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Melissa RossMarch 30, 2016

News that problems still persist at Jacksonville’s troubled Eureka Garden public housing complex has local activists such as Denise Hunt steaming. “I’m disgusted. I was assured these problems would be solved, and I even offered a case management plan of action to help solve some of the inequities out there. I feel like I got […]

Darryl PaulsonMarch 29, 2016

(Last of three parts) The last time the Republicans held their national convention without a candidate having a majority of the delegates needed to win was 1976. Fortunately for President Gerald Ford, he was able to persuade enough of the unpledged delegates to win a first ballot victory over Ronald Reagan. For Democrats, 1984 was […]

Steve PeoplesMarch 29, 2016

Marco Rubio is working to play a role at the Republican National Convention even as his rivals scramble for delegates the Florida senator claimed before he suspended his campaign. Rubio has sent letters to Republican officials in states where he has won delegates, charging he wants to keep his delegates, even though he’s no longer an […]

Mitch PerryMarch 29, 2016

Tampa-St. Petersburg Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor and three other Democratic activists stood in front of the steps of the U.S. Federal Courthouse on Tuesday with a simple message for Marco Rubio and the rest of the Republican Senate regarding Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. “We are here to ask Senator Marco Rubio to please do […]

Associated PressMarch 29, 2016

He is the Republican Party’s undisputed front-runner, yet Donald Trump‘s White House aspirations may now depend on a messy fight for delegates he is only now scrambling to address. Trump’s campaign on Monday vowed to pursue legal action against the Republican National Committee to protect his recent victory in Louisiana, one of many states that […]

Associated PressMarch 29, 2016

Democrats need to win back the U.S. Senate and end the dysfunction in Congress, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday as he campaigned in South Florida with a Democratic candidate. Biden and President Barack Obama recently endorsed Patrick Murphy for the Senate seat that Sen. Marco Rubio gave up last year when he embarked on […]

Mitch PerryMarch 28, 2016

Being a descendant of Cuban exiles, it’s no surprise that Carlos Lopez-Cantera takes a dim view of President Barack Obama’s rapprochement with the Raul Castro-led government. “They’ve figured out our political system. They’ve seen how our political system works,” the Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senate candidate said in a speech at the Tampa Economic Club on Monday. […]

Ryan RayMarch 28, 2016

Much was made of Jeb Bush‘s relentless maneuvering when it came to early fundraising, but the actual dark money pioneer of 2016 may well be U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. As Shane Goldmacher writes in POLITICO, the Florida senator’s top moneymen allies at Conservative Solutions Project managed to stake out a novel arrangement that will allow the sources of more than $10 million […]

Guest AuthorMarch 27, 2016

Beyond the pettiness, the vitriolic words, the name-calling and the bombast from Donald Trump also sits a chasm between what is the truth and what suits him and his own goals. While he calls Ted Cruz “Lyin’ Ted” and Marco Rubio “Little Marco,” he also finds ways to offer a story line to the American […]

Peter SchorschMarch 25, 2016

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Tallahassee’s own Rick Wilson sat down with Ana Marie Cox of The New York Times Magazine to talk Donald Trump this week and, predictably, well-informed hilarity ensued. Wilson — leading GOP political consultant and Dean of the #NeverTrump movement — spoke forthrightly, as usual, about the 2016 campaign and his personal jihad against Trump and his backers, for whom he said Trump […]

Tag: Marco Rubio

Persistent problems at Eureka Garden complex outrage Jax activists

Darryl Paulson: Donald Trump needs 498 more delegates to avoid contested convention

Marco Rubio aims for role at GOP national convention

Kathy Castor, other Democratic activists call on GOP Senate to give Merrick Garland a vote

Donald Trump scrambles to address delegate fight

VP Joe Biden stumps for Patrick Murphy in South Florida

Carlos Lopez-Cantera says Cuban government taking advantage of U.S.

Marco Rubio donors to remain secret indefinitely

Ed Moore: Donald Trump is wrong when he says nomination threshold is arbitrary

Rick Wilson’s war