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Bob SparksApril 16, 2015

This week, two more candidates jumped on the elevator heading for the top floor of the executive branch. The announcement on Sunday by Hillary Clinton and on Monday by Marco Rubio brings the number of announced candidates for president of the United States to four. While several others will follow, it is amazing to look […]

Mitch PerryApril 15, 2015

A new poll published by Public Policy Polling shows Florida Republicans Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio need to do a lot of work to become competitive in New Hampshire, the site of the first Republican Presidential Primary election, next January. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is looking very strong, leading with 24 percent support. That’s 10 percent […]

Mitch PerryApril 7, 2015

The big news in presidential politics Tuesday is Rand Paul‘s official entry into the campaign, making him only the second Republican to formally enter the contest, joining Ted Cruz. Marco Rubio is scheduled to join them next week by announcing his candidacy in Miami. At the same time a new poll published by Monmouth University in New Jersey […]

Mitch PerryApril 2, 2015

It’s good news and bad news for Jeb Bush and his supporters in a new Quinnipiac survey of Republican primary voters in Florida. The former governor continues to lead the field of potential 2016 candidates with 24 percent. That’s 9 percentage points more than the next candidate in Florida, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who comes […]

Phil AmmannMarch 30, 2015

Jeb Bush continues to lead the field as best-known presidential hopeful tested in a new poll of Republican voters released Monday by CBS News. Behind Bush is former Gov. Mike Huckabee, followed by Sens. Rand Paul and Marco Rubio. Respondents could choose as many names as they wanted. Showing the biggest movement in the past month is Texas […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 29, 2015

The first Florida presidential primary that ever mattered was intended to enhance Sen. Edmund Muskie’s campaign for the Democratic nomination. It dealt him a staggering defeat instead. Florida Republican leaders might want to consider that example before structuring next year’s primary as a winner-take-all clincher for former Gov. Jeb Bush or Sen. Marco Rubio. For […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 29, 2015

The first Florida presidential primary that ever mattered was intended to enhance Sen. Edmund Muskie’s campaign for the Democratic nomination. It dealt him a staggering defeat instead. Florida Republican leaders might want to consider that example before structuring next year’s primary as a winner-take-all clincher for former Gov. Jeb Bush or Sen. Marco Rubio. For […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

Winning New Hampshire doesn’t determine anything when it comes to winning the Republican presidential nomination. If that were the case, Pat Buchanan would have been the nominee in 1996, and John McCain the party’s standard bearer in 2000. But they weren’t. Bob Dole and George W. Bush rallied from their stunning early losses to capture […]

Mitch PerryMarch 24, 2015

A new poll shows that a majority of Floridians would prefer that neither Jeb Bush nor Marco Rubio should run for president next year. Only 37 percent of Florida voters think Bush should run for president, while 52 percent said he shouldn’t, according to the Public Policy Polling survey published Tuesday. The numbers for Rubio are almost […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2015

A new Quinnipiac poll released Thursday shows that Scott Walker and Jeb Bush continue to stand above the rest in the early going of the 2016 GOP presidential field. Walker comes in at 18% and Bush follows with 16% in the national poll released Thursday morning. Then there’s a big drop, with New Jersey Gov. Chris […]

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Bob Sparks: Top priority for diverse GOP field is beating Hillary Clinton

New PPP survey shows Jeb Bush in trouble in New Hampshire

Monmouth University poll shows wide open 2016 GOP field, with Jeb Bush on top

Jeb Bush losing ground in Florida, new Quinnipiac Poll finds

Voters favor Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton 2016, CBS poll shows

Martin Dyckman: Winner-take-all primary could backfire on Florida GOP

Martin Dyckman: Winner-take-all primary could backfire on Florida GOP

Donald Trump leads Marco Rubio in New Hampshire poll

New PPP survey shows Jeb Bush losing momentum in Florida

Scott Walker, Jeb Bush top GOP field in new national presidential poll