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Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2015

Whomever is the likely GOP presidential nominee next year, Florida will be a must-win state for that candidate to get to the 270 electoral votes needed. At least that’s the conventional wisdom. So any chance that the Republican Party of Florida and the Republican National Committee can take a shot at likely Democratic presidential nominee […]

Associated PressNovember 29, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton called for hundreds of billions in new federal spending on infrastructure on Sunday, kicking off what her campaign says will be a month-long focus on job creation. Standing before a backdrop of union workers and students, the Democratic presidential frontrunner vowed to rebuild “ladders of opportunity” and give a greater number of […]

Associated PressNovember 29, 2015

On the campaign trail, among candidates of both parties, the idea of locking up drug criminals for life is a lot less popular than it was a generation ago. The 2016 presidential race has accelerated an evolution away from the traditional tough-on-crime candidate. A Republican Party that’s long taken a law-and-order stance finds itself desperate […]

Associated PressNovember 27, 2015

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Donald Trump said he couldn’t have been making fun of a reporter’s disability because he doesn’t know the man. Not so, says the reporter. Serge Kovaleski of The New York Times says he has met Trump repeatedly, interviewing him in his office and talking to him at news conferences, when he worked for the New […]

Associated PressNovember 27, 2015

Ayauna King-Baker loved Ben Carson‘s “Gifted Hands” memoir so much that she made her daughter Shaliya read it. So when Carson showed up in town to sign copies of his new book, King-Baker dragged the giggly 13-year-old along to the bookstore so they could both meet him. To King-Baker, Carson’s “up-by-your bootstraps” life story makes […]

Phil AmmannNovember 24, 2015

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For most people, holidays are supposed to be filled with fun, food and celebration. With that in mind, for the sake of keeping the peace, it’s always a good rule of thumb to avoid talking politics during family get-togethers. However, that may be next to impossible this year, as Thanksgiving falls in the midst of the […]

Associated PressNovember 22, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he saw people cheering the Sept. 11 attacks across the river in New Jersey – a claim officials strongly deny. Trump first told the story Saturday at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, as he pressed the need for greater surveillance, including monitoring certain mosques, in the wake of the […]

Associated PressNovember 22, 2015

Ted Cruz is among the most hated men in Washington, reviled by leaders of both parties as an ideological hard-liner loyal only to the far-right of the conservative movement. But racing down an Iowa highway on a snowy weekend morning, a solemn Cruz suggested some of his Republican rivals for president have amped up their […]

Associated PressNovember 20, 2015

In a presidential campaign that has suddenly shifted in focus to terrorism and security, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Jeb Bush both see opportunities to cast themselves as best prepared to be commander in chief in tumultuous times. In back-to-back foreign policy speeches this week, Clinton and Bush outlined blueprints for defeating the Islamic […]

Associated PressNovember 20, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has said that blocking potential terrorists posing as Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. is akin to handling a rabid dog. At campaign stops in Alabama on Thursday, Carson said halting Syrian resettlement in the U.S. doesn’t mean America lacks compassion. “If there’s a rabid dog running around in your […]

Tag: 2016 presidential race

RNC hammers Dawn McCall, host of Hillary Clinton fundraiser in Miami Beach

Hillary Clinton proposes $275 billion in new infrastructure spending

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As many African-American see it, there are 2 Ben Carsons

Email insights: Democratic website helps handle “Your Republican Uncle” during Thanksgiving

Donald Trump says he saw people celebrating 9/11 in Jersey City

Ted Cruz seeks to cast himself as the electable conservative

Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton seek to grab leadership mantle after Paris

Ben Carson: Refugee program must screen for “mad dogs”