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Diane RobertsOctober 6, 2015

In case there’s anyone left who thinks ¿Jeb? Bush is a fine man running a fine campaign for president, I give you his remarks after the latest mass shooting, this one in Oregon: “I don’t think that more government is necessarily the answer to this,” he said. “I think we need to reconnect ourselves with […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

Donald Trump may or may not have already peaked in the Republican presidential contest, but no other candidate gets close to him in yet another national poll of GOP candidates, this one released Tuesday. The Public Policy Polling survey has Trump up with 27 percent support. Ben Carson is in second place with 17 percent, and […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is warning of too much government meddling with Internet-based “on-demand companies.” Speaking Tuesday in New York, the Florida senator praised Uber and Airbnb. He says such “disruptive” companies and the people who work for them are unfairly burdened by government regulation. He decried the federal government as “out of touch” […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

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For those who were hoping that the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit next month might be a flop, time to move along now. The RPOF on Tuesday announced that Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum are the latest GOP candidates who will participate in the party’s Sunshine Summit, to be […]

Peter SchorschOctober 6, 2015

The third quarter of 2015 closed Sept. 30, meaning campaign finance reports from congressional, legislative and local candidates have begun rolling in. State and local candidates’ reports are due by October 10th, federal candidates’ numbers by the 15th. Here are 10 fundraising reports I’ll be keeping an eye on this week and next. • Obviously, the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

Marco Rubio‘s second book, “American Dream: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone,“ it being published in paperback Tuesday. To mark the occasion, the rising GOP presidential candidate will give a speech at Civic Hall in New York City and will engage in a short Q&A with members of the New York tech community. The appearance is being promoted […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

David Jolly says he believes he has the antidote for what ills Washington, but believes that at least in his particular case, the Florida Fair Districts amendments and the Florida Supreme Court helped derail that remedy. Speaking at the Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon in Clearwater on Monday, the Pinellas County Representative said that more lawmakers need to reside […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

Blaise Ingoglia and the Republican Party of Florida’s big Sunshine Summit is looking a lot better than it was a couple of weeks ago. That’s when only native sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio had committed to the mid-November fundraising event for the RPOF, creating the possible scenario of the majority of Republican presidential candidates […]

Guest AuthorOctober 5, 2015

My fellow liberals, celebrating the political demise of John Boehner: Stop. He was a moderate and a decent one at that. In line to take his place are people who make, well, Rand Paul seem reasonable. Boehner was the one standing between us and them, telling the far right to stop being unrealistic and start […]

Jim RosicaOctober 5, 2015

Three times in a row, Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Graham has raked in more than a half-million dollars from contributors, her campaign announced Monday morning. Her team patted her on the back, calling her $1.2 million cash-on-hand number “an impressive war chest for a race more than a year away.” The release refers to her first […]

Tag: Marco Rubio

Diane Roberts: ¿Jeb? Bush comes up numb and dumb again

New PPP national survey has Donald Trump up by 10 points

Marco Rubio criticizes government regulation of on-demand economy

John Kasich, Rick Santorum latest candidates coming to RPOF’s Sunshine Summit

3rd-quarter fundraising reports to keep an eye on

Marco Rubio sets sharing economy speech in NYC

David Jolly says competitive districts can fix Washington dysfunction

Chris Christie and Rand Paul added to RPOF Sunshine Summit

Catherine Durkin Robinson: I’m done, finished with leaders desperate to get elected

Gwen Graham posts another $500K+ fundraising quarter