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Mitch PerryNovember 19, 2015

U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah endorsed Marco Rubio for president Thursday on Fox News, saying she became inspired by him after he visited Utah. “He had a rally and he talked about his family,” she said. “He talked about his love for this country. And I realized that my story is so similar to his.” Like Rubio, Love […]

Associated PressNovember 19, 2015

By the time the next president enters the Oval Office, U.S. airlines could be flying regularly scheduled flights to Cuba, a result of President Barack Obama‘s detente with the island. American businesses are eager to invest. U.S. citizens are already making more tourist trips to the island and Cuban-Americans are free to send more money to […]

Associated PressNovember 19, 2015

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As Marco Rubio campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, he’s pledging to bring generational change to Washington. Yet Rubio’s policy toward Cuba hinges on reinstating a half-century-old diplomatic freeze that failed to unseat the communist government on the island where his parents were born. The U.S. senator from Florida sees no contradiction between his pledge […]

Mitch PerryNovember 19, 2015

A Bloomberg Politics poll released on Thursday morning shows Donald Trump continuing to lead the GOP race for president with 24 percent, followed up by Dr. Ben Carson at 20 percent. Marco Rubio continues his rise — the Florida Senator is now at 12 percent. Texas Senator Ted Cruz is fourth with 9 percent. Jeb Bush is next […]

Phil AmmannNovember 18, 2015

Jeb Bush and his supporters have spent more than twice that of any other candidate or outside group on TV ads in the 2016 presidential race. And what does the former Florida governor get for nearly $20 million, asks Mark Murray of NBC News. Apparently, not much. Bush’s poll numbers are currently languishing in the […]

Associated PressNovember 18, 2015

Idaho billionaire Frank VanderSloot said Wednesday he will support Republican Marco Rubio for president, adding another prominent donor to the Florida senator’s endorsement list. “He’s clearly, in our opinion, the brightest of the bunch,” said VanderSloot, founder and chief executive of the health care products company Melaleuca. “He has a great understanding of what it […]

Associated PressNovember 18, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday called for the U.S. to send more troops to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State. “This is the war of our time,” the former Florida governor said at the Citadel five days after Islamic State militants attacked Paris and killed 129 people. “Radical Islamic terrorists have […]

Associated PressNovember 18, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is calling for a broad military buildup and says the U.S. armed forces have been left ill-prepared to defeat the Islamic State, blamed for the Paris attacks that killed at least 129 and wounded hundreds more. The former Florida governor is projecting himself as a potential commander in chief able […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2015

Donald Trump has doubled the vote of his nearest challenger in Florida, Marco Rubio, in a new poll by the Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative released Wednesday. The poll also shows Hillary Clinton trails several GOP front-runners in head-to-head matchups. Trump leads the GOP field with 36 percent, followed by Rubio at 18 […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2015

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It’s no secret that Republican David Jolly and Democrat Patrick Murphy are friendly colleagues in the Florida congressional delegation. “I think we approach Congress and governing the same way, there’s a natural affinity there, “Jolly told the National Journal last month. “He is a dear friend of mine.” “David and I are friends,” Murphy has […]

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Marco Rubio wins support of Idaho billionaire Frank VanderSloot

Jeb Bush calls for U.S. ground forces to fight Islamic State

Jeb Bush using Paris attacks to pitch broad military buildup

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