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Chances for presidential nomination improved significantly for both, Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, in Iowa yesterday.

Barnini Chakraborty reported in FoxNews.com that “Donald Trump slammed potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush, telling a sold-out crowd Saturday at the Iowa Freedom Summit there is “no way” they would win.”

Trump went on, “The last thing we need is another Bush,” the real estate mogul and sometimes-conservative pundit told the crowd, which erupted in applause. “He’s very, very weak on immigration. His brother gave us Obama – because Abraham Lincoln coming back from the dead could not have beaten Obama.” 

He added, “And Mitt? No.”

The obvious reason that both candidates odds for success are now much higher stem from the fact that aside from his TV hosting, there's a host of business ventures that Trump hasn’t gotten right. Entities of his from real estate to gambling casinos to airlines have wound up in bankruptcy or default, turning ownership over to creditors. Clearly indicating Trump's inability to operate or predict outcomes successfully.  

There's another candidate who did extraordinarily well in Iowa, however. Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker, who delivered a fiery speech on Saturday. Several articles report that he wowed the conservative crowd arguing for small government and presenting his own credentials.

Offering a preview of a national campaign built on his record of defying teachers’ unions and fiscal successes in his state, he presents another quality the nation surely needs, operating under budget guidelines and returning tax revenue to citizens, making him someone to keep one’s eye on. 

Carly Fiorina, former Silicon Valley chief executive who ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in California in 2010, directed a barb at Bill Clinton’s wife, saying: “Like Hillary Clinton, I too have traveled around the globe. But unlike her, I actually accomplished something.”

New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie a lone moderate, cautioned against requiring a candidate to pass conservative litmus tests, saying, “If that’s the standard we hold each other to, as a party we will never win another national election.”

And in that regard he’s on the mark which even the vaunted icon, Ronald Reagan, knew to be correct. 

That's it for today folks.

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