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Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2015

If you’re keeping track of time, there is B.T. and A.T.: Before Trump and After Trump. At the beginning of summer, there were (at least) 10 big questions facing Florida politics. But those questions, particularly the ones involving the myriad of presidential candidates hailing from the Sunshine State, are so B.T. On June 16, Donald Trump entered the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 8, 2015

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In a clear rebuke to Donald Trump, Jeb Bush says that,”anybody can talk, I’ve delivered,” as his campaign begins airing his first television ad of the presidential campaign in New Hampshire. Called “I’ve Delivered,” the 30-second ad highlights his record as governor of Florida, touting how he cut taxes and spending and led Florida to […]

Associated PressSeptember 4, 2015

Puerto Rico’s financial crisis loomed over dueling Friday campaign appearances by Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Marco Rubio, two presidential contenders with sharply different positions on a key issue for Puerto Rican voters whose influence is growing in U.S. politics. In a speech delivered entirely in Spanish, the young Florida senator blamed Clinton supporters […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 4, 2015

Days before Tuesday night’s debut as “Late Show” host, Stephen Colbert escalated the battle with one of the show’s first guests – GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush. The good-natured altercation began, unsurprisingly, with a fundraising pitch. Bush used his upcoming appearance on Colbert’s inaugural CBS broadcast for a contest, which offers supporters a chance to win tickets to […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 4, 2015

Since Donald Trump began emerging as the front-runner in GOP presidential in late July, skeptics have noted that while he’s been leading a scattered,17-person field, his unfavorable rankings among Republican still portend poorly for him in acquiring the nomination. That may beginning to change now. A new Gallup survey released on Friday shows that Trump’s net favorable rating […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 4, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday said he won’t break his pledge not to run as an independent if he loses the GOP nomination. Trump was back on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program via telephone. He last appeared Aug. 28. He also called the Iran nuclear deal “disastrous” and said “possibly yes” to taking people […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 4, 2015

Marco Rubio opposes giving Puerto Rico the same type of bankruptcy protection available to U.S. towns and cities mired in fiscal crisis, he writes in an op-ed published in both Spanish and English today in El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico’s largest daily newspaper. “While some have suggested Washington can deliver a silver bullet solution to […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 4, 2015

Struggling in the polls and now forced to engage aggressively against front-runner Donald Trump, the Jeb Bush campaign team announced that he’s got a lotta love in his home Miami-Dade County community. The Jeb!2016 Miami-Dade County Campaign Leadership group was announced on Thursday. The group is being touted as helping promote the former Florida governor’s […]

Bob SparksSeptember 3, 2015

Vice President Joe Biden visited Florida this week supposedly to do what vice presidents do. He came to raise money for Democrats and talk about a college readiness policy initiative on behalf of President Obama. The media interest in his Florida stop centered not on the traditional role of a vice president, but whether he […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 3, 2015

Marco Rubio likes to say he’s representing the future of the Grand Old Party. (An oxymoron, no?) He’s a new face, he’s young, he’s definitely not “low-energy” or overly familiar (Jeb Bush; Hillary Clinton), he’s sane (not Rand Paul), he has charisma (not Scott Walker), he’s unflappable (not Chris Christie), he’s not brash and false […]

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Peter Schorsch: Answers to top 10 big questions in Florida politics lurch into view

Jeb Bush takes shot at Donald Trump in first TV ad in NH

Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio court Puerto Rico voters as crisis looms

Stephen Colbert pokes fun at Jeb Bush for using “Late Show” appearance as fundraising

Donald Trump’s favorability ratings rise in new Gallup Poll

Donald Trump says he won’t run as independent

In op-ed, Marco Rubio disdains bankruptcy protection for Puerto Rico

Jeb Bush announces large Miami-Dade County campaign team

Bob Sparks: Joe Biden’s Florida visit starts decision-making tour

Chris Timmons: The future is Marco Rubio's for the taking