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Melissa RossOctober 2, 2015

It’s billed as the first book that examines the Tea Party’s successful “primary” campaign against what the movement has dubbed Republicans in Name Only (RINOs). (Another, less flattering nickname is cuckservative, but that’s a story for another day.) UNF political science professor Ron Libby argues that 2016 is the year the Tea Party has moved […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 30, 2015

Has the Donald Trump phenomenon peaked? Not exactly, according to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll released on Wednesday, that shows the NYC real estate magnate maintaining a double-digit lead in the GOP presidential sweepstakes. Trump is at 23 percent. Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina are tied for second with 13 percent each. Marco Rubio comes […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 30, 2015

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Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie on Wednesday continued to call out political insiders and reporters for focusing on ‘inside baseball’ matters that don’t matter to most American voters. The New Jersey governor, appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program, used the example of the race to be the next speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. […]

Associated PressSeptember 26, 2015

The Republican Party’s conservative wing, pumped up by House Speaker John Boehner‘s stepping down, is warning the 2016 presidential candidates that defying its wishes will come at their peril. Religious activists forcefully conveyed this message Saturday: embrace our uncompromising stance against abortion rights and gay marriage, among other priorities, even if doing so risks a […]

Associated PressSeptember 26, 2015

After a summer largely spent raising money for his Republican campaign for president, Marco Rubio says he’s about to start spending a whole lot more time in Iowa and the other early voting states. “There were obviously other things we needed to do,” the Florida senator said this past week in an interview with The […]

Bob SparksSeptember 24, 2015

Polling for the 2016 presidential campaign is a political scientist’s dream. It is not too bad for pundits, either. There is something in it for everyone. The Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday is the latest example. The poll reaffirms that Donald Trump still polls the highest in some areas and the lowest in others. […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 22, 2015

Jeb Bush assured reporters in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Tuesday that, “We are in it for the long haul,” and said he thinks he’ll be able to pick up Scott Walker supports in Iowa. Though he has nabbed one such Walker backer – Iowa State Rep. Terry Baxter – he’ll need a whole lot more if […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

When members of the Republican Party of Florida’s executive committee convene via a telephone conference call Tuesday night, one of the most controversial items on their agenda is already getting bad reviews from at least one faction within the state GOP, RPOF officials confirmed last week that the committee will discuss excluding some of the biggest […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 20, 2015

After Carly Fiorina earned nearly universal praise as the big winner of last week’s Republican Presidential debate from the Reagan Library, the big question was whether that praise would translate into a bump in her poll ratings, which have languished in the lower tier this year. The answer to that is a definitive yes. According to a […]

Associated PressSeptember 18, 2015

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump declined to correct a questioner at a town hall event who incorrectly stated that President Barack Obama is Muslim, and the billionaire real estate mogul said he’d be “looking at” a claim that militants operate training camps on American soil. Trump, who has a history of making controversial remarks about […]

Tag: Chris Christie

Caustic brew: Tea Party “purging” GOP establishment in 2016, says Jax author

Marco Rubio rises to 4th place, Jeb Bush back in 5th in USA Today/Suffolk University poll

Chris Christie: Americans don’t care about inside-DC politics

Conservatives to 2016 GOP field: Defy us at your own peril

Marco Rubio ramping up campaign with more time in early states

Bob Sparks: Poll shows presidential race slowly starting to take shape

Jeb Bush slumps to 6th place in Iowa in new PPP poll

RPOF idea to exclude wayward presidential candidates from primary slammed

Carly Fiorina jumps into 2nd place in new CNN GOP presidential poll

Donald Trump declines to correct man who says Obama is Muslim