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Associated PressMarch 2, 2016

Was that really Chris Christie, the brusque, take-a-back-seat-to-no-one governor of New Jersey? Christie’s seemingly shell-shocked gaze as he stood behind Donald Trump on Super Tuesday is generating befuddlement and mockery in his home state and beyond. Conservatives and liberals alike have piled on. His introductory remarks were so subdued and his appearance was so grave […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 27, 2016

On Wednesday, Governor Rick Scott delivered remarks at the Heritage Foundation, then participated in a discussion with Jim Geraghty of National Review. The subject: Florida’s economic growth and job creation numbers, of interest to the free-marketeers at Heritage and National Review, especially in light of mounting speculation as to what Scott’s next political move might be. Scott […]

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 22, 2016

Who says that Donald Trump doesn’t bring people together? In what could very well be something The Nation magazine might publish next January if Trump runs the table to become our 45th president, the National Review’s newest edition contains a scathing editorial blasting the GOP front-runner, calling him a “menace to conservatism,” and contains short essays by […]

Phil AmmannNovember 8, 2015

America Rising president and cofounder Joe Pounder is joining Marco Rubio’s campaign as a senior adviser. Founded after the 2012 presidential election, America Rising PAC became one of the leading Republican oppo research firms, serving as an alternative to American Bridge PAC, its Democratic counterpart. Pounder also worked on Rubio’s 2010 Senate campaign. “As one […]

Associated PressOctober 30, 2015

The Republican National Committee says it’s suspending its partnership with NBC News and its properties and won’t allow the network to co-host a presidential primary debate scheduled for February. The letter from RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to NBC News chief Andrew Lack comes after this week’s heavily criticized debate on CNBC. Priebus says the CNBC […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 13, 2015

Watching Best of Enemies, the new movie about the series of debates Gore Vidal and William Buckley had at the 1968 Republican Convention in Miami and Democratic Convention in Chicago, is a lesson in parallelism. Despite their deep differences, the two were like “matter and antimatter,” or as my wife said, “two models wearing the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 10, 2015

It’s still the summer (of Trump), with more than four months to go before any registered Republican voter actually goes to the poll. But at what point do the campaigns of Florida favorite sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio start growing seriously concerned? Conventional wisdom espoused by political observers in Florida and nationally is Bush could […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 7, 2015

It is amusing, in a wry sort of way, to witness the tantrums and hear the gnashing of teeth in right-wing circles over the several big cases they have just lost at the U.S. Supreme Court. Spare them no sympathy. You might think that losing has become more than they can bear. But in fact, […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Hillary Clinton is in Las Vegas Tuesday, where she will reportedly call for a path to citizenship for the about 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. That would revive the 2013 legislation co-sponsored by Marco Rubio in the Senate — before he walked away from it. She will say that the standard for a true […]

Tag: National Review

Chris Christie’s shell-shocked look stirs mockery, befuddlement

Rick Scott takes jobs message to Heritage Foundation

Rick Scott courts D.C. conservative establishment Wednesday

Mitch Perry Report for 1.22.16 – Conservative intelligentsia makes last-ditch effort to dump Trump

Joe Pounder joins Marco Rubio campaign

GOP suspends partnership with NBC News for February debate

A.G. Gancarski: Gore Vidal, William Buckley play as “2 models in same dress” in new movie

Time to worry? New CNN national poll has Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio both getting buried

Martin Dyckman: Supreme Court more often goes astray

Mitch Perry Report for 5.5.15 — Hillary Clinton takes on Jeb and the GOP on immigration