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Jim RosicaNovember 13, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told reporters if he had been president during the Paris terror attacks he’d offer support and seek a coalition to counter the Islamic State. He spoke after an appearance at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando Friday. But he said currently there’s no leadership in America to give our allies confidence we’d […]

Jim RosicaNovember 13, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson reminded a Sunshine Summit crowd that he’s a relatively new Florida resident. Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, said he decided to move in 2013 from “the People’s Republic of Maryland,” seeking the Sunshine State’s lower tax climate. Carson then told a homespun tale about his Detroit upbringing and his mother, […]

Jim RosicaNovember 13, 2015

Insiders promised that Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, one of the Republican candidates for U.S. Senator, would shake things up a bit in his Sunshine Summit speech. He delivered with one memorable shock line: “I will bust my ass for Florida every day and be part of the solutions and not part of the problems,” he told the crowd to […]

Jim RosicaNovember 13, 2015

Todd Wilcox, GOP candidate for U.S. senator from Florida, told Sunshine Summit participants that his non-politician, non-lawyer background is a plus for seeking office. Primary voters need to ask “which candidate has real-world experience,” he said. “Let’s face it, we’re all fed up with career politicians,” Wilcox said, a seeming dig at fellow Republican and […]

Jim RosicaNovember 13, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, eschewing tie and lectern, strode onto the Sunshine Summit stage and launched into a talk show host-style monologue, joking about the next Democratic debate being held at “Leavenworth,” home of the famous federal penitentiary. But the junior U.S. senator from Texas quickly got serious, reciting a laundry list of conservative crowd-favorite […]

Mitch PerryNovember 13, 2015

Happy Friday to you all, and what a weekend it will be as virtually the entire Republican presidential field (including Jim Gilmore!) makes its way to Orlando for the next two days for the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit. We’re off to the event shortly ourselves, so let’s be succinct: Will we hear more […]

Jim RosicaNovember 12, 2015

7:05 p.m.: Minutes before former Vice President Dick Cheney was set to give the keynote remarks at the Florida GOP Statesman’s Dinner, a precursor to this weekend’s Sunshine Summit, the Democratic National Committee launched a pre-emptive strike. The DNC posted a highlight reel of sorts on YouTube, highlighting Cheney’s comments leading up to the Iraq War. “In […]

Phil AmmannNovember 4, 2015

Now it’s a Baker’s Dozen. Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson will be the 13th candidate to appear at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit, scheduled next week in Orlando. “We are excited to welcome Ben Carson to our list of presidential candidates speaking at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando,” said a statement Wednesday from […]

Melissa RossOctober 30, 2015

The Florida GOP says its RPOF Statesman Dinner, with keynote by former Vice President Dick Cheney, is now sold out. The November 12th event is at capacity with more than 950 tickets sold. The dinner takes place the night before the Sunshine Summit in Orlando, billed as a two-day event bringing together presidential candidates along with Florida’s state […]

Bob SparksOctober 23, 2015

One month ago the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit was in the news for reasons other than those intended. With only former Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio committed to appear before those gathering on November 13 and 14, some drastic action to boost participation was contemplated. Those presidential candidates failing to […]

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