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Phil AmmannMay 30, 2015

Sen. Marco Rubio will not be taking part in this year’s Iowa Straw Poll. The Florida Senator and announced Republican presidential candidate is joining Jeb Bush, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Mike Huckabee in bowing out of the once-prominent presidential campaign event. POLITICO reports that Rubio’s decision, confirmed by his campaign on Saturday, is just the […]

Mitch PerryMay 30, 2015

Scott Walker has a seven-point percentage lead in Iowa according to a Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll released Saturday night. The Wisconsin Governor leads the GOP field with 17 percent. Ben Carson and Rand Paul are tied for second with 10 percent, and Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee are tied for fourth place with 9 percent. That’s a […]

Mitch PerryMay 29, 2015

The St. Peteresburg City Council huddled for more than hours Thursday to settle … absolutely nothing regarding the impasse with the Tampa Bay Rays and the stadium situation. For a blow-by-blow account, check out my colleague Janelle Irwin’s account. While the Rays and the Council battle against each other, I’m going to take a look […]

Phil AmmannMay 28, 2015

Spend a little time following politics in the Sunshine State, or not living in a cave, and you are well aware of the names Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio. You might also know of “Florida Man,” a dubious title often appearing in negative, often outrageous, headlines on the various shenanigans that take place in our […]

Ryan RayMay 28, 2015

A hallmark of the White House pre-campaign of Jeb Bush has been a genteel, understated approach. Jeb, the most erudite of the Bushes and the proverbial “adult in the room” among the bomb-throwers and firebrands in the 2016 Republican field was not known for singeing his rivals, other than his Democratic bête noire Hillary Clinton. That’s changing as […]

Mitch PerryMay 28, 2015

A new Quinnipiac poll released on Thursday shows no front-runner in the Republican Party race for president, with five candidates tied in the lead with 10 percent support – Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Dr. Ben Carson and Mike Huckabee. The second five candidates who would qualify for the first presidential debate to be broadcast […]

Associated PressMay 28, 2015

When Marco Rubio attends his 44th birthday party and fundraiser at the home of the host of the Pawn Stars reality show Thursday, it won’t be his first birthday in Las Vegas. The Cuban-American son of South Florida spent part of his childhood in Las Vegas, from 1979 to 1985, where he joined the Mormon […]

Jac VerSteegMay 27, 2015

Two items in Wednesday morning’s Sunburn really frosted me. Both Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are trolling for evangelical Christian votes by peddling the line that Christians in America are being persecuted. This appeals to the evangelicals’ penchant for seeing themselves as victims – a stance that bolsters their willingness to make victims of others, […]

Guest AuthorMay 27, 2015

In the accompanying picture, that’s me on the left. The year is possibly 1994. I’m standing next to the late Congressman William Lehman from Miami-Dade. Bill Lehman died in 2005. Next to Bill is the civil rights activist and Miami path breaker,Thelma Gibson. The sturdy, imposing African-American to the right was the star of the photograph. Arthur E. […]

Mitch PerryMay 27, 2015

If you’ve paid close attention to the content of much of the GOP presidential candidates’ (and soon-to-be candidates’) rhetoric this year, you hear a lot of Barack Obama bashing, mostly about his foreign policy moves, which they all say have made the world a more dangerous place. On immigration, they all read from the same […]

Tag: Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio latest GOP hopeful to bow out of Iowa Straw Poll

New Iowa poll has Scott Walker up by seven points, with Marco Rubio tops as a second choice

Mitch Perry Report for 5.29.15 — Rays stadium situation in St. Pete needs to change soon

Browser extension swaps “Jeb Bush” and “Marco Rubio” with “Florida Man”

Jeb Bush sharpens elbows as GOP presidential field grows crowded

New national poll shows only Marco Rubio & Rand Paul competitive against Hillary Clinton

On his birthday, Marco Rubio returns to childhood home: Las Vegas, not Miami

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio don't know what's good for Christianity

Alan Farago: A true story about Art Teele, Big Sugar and Miami-Dade political influence

Mitch Perry Report for 5.27.15 — Immigration and the GOP