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Scott PowersMarch 13, 2016

In a speech at The Villages on Sunday Marco Rubio tried to harness the anger many Republican voters are expressing with their support of Donald Trump. Florida’s junior U.S. senator said their wrath must be channeled, not fostered and exploited. “This election is really a referendum on America and its identity. It’s a referendum on […]

Scott PowersMarch 12, 2016

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A new poll conducted by Florida Atlantic University gives commanding leads to Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton headed to Florida’s presidential primary on Tuesday. The survey, conducted Tuesday through Friday by FAU’s Business and Economics Polling Initiative, gives Trump 44 percent, followed by a tie between U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and […]

Scott PowersMarch 11, 2016

Saying that he’s come to see there are two Donald Trumps – the public one, and a “cerebral” private one – Dr. Ben Carson said he likes and admires the private one and gave his endorsement to Trump on Friday, four days before the Florida primary. The endorsement is yet another blow to the campaign of […]

Scott PowersMarch 3, 2016

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In a desperate appeal Thursday, Mitt Romney drew on passion and bluntness he never showed in his 2012 presidential campaign as he called on Americans to reject Donald Trump as a phony, a fraud, a misogynist, a bully and a vulgar man. Speaking from the Hinkley Institute in Utah, Romney blasted Trump’s economic policies, saying they […]

Associated PressFebruary 11, 2016

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Grudge match. Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders get back in the debate ring Thursday night with an increasingly bitter family score to settle. The debate comes just 48 hours after Sanders’ victory over Clinton in the New Hampshire primary by 22 percentage points, a jagged pill made more so because she lost […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 9, 2016

Marco Rubio made a last-minute push Tuesday to woo New Hampshire voters, telling “Good Morning America” host George Stephanopoulos he gives the Republican Party the best chance of winning in November. “I give our party the best chance to do three things: to unify, to grow, and to win,” Rubio said during an interview on […]

Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2016

Former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush will be the featured speaker at the Seminole County Republicans’ Reagan Lincoln Dinner four days before the Florida presidential primary in March. Bush is scheduled to speak to Seminole Republicans at the March 11 annual fundraising dinner at the Westin-Lake Mary resort in Lake Mary. The Seminole Republican […]

Scott PowersJanuary 31, 2016

Two days before the Iowa caucuses, The New York Times has weighed in with endorsements of Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton and Republican long shot John Kasich, calling the Ohio governor “the only plausible choice for Republicans.” The Times’ endorsement of Clinton was hardly a surprise, given that the Times has endorsed the former U.S. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 21, 2016

Donald Trump continues to lead the GOP field in New Hampshire, but a new WBUR survey found a significant share of the state’s undeclared voters has yet to settle on a candidate. The New Hampshire primary is three weeks away, and candidates have been campaigning in the Granite States for weeks now. The survey found […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 20, 2016

Hillary Clinton isn’t qualified to be president. That’s the assertion Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign is making in a new television advertisement airing in New Hampshire and South Carolina. The 30-second spot — called “Disqualified” — features clips from the Fox Business debate last week. During the spot, Rubio says that Clinton is “disqualified from being […]

Tag: 2016 Presidential campaign

Marco Rubio seeks to recognize, win over, channel anger felt by many Republicans

New poll has Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton up by more than 20 points in Florida

Ben Carson endorses Donald Trump

Mitt Romney rips Donald Trump as “phony,” “fraud,” “misogynist,” and “vulgar”

Viewers’ Guide: Post-NH, a tense Hillary Clinton-Bernie Sanders rematch

Marco Rubio says he gives Republicans “best chance to win”

Jeb Bush to headline Seminole County GOP Reagan Lincoln dinner in March

New York Times endorses Hillary Clinton, John Kasich

Donald Trump leads New Hampshire poll, but many voters still undecided

Marco Rubio in new advertisement: Hillary Clinton is “disqualified” from being president