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A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2015

The always active Ron DeSantis for Senate press shop was working again on Monday, promoting the Ponte Vedra Republican’s appearance at Erick Erickson’s Red State Gathering (where he was endorsed for Senate by the conservative commentator), then dissing Democratic Senate candidate and fellow United States Congressman Alan Grayson in emails. During his Red State speech, DeSantis said a number of […]

Associated PressMay 7, 2015

In the traffic jam that is the Republican presidential race, Sen. Marco Rubio stands out — and not just for his youth and blue-collar, Cuban-American biography. Rubio has issued the most detailed economic agenda to aid the middle class, anchored by a book on countering the wage stagnation that has exacerbated inequality between the rich […]

Mitch PerryApril 16, 2015

For those of you out there less enamored by Florida’s reputation as the “Gunshine State,” there was some positive news out of Tallahassee Wednesday night. That proposal that would give school superintendents the ability to designate a school district employee or volunteer to carry a concealed weapon on a school campus was scheduled on the […]

Mitch PerryApril 15, 2015

On Tax Day, Marco Rubio and Utah Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee appeared at the Heritage Foundation in Washington to discuss their much-hyped tax reform package, called the Economic Growth and Family Fairness Tax Reform Plan. “This is not a middle-class tax hike, this is a middle-class tax cut,” Lee said in his opening remarks, streamed […]

Gary FineoutApril 13, 2015

Here’s a snapshot of where Florida Sen. Marco Rubio stands on issues likely to be debated during the Republican presidential primaries, as he enters the race. IMMIGRATION Rubio, whose parents emigrated from Cuba, was a co-author of a bipartisan immigration overhaul that would have provided a pathway to citizenship for immigrants in the U.S. illegally. […]

Mitch PerryApril 13, 2015

When Marco Rubio announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president Monday in downtown Miami, there are certain themes he will undoubtedly hit upon (albeit in a speech of only 12 minutes, its reported duration). Fresh off President Barack Obama‘s meeting up with Raul Castro this past weekend at the Summit of the Americas […]

Phil AmmannMarch 2, 2015

In a conservative donors preview last weekend, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio unveiled a tax reform plan he intends to introduce soon with Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee. The Florida senator, who has indicated he will likely run for re-election rather than the presidency president instead of reelection to the Senate, told attendees at the Club […]

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