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Associated PressApril 24, 2015

Marco Rubio lacks the experience to be president and Jeb Bush is a brilliant man ready for the job. So said Marco Rubio. Thing is, that was Rubio a few years ago, a man of seeming humility who joked that the only thing he deserved being president of was a condo association. He dismissed in […]

Mitch PerryApril 23, 2015

Jeb Bush is booked to headline the Hillsborough County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner on June 19. The event will take place at the Pepin Hospitality Center, long a traditional spot for the Hillsborough GOP for major events. Hillsborough Republican Executive Committee Chairwoman Deborah Tamargo said she was prepared to issue a press release next week, […]

Phil AmmannApril 23, 2015

Political author Peter Schweizer is already feeling the heat over his much-anticipated book, Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich. The New York Times called Clinton Cash the most “feared book of a presidential cycle still in its infancy.” Schweizer is now becoming […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 23, 2015

A mailer from the Republican Party of Florida touts Lenny Curry as a “unifying conservative with a plan to fix Jacksonville,” and its centerpiece is a message from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who wants Republicans to vote by mail for the Jacksonville Republican for mayor. Citing his frequent travels to Jacksonville, which Bush describes as a “special […]

Associated PressApril 22, 2015

Amid lurking alligators and the steamy heat of Florida’s Everglades, President Barack Obama on Wednesday sounded the alarm about damage from climate change he said is already wreaking mayhem in Florida and across the United States. In an implicit rebuke to Florida’s governor and other Republicans, Obama accused those who deny the man-made causes of […]

Melissa RossApril 22, 2015

Just as President Obama touched down in the Everglades to mark Earth Day (and score some political points around climate change and Rick Scott), a globally recognized thought leader on the emerging green economy had a North Florida announcement of her own. Hazel Henderson of the St. Augustine-based Ethical Markets has released her firm’s 2015 Green […]

Mitch PerryApril 22, 2015

This past weekend, Nashua, N.H., was the center of the political universe. About 20 announced presidential candidates, probable candidates, and long-shot possibilities were offered 30 minutes each by the New Hampshire Republican Party to present themselves and answer questions from 600 Republicans at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit. In addition to reporting […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 22, 2015

Political scientist Matthew T. Corrigan Ph.D., who is one of the country’s leading commentators on Jeb Bush, is coming to the Main Library in Jacksonville on Wednesday evening to discuss his latest book, Conservative Hurricane: How Jeb Bush Remade Florida. This is an especially timely book, given Bush’s position as a top-tier presidential candidate, one who seems […]

Mitch PerryApril 21, 2015

A week ago I spoke with someone close to David Jolly about the Pinellas County congressman taking time to consider a candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2016. The still-newbie Republican U.S. Representative has a number of pros and cons to contemplate before making such a momentous career decision. The biggest downside is the real […]

Associated PressApril 20, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is planning a policy trip to Europe this summer, to speak to an economic conference in Germany and meet with business and defense leaders, among others, aides said Monday. Bush, who is expected to enter the race for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, is planning to travel in June to […]

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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)

Not long ago, Marco Rubio questioned his own readiness for presidency

Jeb Bush to headline Hillsborough County Lincoln Day dinner June 19

After Clinton book, author will feel new heat from Jeb Bush exposé

Jeb Bush urges Republicans to vote by mail for Lenny Curry

President sounds alarm on climate damage in visit to Everglades

On Earth Day, Florida’s Ethical Markets releases 2015 “Green Transition Scoreboard”

The voice (of a few) New Hampshire voters at GOP confab

Matt Corrigan discusses the Jeb Bush campaign launch

Mitch Perry Report for 4.21.15 — Senate in ’16 odds looking better for David Jolly?

Jeb Bush to visit Poland, Estonia, Germany in June