The violence in France comes at a time in the cycle when numerous 2016 operatives say voters are starting to shift from not just deciding who they like, but who they want to serve as president. Even before the attacks, for instance, a super PAC supporting John Kasich held a focus group in New Hampshire last week and reported that every attendee mentioned “experience” as important to them.
It was the first time that had happened, according to Matt David, a strategist for the Kasich super PAC…
Bush, Kasich, Rubio and Sen. Lindsey Graham were among those who spoke fluently on foreign affairs on the Sunday shows.
“I have a plan. Please, for God’s sake, wake up to the threats we face,” Graham, whose poor polling caused him to be excluded from the last GOP debate, said on CNN. “Hit them before they hit us. Fight them in their backyard, not our backyard.” Among the most hawkish candidates in the field, Graham has called for sending 10,000 American troops to Iraq and Syria.
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