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Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio continue to hover around the top of the GOP presidential field according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released Tuesday evening, with Rubio continuing to ascend. Forty-eight percent of Republicans say they would support Rubio. Forty-seven percent say they would support former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who just officially entered the […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 5, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott wants a Medicaid block grant. That was the governor’s message in a gaggle with reporters on Tuesday to discuss his meeting with Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday. The governor said he hopes the federal government will reconsider its decision on Low Income Pool funding […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Don’t tell Laura Ingraham, Steve King, or some other Republican immigration hardliners, but Jeb Bush is commemorating Cinco de Mayo. Bush recorded a video message Tuesday to the entire U.S. Hispanic community, “and especially to our fellow Americans of Mexican origin,” as he says in the video. “Cinco de Mayo is an honorable date when Mexico, […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Hillary Clinton is in Las Vegas Tuesday, where she will reportedly call for a path to citizenship for the about 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. That would revive the 2013 legislation co-sponsored by Marco Rubio in the Senate — before he walked away from it. She will say that the standard for a true […]

Phil AmmannMay 4, 2015

Jeb Bush may be the front-runner in the Republican presidential field for 2016, despite not yet officially a candidate, but fellow Floridian Marco Rubio is gaining steadily, and enjoys broader support with primary voters. According to a newly released Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, Bush continues to be the leading GOP candidate, with 23 percent […]

Mitch PerryMay 4, 2015

Although some fear a Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton presidential contest in 2016 is inevitable, it would be very unique in one respect. According to research conducted by an official with the University of Minnesota’s Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, a Clinton/Bush matchup would be the first time in 120 years that […]

Mitch PerryMay 4, 2015

Two Republicans who have never held elected office — Ben Carson and Carly Florina — are set to officially declare their candidacy for the GOP nomination for president on Monday. Carson will do it in his hometown of Detroit; Fiorina reportedly will just issue a statement, although though she will appear in an interview with […]

Associated PressMay 2, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Friday that he trusts the legal process that resulted in charges against six Baltimore officers in the death of a man from injuries sustained while in police custody. But a president, said the likely 2016 Republican candidate, could do more to address rising anger toward police in poor neighborhoods. […]

Mitch PerryMay 1, 2015

Jeb Bush doesn’t think much of Marco Rubio‘s contention that a governor elected president isn’t ready to manage U.S. foreign policy on their first day on the job. “Let me think. Ronald Reagan?” Bush responded when asked about Rubio’s remark by National Review editor Rich Lowry on Thursday in Washington. “I don’t know what else […]

Martin DyckmanApril 30, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott continues to build a record that no successor should be allowed to emulate. None should even want to. But you never know. Twenty-one times now, Scott has rejected lawyers recommended by the Florida Bar for seats on some of Florida’s 26 judicial nominating commissions. The latest such act was on April […]

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Tim Robinson shows divers where to cut along the Lionfish while on the Lady Go Diver in the Intracoastal near Deerfield Beach, Fla., Saturday, August 31, 2024. (Lee Ann Anderson/Fresh Take Florida)

Marco Rubio gains support in latest CBS-NY Times Poll

Rick Scott to Legislature: Get a block grant

Jeb Bush sends out Happy Cinco de Mayo message en Español

Mitch Perry Report for 5.5.15 — Hillary Clinton takes on Jeb and the GOP on immigration

Wall Street Journal poll: Jeb Bush still leads, Marco Rubio has broader support

Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton race would be unique

Mitch Perry Report for 5.4.15 — New week, many new GOP presidential candidates

Jeb Bush on Baltimore police charges: ‘The process works’

Jeb Bush rejects Marco Rubio claim governors not ready to lead

Martin Dyckman: Gov. Scott's contempt of court must be stopped