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Tamara LushAugust 30, 2016

He’s been Florida’s Republican governor, was considered a potential vice presidential candidate and almost became a U.S. Senator. But Charlie Crist is aiming a bit lower for his political comeback in 2016, running for the U.S. House after switching his party to Democrat. The always smiling, always suntanned Crist is running against U.S. Rep. David […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 26, 2016

There’s something about the last days of the brutal campaign in Florida’s 4th Congressional District that has candidates pushing out “family values” ads, apparently, as candidates Bill McClure and Hans Tanzler each have ads designed to bolster their positives in this realm. McClure and Tanzler are headed in opposite directions in the polls: McClure is in fourth place […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 24, 2016

In a rare endorsement in a Northeast Florida race, U.S. Sen. John McCain endorsed Hans Tanzler in the Congressional District 4 race Wednesday. The endorsement is rooted in family legacy and the candidate’s father’s relationship to POWs, McCain said. “I know firsthand how much the Tanzler family cares for veterans above all else,” said McCain. “Mayor Tanzler took […]

Mitch PerryAugust 22, 2016

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is perennially one of the strongest financial supporters of Republicans around the country. The group spent more than $35 million in the 2014 midterms, and has already spent more than $1.9 million on behalf of embattled Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, more than a million for Arizona Sen. John McCain, and $1.5 million in ads against […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 19, 2016

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Some Republicans to whom Donald Trump is the skunk at their garden party would have you elect him president nevertheless. Mark Sanford is one. When last heard of, he was the governor of South Carolina, canoodling with a mistress in Argentina while his office pretended that he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. Now he’s a […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 15, 2016

“Above all, there was fear: fear of today, fear of tomorrow … fear of our neighbors, and fear of ourselves … Only when you understand that, can you understand what Hitler meant to us: Lift your heads. Be proud to be German. There are devils among us: Communists, liberals, Jews, Gypsies. Once these devils will […]

Associated PressAugust 8, 2016

Donald Trump is trying to shift from a disastrous stretch of his presidential campaign to one focused on policy and party unity. But even as his allies speak of lessons the political newcomer has learned, two of his staunchest Republican critics warn that he could be heading for losses in a pair of battleground states. […]

Guest AuthorAugust 6, 2016

Perhaps the most poignant words spoken at last week’s Democratic National Convention came from a heartbroken dad who’d lost his son in Iraq in service to Old Glory. Yet, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s scheme to bar Muslims from entering the nation for which Khizr Khan’s son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, sacrificed his life […]

Associated PressAugust 4, 2016

The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times local): 7:55 a.m. Donald Trump‘s campaign chairman is playing down a rift between the Republican nominee and House Speaker Paul Ryan. Paul Manafort acknowledged “a conflict within the Trump campaign” after vice presidential candidate Mike Pence endorsed Ryan a day after Trump declined to do so. […]

Associated PressAugust 2, 2016

For Donald Trump, it’s become a familiar pattern. The Republican nominee can’t let go of a perceived slight, no matter the potential damage to his presidential campaign or political reputation. Trump spent the days after winning the Republican nomination criticizing a U.S. district court judge’s Mexican heritage. The morning after accepting the Republican nomination at […]

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Charlie Crist aims low for political comeback, running for U.S. House

Bill McClure, Hans Tanzler push dueling ‘family values’ ads as CD 4 race winds down

John McCain endorses Hans Tanzler in CD 4

U.S. Chamber of Commerce holding off supporting David Jolly … for now

Martin Dyckman: Supreme Court nominees no reason to elect Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s America on trial in modern day ‘Judgment at Nuremberg’

Donald Trump to try to steady campaign with economic speech

Darryl E. Owens: Trump’s Wrath over Khan offers more evidence of unfitness to lead troops

Campaign chair plays down Donald Trump-Paul Ryan rift

Donald Trump’s trap: GOP nominee can’t let go of perceived slights