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Mitch PerryOctober 23, 2015

Marco Rubio is far from the first U.S. Senator to miss a number of votes while he runs for president, but he seems to be getting bashed more than most. By most accounts, he’s missed up to 30 percent of his votes in the Senate this year. While that makes him worse than fellow GOP Senators/presidential […]

Mitch PerryOctober 22, 2015

Donald Trump, the solid front-runner in Florida and nationally in the GOP presidential race, will be the sixth and final candidate to speak at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit taking place Nov. 13-14 at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando. Twelve candidates in all will participate in the event, a fundraiser for the RPOF and one that looked […]

Phil AmmannOctober 7, 2015

On Wednesday morning, Jeb Bush got “Skimmed.” The Republican presidential hopeful appeared on theSkimm, a daily email new digest featuring “Skimm Your Candidate,” a series interviews with the 2016 White House aspirants patterned after a preliminary job interview. Skimm began in 2012 as daily email newsletters with fresh content produced by Carly Zakin and Danielle […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

Donald Trump may or may not have already peaked in the Republican presidential contest, but no other candidate gets close to him in yet another national poll of GOP candidates, this one released Tuesday. The Public Policy Polling survey has Trump up with 27 percent support. Ben Carson is in second place with 17 percent, and […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

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For those who were hoping that the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit next month might be a flop, time to move along now. The RPOF on Tuesday announced that Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum are the latest GOP candidates who will participate in the party’s Sunshine Summit, to be […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

Blaise Ingoglia and the Republican Party of Florida’s big Sunshine Summit is looking a lot better than it was a couple of weeks ago. That’s when only native sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio had committed to the mid-November fundraising event for the RPOF, creating the possible scenario of the majority of Republican presidential candidates […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 30, 2015

Has the Donald Trump phenomenon peaked? Not exactly, according to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll released on Wednesday, that shows the NYC real estate magnate maintaining a double-digit lead in the GOP presidential sweepstakes. Trump is at 23 percent. Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina are tied for second with 13 percent each. Marco Rubio comes […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 30, 2015

Marco Rubio talks policy and his own personality in a quick Q&A with the Skimm, the daily email newsletter designed for millennial women. The Florida Senator, who has had a topsy-turvy relationship with primary voters in the GOP presidential polls since declaring his candidacy back in April, has now become the favorite of the media […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 29, 2015

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The Republican Party of Florida on Tuesday announced that four presidential candidates will attend its Sunshine Summit in Orlando this November. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida have confirmed their attendance, state party chairman Blaise Ingoglia said in a […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 27, 2015

Donald Trump is aiming his massive ego at a new target: Marco Rubio. Trump calls the junior senator from Florida “a clown” who was “sweaty … overly ambitious,” as well as financially unsuccessful and “absent” from the U.S. Senate. Nevertheless, Bill Day’s latest shows Rubio might just prove more of a challenge to the real-estate […]

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Lois Frankel knocks Marco Rubio’s absentee record, says Florida needs two senators

Donald Trump to close out first full day of RPOF Sunshine Summit

Jeb Bush gets “Skimmed” for popular email news digest

New PPP national survey has Donald Trump up by 10 points

John Kasich, Rick Santorum latest candidates coming to RPOF’s Sunshine Summit

Chris Christie and Rand Paul added to RPOF Sunshine Summit

Marco Rubio rises to 4th place, Jeb Bush back in 5th in USA Today/Suffolk University poll

Marco Rubio says he’d order up Tex-Mex in his first meal in the White House

Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, Marco Rubio to attend Sunshine Summit, RPOF says

Bill Day’s latest: Aqua Man versus Macho Man