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Associated PressMarch 12, 2016

Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and John Kasich suggested Saturday they may not support Donald Trump if he becomes the GOP nominee, as violence at the front-runner’s rallies deepened the party’s chaotic chasm. Rubio told supporters that while he was currently sticking with his pledge to back the nominee if he wasn’t the party’s choice, […]

Associated PressMarch 9, 2016

Former Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina says she is endorsing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president. Speaking at a rally in Miami Wednesday, Fiorina called Cruz a “leader and reformer… willing to take on the status quo in Washington. She roused a chorus of boos from the crowd when she mentioned front-runner Donald Trump and […]

Associated PressMarch 6, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio has won Puerto Rico’s Republican primary, his second win of the race for the GOP presidential nomination. It wasn’t clear how many delegates the contest awards him. The U.S. territory’s three super-delegates have committed to Rubio. If a candidate gets more than half the votes, he gets all the delegates. If no […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 4, 2016

The Sun Sentinel won’t to endorse in the Republican presidential primary, the newspaper’s editorial revealed this week. In an editorial posted Friday, the editorial board said it was “not going to make an endorsement in Florida’s March 15 Republican presidential primary because the kind of person who should be running is not in the race.” […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2016

Ben Carson ran for president, and his consultants won. The political newcomer who said this week he sees “no path” to the Republican nomination raised more money than any other GOP contender, $58 million since he began his bid last May. But Carson’s campaign burned through much more of that money on fundraising and consultants […]

Associated PressMarch 3, 2016

And then there were four. Ben Carson‘s departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of remaining Republicans on the debate stage Thursday night get more time for attacks as Donald Trump treads a path to the GOP nomination and his three rivals try to trip him up. Cheered on by many Republican leaders, […]

Associated PressMarch 2, 2016

Was that really Chris Christie, the brusque, take-a-back-seat-to-no-one governor of New Jersey? Christie’s seemingly shell-shocked gaze as he stood behind Donald Trump on Super Tuesday is generating befuddlement and mockery in his home state and beyond. Conservatives and liberals alike have piled on. His introductory remarks were so subdued and his appearance was so grave […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 1, 2016

A former Jeb Bush campaign aide is joining an anti-Donald Trump super PAC. According to The New York Times, Tim Miller, who was Bush’s spokesman during his presidential bid, is joining Our Principles PAC. The group was formed in the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses to try to prevent Trump from securing the Republican nomination. The group, according […]

Guest AuthorMarch 1, 2016

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There is a reason Marco Rubio is acting like Donald Trump. Math. If you believe averages of Real Clear Politics (RCP), with 306,619 GOP mail votes cast, Trump, polling at 40.3 percent, is dominating Rubio, polling at 20.8 percent, at 123,566 to 63,776 mail votes. Let’s assume turnout pops and 2,000,000 Republicans vote in the […]

Associated PressFebruary 29, 2016

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The final-days sprint to Super Tuesday has erupted into a feud over a white supremacist as Donald Trump‘s Republican rivals scramble to stop the billionaire businessman from becoming an “unstoppable” force in the 2016 presidential contest. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio continued to hammer the GOP front-runner’s character and lack of policy specifics in a […]

Tag: 2016 Republican primary

GOP rivals questioning whether they’d back Donald Trump as nominee

Carly Fiorina endorses Ted Cruz for president

Marco Rubio wins Puerto Rico GOP race

Sun Sentinel says it “is not going to make an endorsement” in Republican primary

Ben Carson spent heavy on consultants, light on 2016 campaigning

Viewer’s Guide: GOP debate about Donald Trump vs. everyone else

Chris Christie’s shell-shocked look stirs mockery, befuddlement

Report: Former Jeb Bush spokesman joining anti-Donald Trump super PAC

Kevin Cate: How Marco Rubio could win Florida with Donald Trump at 40 percent

Racial feud erupts as Republicans fight “unstoppable” Donald Trump