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Mitch PerryMarch 10, 2016

A national Public Policy Polling survey finds Americans want President Barack Obama to be able to appoint Antonin Scalia’s replacement on the Supreme Court, and they don’t want any of the Republican front runners for president making the call. The poll shows that 56 percent of Americans want a replacement to the Supreme Court occur this […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 10, 2016

A vote for anyone but Marco Rubio in Florida is a vote for Donald Trump. That’s the message Conservative Solutions PAC, the super PAC backing Rubio, is sending in a new advertisement, called “Closest.” “In Florida, a vote for Cruz or Kasich is a vote for Trump,” a man is heard saying in the 30-second […]

Mitch PerryMarch 10, 2016

In what is being dubbed by critics as the “low-energy” summit, Jeb Bush is scheduled to meet today in Miami separately with John Kasich and Ted Cruz, after reportedly already meeting with Marco Rubio on Wednesday. The idea being, I take it, is that Jeb might come out with an endorsement. If he’s going to do […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 9, 2016

The path to the GOP nomination, for Marco Rubio, clearly involves winning GOP Primaries in Minnesota and Puerto Rico, before holding an MSNBC Town Hall. The big news coming out of the event had gotten reported, to a large degree in teaser promos. He won’t say that he would be interested in running as Donald […]

Mitch PerryMarch 9, 2016

Miami is the host for presidential debates of both major parties over the next 36 hours, but will the moderators focus on what Florida voters actually care about? That certainly seems possible on Wednesday night, as Univision’s Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos and The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty will probably be supplied with data from Facebook, one of the […]

Mitch PerryMarch 9, 2016

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A new poll privately funded by American Industries of Florida shows Donald Trump leading Marco Rubio in Florida, 33-27 percent, with Ted Cruz at 16 percent of the vote, and John Kasich at 12 percent. The poll is remarkably different than other surveys released in the past couple of days, most showing Rubio losing by double digits, and in the […]

Mitch PerryMarch 9, 2016

Another poll regarding Florida’s presidential primary on Tuesday again shows Marco Rubio trailing by double-digits. A private poll commissioned by Florida Democratic political consultant Christian Ulvert and produced by Public Policy Polling on Wednesday shows Donald Trump leading Rubio, 42 percent to 32 percent. Ted Cruz is a distant third with 14 percent, and John Kasich is fourth at 8 percent. On […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 9, 2016

MSNBC reported Wednesday that Jeb Bush plans to meet with three of the four remaining GOP Presidential candidates soon, presumably with an eye toward endorsement, ahead of the GOP debate Thursday. Those three: Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich. The most reasonable interpretation of that strategy: Bush is attempting to find the right Anybody-But-Trump […]

Associated PressMarch 9, 2016

Former Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina says she is endorsing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president. Speaking at a rally in Miami Wednesday, Fiorina called Cruz a “leader and reformer… willing to take on the status quo in Washington. She roused a chorus of boos from the crowd when she mentioned front-runner Donald Trump and […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 9, 2016

Donald Trump is crushing Marco Rubio in his home state, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll of likely Republican primary voters. Trump leads the Republican field with 45 percent support in the Sunshine State. Rubio is in second with 22 percent. The gulf between the two men has only widened since a February Quinnipiac […]

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