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Jac VerSteegJuly 27, 2015

Donald Trump ahead in the polls? Republicans must be crazy! But there is another way to look at the polls. About 80 percent of Republicans do not say Trump is their top choice. That illustrates why Republicans are not as crazy as they’re often portrayed for creating the Trump Bump. However, it also shows why […]

Jac VerSteegJuly 26, 2015

Donald Trump ahead in the polls? Republicans must be crazy! But there is another way to look at the polls. About 80 percent of Republicans do not say Donald Trump is their top choice. That illustrates why Republicans are not as crazy as they’re often portrayed for creating the Trump Bump. However, it also shows […]

Gary FineoutJuly 26, 2015

Just six months ago, Gov. Rick Scott stood onstage outside the state Capitol basking in his hard-fought victory as he began his second term. Scott boldly proclaimed in his inaugural address that the campaign was over, and while there would be “robust debates on the best direction for Florida” that “we should not let partisan […]

Mitch PerryJuly 22, 2015

As Barack Obama proved in 2008, it clearly pays to campaign in as many states as possible in a contested primary. So while the political campaigns are centered on early voting states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the Providence Journal reported Wednesday that a Rhode Islanders’ for Marco Rubio for President group has […]

Mitch PerryJuly 22, 2015

Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced his presidential candidacy at Ohio State University on Tuesday. When you look at his résumé and his center-right political persona, he could/should be a top-tier contender. But nobody seems to be talking about that today. Instead, the focus is on the fact that he’s entering the race some seven months […]

Associated PressJuly 19, 2015

Once again, Donald Trump isn’t backing down from comments that have inflamed the Republican presidential race. And some of his rivals are no longer treating him with kid gloves. Republican presidential contenders Marco Rubio and Rick Perry said Trump, with his latest bombast, has demonstrated he is not fit to be president. At an Iowa […]

Associated PressJuly 14, 2015

Jeb Bush took aim at fellow Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Tuesday, criticizing his “rhetoric of divisiveness.” Speaking to more than 100 people at a restaurant in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the former Florida governor said the Republican Party should focus on bringing people together. “Whether it is Donald Trump or Barack Obama, their rhetoric […]

Melissa RossJuly 14, 2015

Republican North Florida U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security and a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has blasted out a scathing email in response to President Barack Obama‘s announcement of a nuclear agreement with Iran. “This Iran deal gives Ayatollah Khamenei exactly what he wants: billions of […]

Associated PressJuly 11, 2015

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says he is indebted to America and running for president is his way of repaying his obligation. The 44-year-old Republican candidate told the Libertarian FreedomFest audience on Friday how his parents made their way from Cuba to Las Vegas, where they found jobs in the casinos. Rubio says his parents embody […]

Mitch PerryJuly 10, 2015

It was just an average Thursday in the Florida political world. But first a note about Jeb Bush, who announced that through his own campaign and his Super PAC Right to Rise, he’s raised $114 million this year, with all but $11 million coming from Right to Rise, which began fundraising for the “non-candidate” in […]

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Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Donald Trump Bump doesn’t prove Republicans are nuts

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Trump Bump doesn’t prove Republicans are nuts

Rick Scott at odds again with fellow Republicans

Rhode Islanders’ for Marco Rubio for President group forms

Mitch Perry Report for 7.22.15 — Stop saying John Kasich needs to be in first debate

No retreat, no surrender for free-speaking candidate Donald Trump

Jeb Bush slams Donald Trump for “rhetoric of divisiveness”

Email insights: Ron DeSantis calls Iran deal “a gift to the Ayatollah”

Marco Rubio focuses on Cuban immigrant upbringing in Vegas talks

Mitch Perry Report for 7.10.15 — A whole lotta political stuff