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Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016

For political reporters and everyone else who wants to keep the excitement of the 2015-2016 presidential election cycle going strong, you’ve got to be pulling for Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz to exceed expectations in the Super Tuesday contests. Otherwise, we’re staring at an eight-month slog of Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump in the general […]

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 […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 29, 2016

A day before the biggest day of the 2016 presidential election cycle, Donald Trump‘s lead nationally in the GOP presidential race is at an all-time high. A CNN-ORC poll released on Monday has Trump at 49 percent support. Marco Rubio is a distant second with 16 percent. Ted Cruz is third with 15 percent. Ben […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 28, 2016

The GOP candidates are now sprinting to Super Tuesday. Donald Trump has the momentum from victories in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. However, this is a big contest and no primary should be taken for granted. Trump also has the advantage of holding good polling numbers going into Tuesday’s elections. The Super Tuesday voting […]

Associated PressFebruary 28, 2016

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio continue to swing at Donald Trump ahead of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries that could help the Republican front-runner expand his delegate lead in an increasingly caustic nomination fight. From Rubio mocking “Hair Force One” to Cruz dismissing Trump’s wealth as a result of “picking the right Daddy” and suggesting […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 28, 2016

GOP Presidential hopefuls Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio continued their war of invective on “Fox News Sunday” ahead of Super Tuesday. First up: Trump, taking exception to the Rubio claim that Trump is a “con man,” referred to “Little Marco” as a “lightweight who couldn’t get elected dog catcher in Florida,” who “deceived and shorted Florida,” […]

Associated PressFebruary 27, 2016

Marco Rubio released summaries of his last five years of tax filings on Saturday, revealing him to be a candidate with a senator’s steady annual income of $176,000 who reaped repeated windfalls from book deals. During his first four years in the Senate, Rubio and his wife Jeanette together earned an average of $531,000 a […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 27, 2016

Most of the Florida GOP Presidential Primary talk has been of Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, but Ted Cruz is not completely without support. The “Northeast Florida Ted Cruz Faith & Values Coalition” plans a Monday evening “Press Conference with Dozens of Pastors to Announce Over 40 Pastors and Faith Based Leaders Across the First Coast Endorsing Cruz for President.” Spearheading […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 26, 2016

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Donald Trump is dominating Marco Rubio in a new poll of likely Republican Florida primary voters. According to a Public Policy Polling survey released Thursday night, Trump holds a 20-point lead over Rubio. Trump leads the Republican pack with 45 percent in the Sunshine State, followed by Rubio at 25 percent. Ted Cruz is at […]

Associated PressFebruary 26, 2016

Marco Rubio unleashed a campaign’s worth of harsh criticism on Donald Trump in the final Republican debate before Tuesday’s crucial primaries. The problem may be that it took 10 debates and three Trump victories to get Rubio fired up. Rubio, along with most of the other GOP presidential candidates, has treated Trump with kid-gloves for […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.1.16 — Will Clinton vs. Trump be a “hate and castrate” election?

Racial feud erupts as Republicans fight “unstoppable” Donald Trump

Donald Trump at 49% nationwide among GOP voters in new CNN/ORC poll

Tim Bryce: What to expect from the GOP on Super Tuesday

Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio scrambling to catch Donald Trump ahead of Super Tuesday

GOP presidential hopefuls trade barbs on Fox News Sunday

Marco Rubio tax returns show steady salary, boosted by book deals

Pastors to gather Monday in Jax, supporting Ted Cruz

Donald Trump holds 20 point lead over Marco Rubio in Florida

Analysis: Marco Rubio finally makes move on Donald Trump — but too late?