Christian Abueg

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    Jeb Bush last campaigned more than a decade ago. The Republican Party has moved on – and to the right.

Jeb Bush last campaigned more than a decade ago. The Republican Party has moved on – and to the right.

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Only six months ago former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was considered by most pundits and commentators to be the front-runner for the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Now, the brother and son of two former presidents is confronted by a downward polling spiral in the face of rivals such as Donald Trump and Marco Rubio. Christian Abueg argues that […]

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    The rise of Trump and Sanders shows that the debate between style and substance in presidential elections is here to stay.

The rise of Trump and Sanders shows that the debate between style and substance in presidential elections is here to stay.

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At the beginning of 2015, many political commentators expected that this summer would see the cementing of establishment candidates like Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton at the head of 2016 presidential election polling. Recent weeks have shown that they were very wrong. Christian Abueg writes that the surprise rise of Donald Trump on the right and Bernie Sanders on […]

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