©2016 Bloomberg News O3SPN06JTSEG (Bloomberg) — Washington super-lawyer C. Boyden Gray, a longtime confidant of the Bush family who originally supported former Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s campaign, says he’s now supporting Ted Cruz because the Texas senator’s policies closely align with his legal views. The GOP establishment fixture believes a

©2016 Bloomberg News O2XBDE6JTSEF (Bloomberg) — Third time’s a charm? Leading fundraiser Bobbie Kilberg, who had first supported New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, then former Florida Governor Jeb Bush for the Republican presidential nomination, is now backing Florida Senator Marco Rubio.  “The landscape is becoming pretty clear,” she told Bloomberg in

©2016 Bloomberg News O1BZ9O6S972G (Bloomberg) — Former First Lady Barbara Bush will star in a new ad on behalf of her son’s Republican presidential campaign, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said on Thursday. Bush also said he was “sure” that he’d campaign with his brother, former President George W. Bush,

©2015 Bloomberg View NZS2WE6JTSED (Bloomberg View) — With almost six weeks until the Iowa caucuses and seven weeks to the New Hampshire primary, there’s still time for big changes. But here’s how the Republican contest looks right now, based on my reading of the odds currently posted at PredictIt, the

©2015 Bloomberg News NZ0I896KLVR5 (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump is calling for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” his campaign said on Monday, until “our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.” “Without looking at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the

©2015 Bloomberg View NWOLRR6JTSEF (Bloomberg View) — Donald Trump is no longer winning everywhere. The new Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register poll has Ben Carson on top in Iowa, with a 9-percentage-point lead over Trump. Combined with another national survey released yesterday, the HuffPollster estimate now has Carson at 26 percent to

©2015 Bloomberg News NUDZB36S972F (Bloomberg Politics) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush would push for steep rate cuts for millions of Americans and reduce the corporate income tax rate by more than 40 percent in a bid for a simpler tax system and a plan to double economic growth in the

©2015 Bloomberg News NTPKTB6KLVRD (Bloomberg Politics) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has spent much of his campaign so far trying to prove that he’s not riding the coattails of his brother and father. To distinguish himself from the two former presidents, he’s emphasized his immersion in Latino life—his marriage to

©2015 Bloomberg View NT8W7I6KLVRA (Bloomberg View) — Donald Trump has an immigration policy. It’s based on dubious assertions and would be fabulously expensive, but as a statement of goals it’s largely coherent. And it may mark a very, very dangerous turning point in the Republican presidential primary. There are two main facets

©2015 Bloomberg View NR9W436S9728 (Bloomberg View) — News item: Jeb Bush’s super PAC has raised… Yes, it’s a lot of money, but, sorry, I can’t get into it. The amount of money Jeb! will raise for his presidential campaign is More Than Enough. The details of exactly how much (more