Sen. Lindsey Graham says Jeb Bush is the GOP VP candidate who could most likely put Mitt Romney over the top in the November elections. “He’d be an outstanding pick. It’s up to Gov. Romney but if I had to recommend a single person it would be Jeb,” Graham told The Hill via Newsmax. Chatter is [...]
The app is only a few weeks away, so I figure, why not begin rolling out a preview of what ‘Sunburn’ will be: a morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. Think Politico Playbook, only right-sized for the Sunshine State… OBAMA 46, ROMNEY 45 ACCORDING TO LATEST SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY POLL… President Barack Obama is [...]
Below is SaintPetersblog.com‘s ranking of Florida’s Top Political Tweeters for May. When it comes to determining the Top Tweeters, we prioritize quality, not quantity. The rankings are based on someone’s Klout score. When someone engages with your content, Klout assesses that action in the context of the person’s own activity. These principles form the basis of [...]
Jonathan Martin offers a must-read this morning. Some excerpts: “Bush … sought to shut down speculation with an email to Bloomberg’s Mark Silva, a former Florida reporter, writing, ‘I am not going to be the veep nominee. Lay that to rest.’ Interviews with about a dozen Bush associates say that … he truly doesn’t want to be [...]
There is a rather simple reason why Jeb Bush won’t be Mitt Romney’s pick for VP… George Will explains, ”If Jeb Bush is to be Romney’s running mate, it would mean that in seven of nine presidential elections there would be a Bush on the Republican ticket. And it gets hard to argue that we’re not a [...]
In the interview Bush predicts a tough race for candidate Mitt Romney and hopes that he will invite Marco Rubio to become his running mate. Bush said, “there will be so much negativity and so many personal attacks against Gov. Romney. That’s already been telegraphed that that’s going to happen. I think people are going [...]
Public Policy Polling looked at the 2016 Republican field if Romney is not the nominee again. There’s a clear top tier consisting of Chris Christie at 21% and Mike Huckabee and Jeb Bush at 17%. Rick Santorum’s further back at 12% and Marco Rubio at 10%, Paul Ryan at 7%, Rand Paul at 4%, and [...]
In an interview with Fox’ Juan Williams for Fox News Latino (FNL), Marco Rubio says for the umpteenth time that he will not be the GOP’s vice presidential nominee. Instead, Rubio says Jeb Bush should be VP: Juan Williams: When people look at you, Marco Rubio, and hear you say “I will not be Vice President [...]
Jeb Bush told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that Mitt Romney should pick Sen. Marco Rubio as his running mate, calling him “dynamic, joyful, disciplined and principled.” Said Bush: “He is the best orator of American politics today, a good family man. He is not only a consistent conservative, but he has managed to find a way to communicate [...]
Today, Jeb Bush finally shrugged at Mitt Romney and provided what appeared to be a lack-luster endorsement for the GOP candidate—similar to the reception Romney has received across the country. Bush has been quite vocal in criticizing right-sided issues that may be leaning overboard concerning women, seniors and Hispanics. Romney’s extreme leanings are likely to [...]
