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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 5, 2016

Florida politicians are speaking out about President Barack Obama’s gun control proposals, with several prominent Republicans blasting the Democrat’s actions. Obama announced a package of gun-control executive actions during a speech in the East Room at the White House. The cornerstone of his executive actions is a background check requirement for guns purchased from dealers […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 5, 2016

Donald Trump continues to lead the pack in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll. Among Republicans and Republican-leaning registered voters, the New York businessman has 35 percent support. That’s compared with 18 percent for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and 13 percent for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio. The NBC […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 5, 2016

For nearly a year that they’ve been campaigning, the Republican candidates for president have focused on what they contend is how Barack Obama‘s bumbling foreign policy has led to the U.S.’s loss of stature around the world. While there could be some truth to some of the rhetoric, there’s also a lot of hyperbole and […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 4, 2016

California Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa will stump on behalf of Sen. Marco Rubio in New Hampshire, the campaign said Monday. Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is scheduled to make six campaign stops in New Hampshire on Tuesday and Wednesday. He is scheduled to attend two meet-and-greets — in […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 4, 2016

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According to an average of polling in New Hampshire compiled by Real Clear Politics, Marco Rubio is now at 13.3 percent support in New Hampshire, putting him 13 percentage points behind Donald Trump. That second place status is relatively tenuous, however, with Ted Cruz trailing him with an average of 12 percent, and Chris Christie two points behind, averaging […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 4, 2016

Rubio blasted Hillary Clinton in a speech in New Hampshire early Monday, going as far as calling for the former secretary of state not only incompetent, but a liar. “While she was leading the public and the families of the fallen to believe the attack in Benghazi happened because of a YouTube video, we now […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 4, 2016

A little-used method of updating the U.S. Constitution recently got a boost from a top presidential contender. On Wednesday, Marco Rubio said he would support convening a convention of states to amend the Constitution. The obscure process, outlined in Article V of the Constitution, is a convention of state legislatures to propose amendments to the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 4, 2016

Donald Trump is hitting the airwaves. The advertisement, which was first shared with The Washington Post, reiterates the New York businessman’s position on issues like the Islamic State, or ISIS, and illegal immigration. “The politicians can pretend it’s something else, but Donald Trump calls it radical Islamic terrorism. That’s why he’s calling for a temporary […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 4, 2016

Happy New Year to everyone, and welcome back to reading the MPR in 2016. Sunday many of the GOP presidential candidates were on “the shows” as The Donald refers to them, and there were amusing moments throughout the morning. My favorite was perhaps Chris Wallace getting into Chris Christie’s grill regarding how the New Jersey […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 3, 2016

Political prognostication is not an exact science despite what forecasters and pundits would have readers believe. Many fall somewhere between the obvious and the inane, and often take a familiar and non-threatening shape. “The race for (insert candidate here) comes down to which campaign turns out their voters,” or some similar form. Imagine a sports […]

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Florida Republicans blast President Barack Obama over gun-control executive actions

Donald Trump still out front of GOP field, NBC News poll finds

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Darrell Issa campaigning for Marco Rubio in New Hampshire

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Marco Rubio backs little-used method to amend Constitution

Donald Trump releases first television ad

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