To Grow

6:45pm January 13, 2015

by Peter Overby

A new political committee will pay for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's pre-presidential announcement politicking. But don't confuse it with the separate superPAC of the same name.

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Is Ted Cruz Running For President...In 2008?

1:37pm December 15, 2014

by Ron Elving

Even in an age of galloping ambition, the Texan rides ahead of the pack. Obama liked to quote Martin Luther King's line about "the fierce urgency of now," Cruz seeks to embody it at every turn.

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, conducts a town hall meeting with employees after an October 2014 tour of Harris Products Group in Mason, Ohio.

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Should We Rue Rob Portman's Decision Not To Run For President?

5:51pm December 02, 2014

by Ron Elving

Why oh why, the question goes, aren't there more candidates like ... you know, that guy everybody likes ... what's his name ... Rob Portman?