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©2015 Bloomberg News NY14UPSYF01Y (Bloomberg) — Mike Huckabee pumped up the crowd at a rally for a Kentucky clerk jailed over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gays with the 1980s rock anthem “Eye of the Tiger” blaring in the background. Now the Republican presidential contender is facing a

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NKJ8056KLVR5 (Bloomberg Politics) — Judging from the plethora of titles now crowding bookstore shelves, it would appear that publishing a memoir has become something of a requirement for politicians hoping to become president.  The urge to make the leap from politician to author makes sense on a number of levels.  Releasing

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©2015 Bloomberg News NQEDVF6KLVRB (Bloomberg Politics) — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Tuesday said he supports South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s call to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol grounds. His comments come after he said Sunday the flag debate, which erupted after the shooting of nine

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©2015 Bloomberg News NOXJJP6KLVR6 (Bloomberg Politics) — Of late, the U.S. Supreme Court has become a regular target for the current crop of presidential candidates, but for two decidedly different issues. For Republicans still burned by the court’s 2012 ruling that let stand insurance mandates and penalties under the Affordable Care

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©2015 Bloomberg News NNWCFZ6JTSEI (Bloomberg Politics) — In the middle of Mike Huckabee’s presidential announcement, his populism took him to a land many Republican candidates fear to tread.”There are some who propose that to save the safety nets like Medicare and Social Security, we ought to chop off the payments

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NKJ8056KLVR5 (Bloomberg Politics) — Judging from the plethora of titles now crowding bookstore shelves, it would appear that publishing a memoir has become something of a requirement for politicians hoping to become president.  The urge to make the leap from politician to author makes sense on a number of levels.  Releasing

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Copyright 2015 Bloomberg. NJU8K16KLVR4 (Bloomberg Politics) — For former Texas Governor Rick Perry, hope springs eternal. Perry will return to Iowa on Monday, a state he hopes will help resurrect his prospects for becoming the Republican presidential nominee. Recent Iowa polls show Perry trailing his GOP rivals by double digits,

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