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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 28, 2016

GOP Presidential hopefuls Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio continued their war of invective on “Fox News Sunday” ahead of Super Tuesday. First up: Trump, taking exception to the Rubio claim that Trump is a “con man,” referred to “Little Marco” as a “lightweight who couldn’t get elected dog catcher in Florida,” who “deceived and shorted Florida,” […]

Associated PressFebruary 27, 2016

Marco Rubio released summaries of his last five years of tax filings on Saturday, revealing him to be a candidate with a senator’s steady annual income of $176,000 who reaped repeated windfalls from book deals. During his first four years in the Senate, Rubio and his wife Jeanette together earned an average of $531,000 a […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 27, 2016

Lenny Curry endorsed Marco Rubio last weekend. This weekend, reports are that the mayor’s pro-Rubio robocalls are hitting Jacksonville landlines. We are hearing that the calls are boilerplate calls for absentee ballots, just ahead of early voting; no disparagement of the other candidates in the race, no “Marco is the best candidate to take on Hillary […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 27, 2016

Most of the Florida GOP Presidential Primary talk has been of Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, but Ted Cruz is not completely without support. The “Northeast Florida Ted Cruz Faith & Values Coalition” plans a Monday evening “Press Conference with Dozens of Pastors to Announce Over 40 Pastors and Faith Based Leaders Across the First Coast Endorsing Cruz for President.” Spearheading […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 27, 2016

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Marco Rubio is taking swipes at Donald Trump. Rubio is out with a new video highlighting his debate performance on Thursday. The new online video — called Knockout — is a mash-up of Rubio hitting Trump In the one-minute video, “Eye of the Tiger” plays, as Rubio taking swipes at Trump, plus political commentators commenting on […]

Ryan RayFebruary 26, 2016

A newly pugilistic Marco Rubio showed Americans his skill with slings and arrows at Thursday night’s GOP debate in Houston, calling Donald Trump a “con artist” and giving Trump a taste of his own vicious medicine by repeatedly interrupting and ridiculing him. But, as Jeremy Peters of The New York Times wrote Friday, Rubio may have just been warming up: […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 26, 2016

Marco Rubio poses as a national security expert. Perhaps among the Republican contenders, he’s the closest thing they’ve got. In which case, God help us all. A Washington Post story over the weekend indicates that Rubio’s interest in national security was just a pose from the beginning. As a rising star in the Florida House, […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 26, 2016

As we noted in both salt shaker tests on the two recent Florida polls (Quinnipiac and AIF polls), the method used by Quinnipiac likely favors an outsider insurgent. Why is that? Quinnipiac asked randomly dialed Floridians to indicate first whether or not they were a registered voter, then which party they belonged to and then […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 26, 2016

Donald Trump is dominating Marco Rubio in a new poll of likely Republican Florida primary voters. According to a Public Policy Polling survey released Thursday night, Trump holds a 20-point lead over Rubio. Trump leads the Republican pack with 45 percent in the Sunshine State, followed by Rubio at 25 percent. Ted Cruz is at […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2016

Marco Rubio‘s Jacksonville campaign headquarters will have a kickoff event on March 3 at 7:00 p.m. The event is at the Rubio HQ at 3428 Beach Blvd. Marco’s brother Mario will be the special guest. As well, we are hearing from reliable sources that Rubio plans a campaign rally in Jacksonville the next afternoon. By […]

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GOP presidential hopefuls trade barbs on Fox News Sunday

Marco Rubio tax returns show steady salary, boosted by book deals

Lenny Curry robocalls for Marco Rubio are live in Jacksonville

Pastors to gather Monday in Jax, supporting Ted Cruz

Marco Rubio throws punches at Donald Trump in new video

Marco Rubio goes for the jugular against Donald Trump

Jac VerSteeg: Marco Rubio is a national security shirker

Why the Quinnipiac poll spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E for Bernie Sanders

Donald Trump holds 20 point lead over Marco Rubio in Florida

Marco Rubio campaign Jax HQ “kickoff event” Thursday, rally on Friday?