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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 […]

Mitch PerryAugust 14, 2015

Although public opinion polls show that solid majorities of Americans support the United States’ renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, that sentiment isn’t shared by most Florida Republicans, especially those aspiring for higher office. A Pew poll released this past month, More than 7 in 10 Americans — 73 percent — said they favor re-establishing relations with Cuba, an […]

Mitch PerryAugust 14, 2015

In New York City Friday morning, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio offered a three-point plan to deal with Iran and Cuba, and said if elected president, he will invite dissidents from those two nations and other countries with repressive governments to his inaugural address. Criticizing Secretary of State John Kerry because no Cuban dissidents were invited to Friday’s official flag-raising […]

Guest AuthorAugust 14, 2015

Now that the silly season of presidential election politics has descended upon us, it’s time to prepare for the inevitable photographic onslaught of candidates shoving food into their pie holes. With close to 20 candidates in the race at this point – Rick Perry may be driving to Amscot for a payday loan as we […]

Associated PressAugust 13, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio will address the Detroit Economic Club next week. It’s the Florida senator’s first visit to Michigan since he announced his candidacy. Rubio will speak Aug. 20 at the economic club’s luncheon in a hotel in downtown Detroit. Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Rand Paul have made multiple trips to Michigan […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 12, 2015

Our next president may well owe the office to arrogant billionaires or be one himself. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that fewer than 400 families account for nearly half the $388-million already invested in that election still more than a year away. Did America shed blood to be rid of monarchy only to have […]

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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.

Florida Republicans take turns blasting John Kerry’s visit to Havana

Marco Rubio says he’ll invite dissidents around the world as guests to his inauguration

Jeff Houck’s Power Lunch: Iconic eating on the presidential campaign trail

Marco Rubio to address Detroit Economic Club next week

Martin Dyckman: Winner-take-all winner could be Donald Trump