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Mitch PerryMarch 7, 2016

Wouldn’t it be interesting, as comedian Sarah Silverman noted on Real Time with Bill Maher Friday night, for all of the candidates — Republicans and Democrats — to debate at one time? The differences between the two parties standard-bearers would become event more evident. Take the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, for example. During Thursday night’s GOP debate […]

Associated PressMarch 7, 2016

Marco Rubio finds his Oval Office ambitions squeezed by Donald Trump‘s outsider ambush and the Republican Party’s resulting identity crisis. The Florida senator has struggled to reconnect with the kind of voters who sent him to Capitol Hill six years ago as a tea party favorite, instead watching them fuel Trump and his closest challenger to winning […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2016

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has two rallies in Florida set for Tuesday evening. Sarasota and the Nocatee Town Center in St. Johns County will experience “Marcomentum” after a victory Sunday in the 23-delegate Puerto Rico primary. The Sarasota rally starts 5 p.m. at Dolphin Aviation Hangar at 8191 N. Tamiami Trail. Doors open at 4 p.m. […]

Associated PressMarch 6, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio has won Puerto Rico’s Republican primary, his second win of the race for the GOP presidential nomination. It wasn’t clear how many delegates the contest awards him. The U.S. territory’s three super-delegates have committed to Rubio. If a candidate gets more than half the votes, he gets all the delegates. If no […]

Jim RosicaMarch 6, 2016

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You can admit to drinking goat’s blood, dropping LSD and having rape fantasies, but defend a neo-Nazi and it’s No Canada For You. Augustus Invictus, the Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate from Florida, said in a press release this weekend he had been denied entry to The Great White North on his way to a Vancouver speaking […]

Associated PressMarch 6, 2016

Republicans can blame their united stand against President Barack Obama for their party’s splintering. Conservatives’ gut-level resistance to all things Obama — the man, his authority, his policies — gave birth to the tea party movement that powered the GOP to political success in multiple states and historic congressional majorities. Yet contained in the movement […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 5, 2016

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If the Republican presidential nomination were decided by Republican Executive Committee straw polls in the Florida Panhandle, Marco Rubio would have it on lock. Rubio’s 77 percent tally was 60 points over that of Donald Trump, and 71 points over that of Ted Cruz. No delegates were delivered in that particular straw poll, which came on the heels […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 5, 2016

Jacksonville is one of the keys to Marco Rubio‘s narrow path to the GOP nomination, and the road show came to the Morocco Temple Saturday. Rubio, who arrived in Jacksonville en route from an earnest, well-received address at CPAC in DC, has to win urban areas like Jacksonville to win the state. On Tuesday night, he […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2016

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Although Marco Rubio and his camp continue to say that he will win Florida in the winner-take-all GOP presidential primary March 15, there’s been little statistical evidence to date indicating that might be possible. Until now. A poll taken by The Tarrance Group released Saturday shows Donald Trump continuing to lead in Florida, but only by 5 percentage points over […]

Scott PowersMarch 5, 2016

In preparation for Donald Trump‘s speech and rally in Orlando Friday, two surrogates of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio‘s presidential bid stepped out to denounce Trump and urge Florida to back Rubio. At Rubio’s newly opened Orlando campaign headquarters near downtown, Republican state Reps. Mike Miller of Orlando and Scott Plakon of Longwood called Trump “a con […]

Tag: Marco Rubio

Mitch Perry Report for 3.7.16 — Dems tag team on Rick Snyder in Flint

Marco Rubio: A candidate still searching for a viable base

Marco Rubio sets Tuesday evening rallies in Sarasota, St. Johns County

Marco Rubio wins Puerto Rico GOP race

Augustus Invictus blocked from entering Canada over neo-Nazi client

Seeds of GOP splinter in opposition to all things Barack Obama

Marco Rubio dominates Florida Panhandle REC straw poll

Even in Jacksonville, Marco Rubio faces enthusiasm gap

GOP poll has Marco Rubio within striking distance of Donald Trump in Florida

Scott Plakon, Mike Miller denounce Donald Trump, call for support for Marco Rubio