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Guest AuthorFebruary 24, 2016

Was it inevitable? Who the hell knows. But it is a fact: Donald Trump has a better chance than ever to become the GOP nominee for president. It appears Ted Cruz is pushing against the reality of his threadbare coalition. There are just not that many evangelicals and hard-core conservatives to support him past his […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 24, 2016

A bill that bans the state of Florida from doing business with any company that boycotts the nation of Israel has passed through both houses of the Legislature, and will soon go to Governor Rick Scott’s desk. The legislation is a shot at at the growing international movement to boycott, divest and sanction (BDS) the Israeli […]

Associated PressFebruary 24, 2016

In their efforts to derail Donald Trump from the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are all facing enormous pressure in their home state primaries, which account for about a fourth of the delegates up for grabs in the next three weeks. Failure to defend […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 24, 2016

The field of 17 candidates is now down to just five, but the heavy favorite in tonight’s GOP Nevada caucus remains Donald Trump, fresh off his 10-point victory in South Carolina on Saturday night. A poll taken last week had the NYC business mogul up by over twenty points over Marco Rubio. Thirty delegates are at stake, […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 24, 2016

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Marco Rubio knew he wasn’t going to win in Nevada on Tuesday night, so he started doing early campaigning in Minnesota and Michigan, two states that are part of next week’s Super Tuesday slate of 11 different contests. Rubio finished a very distant second to Donald Trump in the Silver State, losing by 22 percentage […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 23, 2016

On Monday, Rick Scott said he wasn’t ready to endorse in Florida’s presidential primary election on March 15, but there are those who believe he might be leaning towards Donald Trump. That speculation was sparked last month, when Scott penned an op-ed in USA Today, a column in which he wrote very favorably about the New York City […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 23, 2016

The National Republican Congressional Committee is calling on Democratic candidates for Pinellas County’s Congressional District 13 seat to renounce President Barack Obama’s plan to shut down Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. “Do Charlie Crist and Eric Lynn support the President and his dangerous policy,” the NRCC asked in an email on Tuesday. “Or will they finally […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 23, 2016

At an event celebrating the Jacksonville office of MacQuarie, which will create 125 jobs by the end of next year, Gov. Rick Scott and Mayor Lenny Curry took questions on subjects that were just a bit more contentious than job creation, including the Discretionary Sales Surtax bill making its way through Tallahassee, and the stalled […]

Associated PressFebruary 23, 2016

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Donald Trump has repeated inaccurate and racially charged crime statistics, reposted pledges of support from white supremacists and retweeted dubious questions about the citizenship of his presidential rivals to an online following of more than 6 million people on Twitter alone. His response when challenged? To dismiss it all as nothing more than harmless “retweets.” […]

Bill RuftyFebruary 23, 2016

Anyone who had dreams of running for an open seat in the newly redrawn Senate District 26 should dream on for another four years. Sitting in that seat is Sen. Denise Grimsley, a Sebring Republican who confirmed during a text message endorsement of Marco Rubio for president Monday that she is indeed running for re-election […]

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Chris Timmons: Donald Trump’s rise will trigger the fall of the GOP

Florida Legislature bans state from doing business with any company that boycotts Israel

Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich all face must-wins in home states

Live-blog of Nevada’s GOP caucuses – Marco Rubio edges out Ted Cruz for second place

Marco Rubio says with Jeb Bush out he’ll win Florida GOP primary

Rick Scott floated as potential running mate for Donald Trump

NRCC calls on Charlie Crist, Eric Lynn to oppose president’s Gitmo closure plan

Lenny Curry, Rick Scott talk pension tax, HRO, 2016 election

Donald Trump’s favorite excuse? It was just a “retweet”

Denise Grimsley says she’s running again, backs Marco Rubio