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Associated PressApril 18, 2015

Ties between Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, political allies for more than a decade, are fraying as the Republican presidential campaign picks up. In public, mentor Bush and protege Rubio have avoided criticizing each other since Rubio announced his candidacy. Vush allies, though, have started quietly spreading negative information about […]

Phil AmmannApril 18, 2015

Within days of announcing his 2016 presidential effort, Sen. Marco Rubio is already awash in campaign donations, or at least pledges of support. “Marco Rubio will have the resources necessary to run a first-class campaign,” Norman Braman told Reuters. “That’s already been determined.” A former Jeb Bush supporter, Braman is a Florida auto dealer billionaire who […]

Mitch PerryApril 17, 2015

Jeb Bush attempted to convince skeptical Republicans in New Hampshire on Friday that he’s not as moderate as he has been depicted because of his stances on immigration and Common Core. “The funny thing is in Florida, those that are on the left that are really upset that people are calling me something I’m not,” […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 17, 2015

Americans For Prosperity is taking its anti-Obamcare message to the Internet and is running an advertisement targeting the Florida Senate for its “spin” that the federal health care program would be beneficial to the state. The 30-second commercial features President Obama‘s face on a spinning token with the Florida Capitol in the background. “Florida Senators […]

Phil AmmannApril 17, 2015

Being a younger sibling has its drawbacks. Hand-me-downs, for one. Always living in an older brother’s shadow is another. So imagine Jeb Bush’s situation. Having two-term President George W. Bush as an older brother — who left as one of the least popular leaders in modern history — a White House run provides a long […]

Mitch PerryApril 17, 2015

What a difference a well-publicized announcement can make. For the first time this year, Marco Rubio is tied with Jeb Bush in a presidential poll in Florida. A Mason-Dixon survey released overnight shows Rubio with 31 percent support from Republicans, with Bush at 30 percent. The poll of 400 Floridians was taken Tuesday through Thursday and […]

Mitch PerryApril 17, 2015

Happy Friday to you all. Greetings from Nashua, N.H., where the latest cattle call of GOP presidential aspirants and possible aspirants are congregating for the next two days. I’ve long criticized the way we elect presidents, putting so much emphasis — too much emphasis — on two states, Iowa and New Hampshire, to define who should […]

Bob SparksApril 16, 2015

This week, two more candidates jumped on the elevator heading for the top floor of the executive branch. The announcement on Sunday by Hillary Clinton and on Monday by Marco Rubio brings the number of announced candidates for president of the United States to four. While several others will follow, it is amazing to look […]

Associated PressApril 16, 2015

Jeb Bush said Thursday he will make up his mind “in relatively short order” whether to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016. The former Florida governor will be in New Hampshire this weekend to speak at town hall-style meetings at two businesses and at a GOP event. He will also attend a night […]

Christine Jordan SextonApril 16, 2015

Jeb Bush‘s former health care czar said Florida should take the Medicaid expansion dollars to provide health care access to the poor. However, in a FaceBook post former Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Alan Levine also said he thought the federal government was “overplaying its hand in Florida” by threatening to end the supplemental […]

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Marco Rubio-Jeb Bush alliance sours in GOP primary face off

In first campaign week, Marco Rubio gets $40 million in pledges

Jeb Bush offers forward-looking appeal to GOP leadership summit

New Americans for Prosperity Internet video rips Florida Senate for Obamacare “spin”

Email insights: American Bridge says Jeb Bush running with W’s hand-me-downs

New poll shows Marco Rubio tied with Jeb Bush in Florida

Mitch Perry Report for 4.17.16 — Tracking the GOP in N.H.

Bob Sparks: Top priority for diverse GOP field is beating Hillary Clinton

Jeb Bush: Campaign decision “in relatively short order”

Former Jeb Bush health care czar says he’d expand Medicaid coverage