Republican Party

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Several former top Iowa GOP officials said privately that if Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker walks on the state's Aug. 8 straw poll, it's "dead." (Associated Press)

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Then-New York Gov. George Pataki (right) is now poised to enter the GOP race for 2016, saying the party needs to veer away from social issues and concentrate more on fiscal responsibility and conservative principles. (Associated Press)

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The Southern Republican Leadership Conference gets underway in Oklahoma City on Thursday, drawing many GOP presidential hopefuls. (Oklahoma GOP)

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Gift Wrapping the GOP Brand Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Quinnipiac University released a poll last week that showed 25 percent of the likely GOP caucusgoers in Iowa said that they "would definitely not support" Jeb Bush for president. (Associated Press)

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In this photo taken April 28, 2015, Jeb Bush speaks during a town hall meeting with Puerto Rico's Republican Party in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Hillary Rodham Clinton's challenge to the GOP on immigration is an early counter to Jeb Bush and other Republican White House contenders seeking Hispanic voters. Among them are GOP lawmakers who once opposed an immigration overhaul in Congress but now say they may be willing to allow millions living in the country illegally to stay. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

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The GOP is nothing but a bunch of bigoted ... (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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Illustration on candidate qualifications within the growing GOP presidential field by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bushspeaks as he attends a meet and greet hosted by the North Carolina GOP at its headquarters in Raleigh, on Friday May 1, 2015. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Illustration on GOP alternatives to Obamacare by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington with members of the House GOP leadership on March 24, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush takes a selfie with a supporter's phone after holding a town hall meeting with Puerto Rico's Republican Party in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The 2016 GOP presidential prospect delivered a speech on economic opportunities peppered with Spanish. He's fluent in the language, and often uses it in Florida, but it's rarely heard in Republican presidential campaign politics. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)