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Associated PressMarch 4, 2016

For months, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio tried to tear each other down in a bid to become Donald Trump‘s top challenger. The senators are now unlikely allies in an effort to stop Trump’s march toward the Republican nomination. The strategy shift was on full display in Thursday’s GOP debate. Rubio and Cruz ignored each […]

Associated PressMarch 3, 2016

And then there were four. Ben Carson‘s departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of remaining Republicans on the debate stage Thursday night get more time for attacks as Donald Trump treads a path to the GOP nomination and his three rivals try to trip him up. Cheered on by many Republican leaders, […]

Associated PressFebruary 29, 2016

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The final-days sprint to Super Tuesday has erupted into a feud over a white supremacist as Donald Trump‘s Republican rivals scramble to stop the billionaire businessman from becoming an “unstoppable” force in the 2016 presidential contest. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio continued to hammer the GOP front-runner’s character and lack of policy specifics in a […]

Associated PressFebruary 5, 2016

Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich just might be the candidate to bring Montel Williams back to the GOP. In an USA TODAY op-ed Friday, Montel, a former talk show host, military veteran and political commentator, calls the Ohio Governor the right “adult” in the Republican race to occupy the White House. “If there’s one thing […]

Associated PressJanuary 24, 2016

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush unleashed a fury of criticism against Donald Trump on Saturday before imploring New Hampshire voters to forgo the billionaire businessman in the state’s Feb. 9 primary. “You have a chance to reshape this whole primary,” Bush told hundreds of voters at a state Republican Party presidential candidate forum. Trump, who […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 21, 2016

I worked for decades in Palm Beach County – “Corruption County,” we called it in the heyday of watching elected officials troop off to prison. So you’d think I’d have a handle on what “corruption” is. Yet I find, because of current events, that I don’t quite get it. Those events include Florida’s abrupt decision […]

Associated PressJanuary 20, 2016

Under pressure to emerge as the Republican mainstream’s presidential contender, Sen. Marco Rubio is increasingly relying on a national strategy as he lowers expectations for February’s primary contests. He’s betting big that Republican voters across the political spectrum will ultimately coalesce behind his candidacy in the state-by-state slog for delegates his team envisions for the […]

Phil AmmannDecember 30, 2015

House Speaker-designate Richard Corcoran is setting up a 15-member committee of Republican state lawmakers to help campaigns navigate the 2016 election cycle. As first reported by Legislative IQ powered by Lobby Tools, the Land O’Lakes Republican is starting his effort by requiring each Republican House candidate to qualify by voter petition, and not by paying the […]

Diane RobertsDecember 17, 2015

After careful study of the latest debate-cum-Beauty-Pageant-in-Hell, I have finally figured out what’s wrong with the Republican Party. They think real life is just like a movie. A bad, cheap movie, possibly starring Chuck Norris. Take Ted Cruz. Tuesday night he said (again) that he’d “carpet bomb” ISIL into oblivion and “find out if “sand […]

Diane RobertsDecember 16, 2015

After careful study of the latest debate-cum-Beauty-Pageant-in-Hell, I have finally figured out what’s wrong with the Republican Party. They think real life is just like a movie. A bad, cheap movie, possibly starring Chuck Norris. Take Ted Cruz. Tuesday night he said (again) that he’d “carpet bomb” ISIL into oblivion and “find out if “sand […]

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Debate analysis: Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz forge loose alliance to block Donald Trump

Viewer’s Guide: GOP debate about Donald Trump vs. everyone else

Racial feud erupts as Republicans fight “unstoppable” Donald Trump

Montel Williams says John Kasich is right “adult” in GOP race

Jeb Bush upbraids Donald Trump at New Hampshire Republican forum

Jac VerSteeg: It’s not corruption, it’s politics as usual

Marco Rubio betting on long-haul strategy to win nomination

Republican House candidates should qualify by petition, Richard Corcoran says

Diane Roberts: Hey. What could possibly go wrong?

Diane Roberts: Hey. What could possibly go wrong?