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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 27, 2016

While it’s anybody’s guess whether Florida Gov. Rick Scott is running for Senate in 2018 or beyond, what’s clear is that Scott is cultivating ties in Washington, D.C. A spot on Fox News in the morning is followed by a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (a good move before, say, a Senate run). That’s […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 6, 2016

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South Florida U.S. Rep. and Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy says the sheer number of gun violence tragedies has created a shift in American public opinion on gun control. He also says if that sentiment continues, Congress will follow suit and no longer be intimidated by the National Rifle Association. “Quite frankly, the NRA is […]

Peter SchorschDecember 25, 2015

Americans are becoming less and less concerned about the “War on Christmas,” a new survey from Public Policy Polling finds. In 2012, PPP found 47 percent of voters nationally believed that such a thing existed to only 40 percent who didn’t. Now just 37 percent of voters believe in the War on Christmas to 42 […]

Associated PressDecember 11, 2015

In what would be a nightmare scenario for the GOP, presidential candidate Ben Carson threatened Friday to leave the Republican Party amid reports of deepening concerns from GOP officials about the splintered 2016 electorate. The retired neurosurgeon lashed out at Republican leaders who discussed the possibility of a “brokered convention” during a recent private dinner […]

Associated PressNovember 23, 2015

Republicans’ plans to defend their Senate majority in 2016 just got a bit more complicated. GOP Sen. David Vitter‘s loss in Louisiana’s governor’s race over the weekend, and his decision to leave the Senate next year rather than seek re-election, creates an open seat that Republicans will have to defend. It’s a deep-red Southern state […]

Mitch PerryNovember 16, 2015

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Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera is standing foursquare behind his boss, Governor Rick Scott, in opposing any Syrian refugees coming into Florida. “We have recently become aware that private organizations could receive federal funding to house up to 425 possible Syrian refugees in the state of Florida,” Lopez-Cantera, a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. […]

Mitch PerryNovember 2, 2015

Amy Klobuchar is the senior U.S. Senator representing Minnesota. The 55-year-old Democrat was initially elected in 2006 and was re-elected in 2012. She’s just penned a new memoir, called, The Senator Next Door. At the Florida Democratic Convention held this past weekend at Lake Buena Vista, FloridaPolitics.com sat down with the senator for about ten […]

Mitch PerryOctober 1, 2015

The Republican-led House’s approval of a multibillion-dollar defense policy bill could end up being vetoed by President Obama and ultimately hurting MacDill Air Force Base, contends Tampa Bay area Democrat Kathy Castor. But she’s not blaming the president, but the John Boehner-led House. That’s because the $612 billion bill, which will cover new ships, aircraft and […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 30, 2015

Marco Rubio talks policy and his own personality in a quick Q&A with the Skimm, the daily email newsletter designed for millennial women. The Florida Senator, who has had a topsy-turvy relationship with primary voters in the GOP presidential polls since declaring his candidacy back in April, has now become the favorite of the media […]

Jac VerSteegSeptember 27, 2015

Well, the moment I feared has come to pass. House Speaker John Boehner is throwing in the towel. At the end of October – after he has steered the U.S. House of Representatives away from the government shutdown cliff – Boehner is resigning not just the speakership but his seat in the House. I am […]

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Rick Scott courts D.C. conservative establishment Wednesday

Patrick Murphy contends NRA feels changing shift on guns

Poll: Americans trust Donald Trump most to fight “War on Christmas”; GOP down on Festivus

Ben Carson threatens to leave Republican Party

Republicans’ tough U.S. Senate defense gets another twist

Carlos Lopez-Cantera stands with Rick Scott, calling Congress to block funding for Syrian refugees to Florida

Ten minutes with Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar

Kathy Castor says GOP defense bill that violates the sequester could end up hurting MacDill AFB

Marco Rubio says he’d order up Tex-Mex in his first meal in the White House

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: John Boehner is latest the GOP has left behind