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Melissa RossMarch 4, 2016

As top Republicans bemoan the prospect that divisions within their party could lead to a Hillary Clinton presidency, her campaign is rolling out the support of top military brass with a series of veterans and military families town halls across Florida in the run up to the March 15 primary. Brig. Gen. John Douglass, Rear […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 4, 2016

Rubio blasted Hillary Clinton in a speech in New Hampshire early Monday, going as far as calling for the former secretary of state not only incompetent, but a liar. “While she was leading the public and the families of the fallen to believe the attack in Benghazi happened because of a YouTube video, we now […]

Associated PressDecember 1, 2015

The latest release of Hillary Clinton‘s private emails show her, as secretary of state, dealing with the complicated politics of the Arab Spring, fending off questions about her role in the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks, and attempting to navigate an intensifying conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. But they also give a glimpse into the […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 17, 2015

Prepare for disaster. I’m not saying America can’t win the war against Islamic extremism – embodied at this point in history by the Islamic State. But war is not a series of inspiring victories. War is a series of dispiriting calamities. Think Black Hawk down in Somalia. Think the USS Stark off the coast of […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 16, 2015

Prepare for disaster. I’m not saying America can’t win the war against Islamic extremism – embodied at this point in history by the Islamic State. But war is not a series of inspiring victories. War is a series of dispiriting calamities. Think Black Hawk down in Somalia. Think the USS Stark off the coast of […]

Associated PressNovember 14, 2015

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders faces the biggest test yet of his insurgent presidential campaign on Saturday night, when he faces off with Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton in the party’s second primary debate. His goal is clear: Reset a contest that increasingly looks like little more than a march to the nomination for Clinton. That […]

Mitch PerryNovember 13, 2015

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham gave an extremely low-key speech at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando on Friday afternoon, concentrating on foreign policy and his concern that the Republican Party could be blowing the Hispanic vote with candidates’ tough talk on immigration. Graham isn’t going anywhere in the GOP presidential race, and he essentially acknowledged […]

Associated PressOctober 29, 2015

Marco Rubio tried to build on his well-reviewed performance in the GOP debate by lashing out at Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, turning toward the general election with a focus on the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Given the chance to follow-up on the clash between still-large field of candidates for the Republican presidential […]

Peter SchorschOctober 26, 2015

Welcome A-Schorsch! After a week at sea aboard the Disney Fantasy, I am tanned, rested and ready to return to writing about the Florida politics. Here are 10 things I think I think about the latest political news from the Sunshine State. Hillary Clinton pretty much locked up the Democratic nomination — Biden not in. Benghazi […]

Phil AmmannOctober 24, 2015

After a pivotal week, the presidential race has become a tale of two parties on sharply different trajectories: Hillary Rodham Clinton has tightened her grip on the Democratic nomination while Republican concern is reaching new heights. Some officials are even considering what could turn into a GOP civil war to stop Donald Trump — with […]

Tag: Benghazi

Hillary Clinton campaign to host veterans town halls across Florida

In NH speech, Marco Rubio once again calls Hillary Clinton a liar over Benghazi

From Homeland to hair: Hillary Clinton emails peek into the personal

Jac VerSteeg: To win war against ISIS, prepare for disaster

Jac VerSteeg: To win war against ISIS, prepare for disaster

Bernie Sanders has most to prove as Democrats gather for 2nd debate

Regarding Islamic terrorists, Lindsey Graham says he’d “kill every bastard he could find”

Day after debate, Marco Rubio looks beyond primary toward Hillary Clinton

Back from vacation, here are 10 things I think I think about Florida politics

GOP, Dems moving in opposite directions after a pivotal week