Scott has company, another GOP governor calls for expanding Medicaid
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (AP Photo)Florida Gov. Rick Scott has company when it comes to Republican governors willing to expand Medicaid, a key element of President Barack Obama’s health care...
View ArticleToo early for polling 2016? Not at Quinnipiac
Hilliary ClintonThough the next presidential election is more than three years away, pollsters are already beginning to test possible matchups, including with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as a potential...
View ArticleComparing Scott's poll numbers
Gov. Rick ScottFlorida Gov. Rick Scott is no longer on the bottom.When the Quinnipiac Polling Institute released its latest poll last week, Scott numbers not only improved, but they showed he was no...
View ArticleAnalysis: Post-shutdown, pragmatism is in
By KEN THOMAS Associated PressWASHINGTON — Electability and pragmatism won. Ideology and rigidity lost.In Democratic-leaning New Jersey, voters gave Republican Chris Christie a second term and rewarded...
View ArticleRubio a second-tier presidential candidate?
Sen. Marco RubioDespite all of the hype about a potential presidential run by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, one well-known national political analysts pegs him as a second-tier candidate.Wisconsin Gov. Scott...
View ArticleJeb Bush’s 2016 flirtations test loyalty of Christie backers
By MICHAEL BARBARO and NICHOLAS CONFESSOREJeb Bush’s increasingly serious and public examination of a run for president is shaking up the ranks of establishment Republican donors and fundraisers who...
View ArticleDonors weigh shifting support to Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush’s increasingly serious and public examination of a run for president has shaken the ranks of establishment Republican donors and fund-raisers who had planned to back Gov. Chris Christie of New...
View ArticleChristie lends a hand to Scott in Florida
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (AP Photo)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is coming to Florida in hopes of helping Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s re-election and maybe keeping the embers of his own...
View ArticleNJ governor Christie coming to help Rick Scott
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (AP Photo)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is coming back to Florida this week to try to help Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s re-election chances.Christie is scheduled to...
View ArticleChris Christie's $18 million investment in Rick Scott
Chris ChristieNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is not just helping Gov. Rick Scott by traveling around the state calling Charlie Crist a few choice names in his infamous brash Garden State style.“Let’s...
View ArticleTed Cruz reaches out to Florida governor
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. (AP Photo) Days after declaring his candidacy for the White House, Texas Senator Ted Cruz took time on Thursday to reach out to Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Cruz was scheduled...
View ArticleFour takeaways from Scott's "economic summit"
The first big gathering of GOP presidential candidates and presumed candidates in Florida took place Tuesday at Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club in Orlando. There was a lot going on, with six current and...
View ArticleRubio claims title of establishment frontrunner
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio became the leading mainstream Republican vying for the GOP presidential nomination with a stronger than expected showing in the Iowa caucuses Monday. The Miami resident’s solid...
View ArticleFive takeaways from GOP debate on eve of New Hampshire primary
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio fed into the criticism that he is an overly-scripted candidate by awkwardly repeating himself during one of the worst performances of his campaign, while former Florida governor...
View Article5 takeaways from the second night of the GOP convention
The first day of the GOP convention did not go as smoothly as Donald Trump would have liked, with the candidate beating back a last-ditch effort to unbind his delegates and dealing with accusations...
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