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Associated PressMarch 7, 2016

Marco Rubio finds his Oval Office ambitions squeezed by Donald Trump‘s outsider ambush and the Republican Party’s resulting identity crisis. The Florida senator has struggled to reconnect with the kind of voters who sent him to Capitol Hill six years ago as a tea party favorite, instead watching them fuel Trump and his closest challenger to winning […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2016

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has two rallies in Florida set for Tuesday evening. Sarasota and the Nocatee Town Center in St. Johns County will experience “Marcomentum” after a victory Sunday in the 23-delegate Puerto Rico primary. The Sarasota rally starts 5 p.m. at Dolphin Aviation Hangar at 8191 N. Tamiami Trail. Doors open at 4 p.m. […]

Associated PressMarch 6, 2016

Republicans can blame their united stand against President Barack Obama for their party’s splintering. Conservatives’ gut-level resistance to all things Obama — the man, his authority, his policies — gave birth to the tea party movement that powered the GOP to political success in multiple states and historic congressional majorities. Yet contained in the movement […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 5, 2016

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If the Republican presidential nomination were decided by Republican Executive Committee straw polls in the Florida Panhandle, Marco Rubio would have it on lock. Rubio’s 77 percent tally was 60 points over that of Donald Trump, and 71 points over that of Ted Cruz. No delegates were delivered in that particular straw poll, which came on the heels […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2016

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Although Marco Rubio and his camp continue to say that he will win Florida in the winner-take-all GOP presidential primary March 15, there’s been little statistical evidence to date indicating that might be possible. Until now. A poll taken by The Tarrance Group released Saturday shows Donald Trump continuing to lead in Florida, but only by 5 percentage points over […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 5, 2016

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Before departing for a Saturday afternoon rally in Jacksonville, Marco Rubio did something Donald Trump wouldn’t: address CPAC in DC just before the noon hour. But the real issue for Rubio at CPAC was a different candidate altogether: Ted Cruz, his competition for the movement conservative lane. To that end, he delivered an earnest address, one devoid of the humor and personal […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 4, 2016

The Sun Sentinel of South Florida and the Orlando Sentinel have endorsed Hillary Clinton in advance of Florida’s March 15 Democratic primary. The Sentinel also endorsed Marco Rubio on the Republican side, while the Sun Sentinel refused to do so. Both papers are owned by the Chicago-based Tribune Publishing Co., but often do not mirror […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 4, 2016

The Sun Sentinel won’t to endorse in the Republican presidential primary, the newspaper’s editorial revealed this week. In an editorial posted Friday, the editorial board said it was “not going to make an endorsement in Florida’s March 15 Republican presidential primary because the kind of person who should be running is not in the race.” […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2016

The 16.9 million people who saw Fox News Channel’s coverage of the Republican presidential debate on Thursday have made it the fourth most-watched debate in a primary season ever. The Nielsen company said Friday that’s also the fourth most-watched Republican debate of the 2016 campaign cycle — a testament to the extraordinary interest these events […]

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 […]

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Fox gets 16.9 million viewers for GOP debate

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