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Bush disdains Trump as ‘agitator’ lacking experience

Bush disdains Trump as ‘agitator’ lacking experience

Samantha-Rae Tuthill

HOOKSETT, N.H. – A day after calling Donald Trump "unhinged" over his comments on barring Muslim immigrants and travelers from America, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told a public gathering on Tuesday that Trump, who leads many Republican presidential primary polls, really isn't a serious a contender for the White House.Bush explained that Trump lacks the track record needed to win against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, a former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator and First Lady.Asked if he would endorse Trump, were the reality TV star and businessman to win the Republican presidential nomination, Bush said that he "rejected the idea out of hand."

Voters in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation GOP primary, Bush said, will pick "a real leader." Bush, the son and brother of former presidents, trails Trump in voter surveys by more than 20 percentage points, according to a RealClear Politics average of recent polls. Trump, a billionaire New York developer, averages about 28 percent to Bush's 6.8 percent support.

Possible tax deal would give big wins to both parties
Democrats

Possible tax deal would give big wins to both parties

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — An eleventh-hour drive by the White House and Congress to strike a deal extending dozens of mostly obscure tax cuts could end up delivering major political victories for President Barack Obama and House Speaker Paul Ryan.

With little more than a year left in office and facing a frequently hostile GOP-led Congress, Obama was hoping an agreement would burnish his legacy by making permanent some expiring tax cuts for millions of families with lower-to middle incomes, younger children and college students. Many congressional Democrats would revel in achieving that, especially with uncertainty about which party will control both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue in 2017.

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