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Mitch PerryMarch 14, 2016

Welcome to the first working day of Daylight Saving Time, a/k/a the crankiest Monday morning of the year. Welcome to the return of true humidity to the Sunshine State, and welcome back to Donald Trump, who brings his campaign to Tampa this afternoon for a “town hall” event at the Convention Center. Note that it’s […]

Scott PowersMarch 13, 2016

In a speech at The Villages on Sunday Marco Rubio tried to harness the anger many Republican voters are expressing with their support of Donald Trump. Florida’s junior U.S. senator said their wrath must be channeled, not fostered and exploited. “This election is really a referendum on America and its identity. It’s a referendum on […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 13, 2016

Longtime observers of the conservative movement know that periodically its followers are compelled to purge the more radical elements in the base. William Buckley did so with the John Birch Society over a half century ago. More recently, the magazine Buckley founded, National Review, had a couple of issues dedicated to reading the radicals out […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 13, 2016

On Sunday, the Marco Rubio for President campaign issued “Florida,” a new “web video highlighting the contrast the Florida papers have drawn between Marco and the con man Donald Trump. With Florida’s March 15 primary getting close,” the campaign release asserts, “more Floridians are rallying around Marco to be the candidate to stop Trump.” The […]

Brendan FarringtonMarch 13, 2016

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Florida’s winner-take-all Republican presidential primary was supposed to help former Gov. Jeb Bush or Sen. Marco Rubio. That was the thinking when the GOP-dominated Legislature changed the state’s primary date to the third Tuesday in March, the earliest date it could hold an election that will award all 99 Republican delegates to one candidate. But […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 13, 2016

On ABC’s “This Week on Sunday,” Marco Rubio made what could be his final Sunday network TV pitch as a 2016 presidential candidate. The subjects included the violence at Donald Trump rallies in recent days in Chicago, Dayton, and Kansas City. Rubio was third on the show, not a good sign for his viability. Rubio addressed the “outrageous” […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 13, 2016

With just two days until the March 15 Republican primary, Donald Trump continues to hold a commanding lead in the Sunshine State. According to a new CBS News/YouGov survey of likely Republican primary voters, Trump is at 44 percent. Ted Cruz is in second with 24 percent, followed by Marco Rubio with 21 percent. John […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 13, 2016

Marco Rubio remains in second place in Florida, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. Donald Trump holds a 21-point lead over Rubio in the Sunshine State. The poll found that Trump is at 43 percent, while Rubio is at 22 percent. Ted Cruz is in third with 21 percent, followed by John […]

Mitch PerryMarch 12, 2016

Nikki Haley says she’s seen what Donald Trump rallies have become of late, and surmised that accepting him as the GOP presidential nominee goes against what the party of Lincoln is all about. “I’m watching a presidential candidate who at his rally is saying, ‘punch him. He should be taken out on a stretcher. Do […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 12, 2016

Jacksonville Republicans seeking one more burst of #Marcomentum should plan to be at the Monday Meet and Greet for Marco Rubio. The Meet and Greet event is at the Maple Street Biscuit Company in San Marco. Doors open at 9:30, and the event begins at 10:00, scheduled to run until 11:00 a.m. Rubio will stop at […]

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