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minor typos
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See also Expected to endorse Jeb
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→Who are rivals among the 16 candidates?: improved wikilink further
→Who are rivals among the 16 candidates?: better wikilink
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→Who are rivals among the 16 candidates?: But Chris Christie and Marco Rubio are potential strawman candidates for Jeb Bush, perhaps hopeful that they will be picked as his V.P. So neither is likely to criticize Bush, and each will pr
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→Who are rivals among the 16 candidates?: update
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August 17, 2015
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→Whom does Donald Trump help?
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→Which Rivals Won't Criticize Each Other, and Why: The NH primary is a must-win state for Donald Trump and Rand Paul, and hence it makes sense that Rand Paul would be most vocal in criticizing Trump.
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→Which Rivals Will Need to Criticize Each Other
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→Which Rivals Will Need to Criticize Each Other
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The [Texas primary]] is a must-win state for both Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush. Cruz needs to criticize Bush as too liberal for Texas.
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August 13, 2015
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→Who are rivals among the 17 candidates?: divide conservative category into social and fiscal, also divide mavericks into men and women categories
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→Who are rivals among the 17 candidates?: The groupings below illustrate why Rand Paul is most vocal in criticizing Donald Trump
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→Who are rivals among the 17 candidates?: completed table
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→Who are rivals among the 17 candidates?: improved
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groupings of candidates by "conservative", "moderate", and "maverick"
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August 11, 2015
Iowa Republican primaries are less likely to support Trump, so he may not have much impact in that crucial first State.
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Jeb Bush will fare poorly in Iowa and thus New Hampshire is a must-win state for him, but Trump seems poised to win New Hampshire.
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But if Trump prevents Jeb Bush from winning in New Hampshire, which seems plausible, then Jeb Bush probably cannot win the nomination.
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August 10, 2015
One theory, advanced at the Powerline blog, is that the candidacy by Donald Trump helps Jeb Bush.
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NH primary
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expanded
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Only two of the 17 candidates have been initially willing to criticize Donald Trump, lest they lost potential support among supporters of Trump. Those two candidates are Rand Paul and Rick Perry.
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A total of 17 candidates (as of August 2015) vie for support, which requires considerations of game theory before criticizing rivals.
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