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Associated PressNovember 13, 2015

Republican presidential rivals Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are backpedaling furiously as they try to outmaneuver each other on immigration. Rubio co-wrote a massive 2013 immigration bill that passed the Senate. He disavows it now, but Cruz won’t stop talking about it. Cruz opposed the bill, but he offered amendments to massively increase legal […]

Mitch PerryNovember 12, 2015

David Jolly once again is criticizing Hillary Clinton for her previous remarks about problems with the Department of Veterans Affairs. He’s also trying to draw in Alan Grayson – his potential opponent in the 2016 U.S. Senate race – into answering Clinton’s comments as well. The Pinellas County Republican congressman appeared on Boston Herald radio Thursday […]

Associated PressNovember 12, 2015

A steady debate performance may have helped keep Jeb Bush‘s campaign afloat. But if Bush was good in Tuesday night’s prime-time face-off, rival Marco Rubio was probably better. And the Republican candidates’ conflicting trajectories played out in Iowa on Wednesday as a confident Rubio worked to sustain his progress while Bush pursued a new strategy […]

Mitch PerryNovember 12, 2015

Overnight returns give Fox Business Network’s prime-time GOP presidential debate an 8.9 rating among households and 13.5 million viewers in prime-time. That’s just shy of the 9.5 rating and 14 million viewers earned by CNBC’s recent coverage for the third. Although it’s not nearly as large as the gaudy ratings numbers that Fox and CNN […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 11, 2015

Jacksonville’s bigger-name Democrats seem to be lining up behind Hillary Clinton. On Tuesday, Corrine Brown confirmed her support of Clinton to a media gaggle. And FloridaPolitics.com has learned that a $500 minimum per person fundraiser is planned on Clinton’s behalf on the evening of Dec. 2 at the home of Sallyn Pajcic. The Pajcics, of […]

Associated PressNovember 11, 2015

Marco Rubio emerged unscathed. Ben Carson defended his integrity. Donald Trump flashed his dominant personality. And Jeb Bush avoided disaster. Mission accomplished. Aided by tentative questioning, the GOP’s top presidential candidates executed their strategies with little resistance in Tuesday night’s prime-time debate. Yet with no breakout moments — good or bad — the muddled status […]

Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2015

A new poll released on the Florida Senate race shows Pinellas County GOP U.S. Rep. David Jolly with a narrow, 1-point lead over South Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, 44-43 percent. The survey was conducted by the polling firm of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a polling firm with that includes Stan Greenberg, a longtime pollster for Bill […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton signed the paperwork Monday that establishes her as a Democratic presidential candidate in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary. And as such, she’s highlighting her work for the party and on behalf of Democratic candidates — an implicit swipe at rival Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist who has drawn support from the party’s […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

Ben Carson says it’s time to move on from questions about the accuracy of his life story. But Tuesday’s Republican debate makes that unlikely, and some of his GOP rivals say such scrutiny is part of running for president. The retired neurosurgeon said Sunday that questions about discrepancies in his autobiography are distractions from “much […]

Phil AmmannNovember 8, 2015

America Rising president and cofounder Joe Pounder is joining Marco Rubio’s campaign as a senior adviser. Founded after the 2012 presidential election, America Rising PAC became one of the leading Republican oppo research firms, serving as an alternative to American Bridge PAC, its Democratic counterpart. Pounder also worked on Rubio’s 2010 Senate campaign. “As one […]

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Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz in fight to reshape their records on immigration

David Jolly bashes Hillary Clinton again on VA, tries to draw in Alan Grayson

Jeb Bush focuses on Hillary Clinton while Marco Rubio presses on after debate

Mitch Perry Report for 11.12.15 — Does the DNC want anyone to watch its debates?

Big-ticket Hillary Clinton fundraiser in Jacksonville set for December

Analysis: No breakouts in GOP debate; muddled status quo

David Jolly polls 1 point ahead of Patrick Murphy in 2016 Senate race

Hillary Clinton files paperwork to be on New Hampshire ballot

Rivals unmoved by Ben Carson’s complaints on scrutiny of his bio

Joe Pounder joins Marco Rubio campaign