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Marc YachtJuly 29, 2015

Donald Trump understands that when running for office any news is good news. A campaign manager will argue that garnering media attention will improve name recognition and such attention means votes. Voters will rarely remember why a candidate’s name is front-page but will remember the moniker. No candidate gains more successful press attention than presidential […]

Associated PressJuly 29, 2015

A dozen million-dollar contributors account for at least 10 percent of Jeb Bush‘s record-setting presidential fundraising haul. The big-money boosters propelled Right to Rise, a super PAC dedicated to helping Bush win the Republican nomination, to its $103 million total in the first six month of the year. Separately, Bush’s official campaign, limited to contributions […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2015

For the first time this year, Donald Trump tops a state poll of GOP presidential candidates in Florida. A St. Pete Polls survey released on Wednesday shows the New York businessman with 26 percent support, with Jeb Bush in second place with 20 percent. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is in third place with 12 percent, […]

Ryan RayJuly 29, 2015

Even before the blowhard braggadocio of Donald Trump took him to the top of the national polls, there has always been a comfortable seat at the table for the loudest voice in the room when it comes to GOP presidential primaries: See Michele Bachman, Herman Cain, and Ted Cruz, not to mention Barry Goldwater before them. But one place cranking […]

Phil AmmannJuly 29, 2015

During his first telephone town hall meeting with New Hampshire primary voters, presidential candidate Jeb Bush laid out an extensive vision for both home and abroad if elected president. In a 45-minute conference call on Tuesday, the former Florida governor discussed domestic and foreign policy, including repealing the Affordable Care Act, Medicare reform, increasing the retirement age, and […]

Peter SchorschJuly 28, 2015

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has already raised more than $12 million for his White House bid. Outside groups aligned with Rubio have raised twice that. In other words, there’s little doubt that Rubio’s White House bid has the financial resources to last (at least) until Florida’s March 15 presidential primary. And yet … How soon […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 28, 2015

There hasn’t been a presidential candidate as fat-headed, obnoxious and unqualified as Donald Trump. Yet more Republicans seem to favor him than any of the others. That says as much about them as about him. H. L. Mencken, who coined the term “booboisie” for voters with similar tastes, had an explanation for such phenomena. “I […]

Phil AmmannJuly 28, 2015

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker continues to say he can “compete anywhere in the country” as a Republican presidential candidate. But apparently not Florida. Real Clear Politics reports that Walker, at a private fundraising event in St. Louis over the weekend, said he will opt out of the Florida primary, seemingly reversing his position from earlier […]

Peter SchorschJuly 28, 2015

David Sirota, as reported in Florida Politics this week, is a Democratic operative turned political reporter for the International Business Times. Among his various political campaign roles, Sirota, 39, also was an aide to current Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. But few readers of the Times would know that, even though Sirota has penned or co-written […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2015

Mel Martinez is a solid Jeb Bush guy, but he acknowledges that Donald Trump has tapped into something in the GOP body politic, and is not this year’s model of a Herman Cain or Michele Bachmann. Both of those Republican candidates shared time as the front runner for the GOP presidential nomination during the 2011 runup […]

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Marc Yacht: Donald Trump, comedian or serious candidate?

Million-dollar donors lift Jeb Bush’s presidential ambitions

Shock poll: Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush 26-20% … in Florida

Under-the-radar Marco Rubio hopes to fly high in South Carolina

Jeb Bush lays out ambitious policy plans in New Hampshire conference call

Peter Schorsch: Marco Rubio’s favorite son mantle wearing thin

Martin Dyckman: Does Donald Trump rising portend GOP fall?

Scott Walker changes mind again, will skip Florida primary — maybe

Hillary Clinton critic David Sirota’s ties to Bernie Sanders not properly disclosed to IBT readers

Mel Martinez says Donald Trump 3rd party candidacy would be GOP disaster