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Associated PressJuly 11, 2016

Presidential battleground states were supposed to be swarming with Republican Party workers by now. “We’ve moved on to thousands and thousands of employees,” party chairman Reince Priebus declared in March, contrasting that with the GOP’s late-blooming staffing four years earlier. “We are covering districts across this country in ways that we’ve never had before.” That […]

Associated PressJune 27, 2016

Donald Trump has finally acknowledged that to best compete against Hillary Clinton he needs more than the bare-bones campaign team that led him to primary success. But many of the most experienced Republican political advisers aren’t willing to work for him. From Texas to New Hampshire, well-respected members of the Republican Party’s professional class say […]

Joe HendersonJune 15, 2016

I’m a little surprised by Tom Lee’s decision to run for re-election to the state Senate. Along with just about everyone else in the media and Florida politics, I’ve had lengthy chats with Lee about his future since a judge drew new district lines that essentially forced him to make a tough decision. Because his […]

Tom JacksonJune 8, 2016

Surveying the conundrum confronting the Republican Party in the age of Donald Trump, an antique TV ad touting Fram oil filters comes to mind. If you bought the Beatles’ White Album the day it was released and remember Muhammad Ali in his prime, you know the spot: A mechanic in the midst of an overhaul […]

Darryl PaulsonMay 23, 2016

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The opposition to Donald Trump has been constant from the start of the 2016 presidential campaign. However, it has been unfocused and essentially leaderless. Many Trump opponents believed he would not enter the race. When he entered, they believed he had no chance of winning. Now that Trump has all but won the nomination, they […]

Phil AmmannApril 20, 2016

Donald Trump appears to have only just realized that the GOP does not pick its nominee by a popular majority of votes. But Trump suffers from a common misunderstanding. After all, it seems only reasonable that a political party should pick its leading candidate by getting its membership to the polls, counting all their votes, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 13, 2016

Jim Greer is back. Greer, the former head of the Republican Party of Florida, has been elected to a three-year term on the Drug and Alcohol Testing Association’s national board of directors. “As the former chairman of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association, and as a current board member, I am pleased that Jim […]

Associated PressApril 10, 2016

So, you want to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention? You could have a rare opportunity to help make history, if none of the Republican presidential candidates reaches the target 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination on the first ballot. And maybe — just maybe — billionaire businessman Donald Trump will take […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 6, 2016

By the end of Thursday night, Congressional District 4 will have chosen its GOP convention delegates who will be on the “road to Cleveland.” The RPOF’s 4th CD caucus will elect three delegates and three alternates to the national convention. Doug Adkins, Nassau County state committeeman, will chair the event. “Canapes and a cash bar” will […]

Associated PressApril 3, 2016

Congress increasingly is being defined by what it’s not doing this election year. The Senate returns this week with a strong majority of Republicans saying no to any consideration of President Barack Obama‘s nominee to the Supreme Court. No hearings, no vote and, for some lawmakers, not even a meeting with federal appeals court Judge […]

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 4/18/25-Candles and remembrances are left near the Unconquered statue a few hours after the Florida State University Gathering of Unity Vigil held Friday to honor victims of the recent mass shooting. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

A lot of holes in GOP presidential ground game in key states

Many experienced GOP strategists unwilling to work for Donald Trump

Joe Henderson: Tom Lee’s tough, surprising choice

Tom Jackson: With Donald Trump, GOP faces expensive overhaul

Darryl Paulson: It’s now or never for #NeverTrump

Michele Grant: If you’re seeking the nomination, you should know the rules

Jim Greer elected to serve on national Drug and Alcohol Testing Association board

Want to be a delegate to the GOP convention? It’s not easy

Congressional District 4 chooses GOP convention delegates Thursday

GOP Congress’ incomplete: Stalled bills, no court nominee