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Ryan RayAugust 18, 2015

Republican U.S. House candidate Rebecca Negron on Tuesday announced a slew of endorsements from local municipal elected officials across the 18th Congressional District she hopes to represent in 2016. Negron — a Martin County School Board member and wife of Senate budget chief Sen. Joe Negron — was endorsed by Stuart City Commissioners Jeff Krauskopf and Troy […]

Diane RobertsAugust 18, 2015

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – They stamp their feet, they scream till they’re sick, and hold their breath till they’re blue. They act like 5-year-olds caught with their grotty little paws in the cookie jar, their faces covered in crumbs, as they swear they didn’t do anything wrong. The Special – or Remedial – Session. While all […]

Associated PressAugust 18, 2015

Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio‘s slow-go campaign strategy is puzzling party operatives in Iowa and New Hampshire, states where voters are used to candidates showering them with attention early and often. While some GOP hopefuls are already highlighting their progress toward visiting all of Iowa’s 99 counties, Rubio’s return to the state this week marks […]

Mitch PerryAugust 18, 2015

A CNN/ORC national poll released Tuesday morning shows that even after his uneven performance at the first GOP debate and subsequent controversy with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, Donald Trump remains the dominant candidate in the Republican presidential race, getting 24 percent of the vote. Jeb Bush is second with 13 percent. Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson is third […]

Mitch PerryAugust 18, 2015

Four years ago, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was considered a strong challenger to Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination. Then the Iowa Straw Poll happened. Pawlenty fared poorly, and on August 11, 2011, he was stunningly out of the race. Flash forward four years later: Is Scott Walker this year’s version of Tim Pawlenty? Walker has […]

Diane RobertsAugust 17, 2015

OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE – They stamp their feet, they scream till they’re sick, and hold their breath till they’re blue. They act like 5-year-olds caught with their grotty little paws in the cookie jar, their faces covered in crumbs, as they swear they didn’t do anything wrong. The Special – or Remedial – Session. While all […]

Mitch PerryAugust 17, 2015

Shoring up Social Security and Medicare are among the issues Alan Grayson has said he wants to emphasize as a candidate for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination. Following up on that promise, Grayson has unveiled a proposal that would increase Social Security retirement benefits and tie future increases to a new cost-of-living index. The Orlando Democrat says […]

Associated PressAugust 17, 2015

Scott Walker is counting steps on his FitBit. Jeb Bush swears by the Paleo diet. Bobby Jindal is a “gym rat.” With long travel days and a fresh slab of cherry pie never far away, the campaign trail is notoriously unhealthy. But many 2016 presidential candidates are striving to make smart lifestyle choices as they […]

Ryan RayAugust 17, 2015

National Review columnist Myra Adams took a look at the recent RedState Gathering in Atlanta, and found two that two candidates in particular best fit the strictures of “Buckley rule,” named for her publication’s founder William F. Buckley – roughly, that Republicans should “nominate the most conservative candidate who is electable.” After a dramatic run-up to the event […]

Associated PressAugust 16, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wants more than a wall to keep out immigrants living in the country illegally. He also wants to end “birthright citizenship” for their children, he said Sunday. And he would rescind Obama administration executive orders on immigration and toughen deportation, allowing in only “the good ones.” Trump described his expanded […]

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Local pols endorse Rebecca Negron in CD 18

Diane Roberts: Democracy in Florida remains lost in spite of new maps

Marco Rubio’s slow start in Iowa, New Hampshire puzzles GOP

Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush, 24%-13% in new CNN national poll

Mitch Perry Report for 8.18.15 – It’s not going as planned for Scott Walker

Diane Roberts: Democracy in Florida remains lost in spite of new maps

Alan Grayson explains his Social Security bill, why it can pass Congress

2016 hopefuls hit the gym, try to skip pie on campaign trail

National Review: Kasich-Rubio ticket passes the “Buckley rule”

Donald Trump: Deport children of immigrants living illegally in U.S.