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Scott Powers is an Orlando-based political journalist with 30+ years’ experience, mostly at newspapers such as the Orlando Sentinel and the Columbus Dispatch. He covers local, state and federal politics and space news across much of Central Florida. His career earned numerous journalism awards for stories ranging from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster to presidential elections to misplaced nuclear waste. He and his wife Connie have three grown children. Besides them, he’s into mystery and suspense books and movies, rock, blues, basketball, baseball, writing unpublished novels, and being amused. Email him at [email protected].

Suffolk U. poll of Fla. primary: Donald Trump 36%, Marco Rubo 27%

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A new survey released by Suffolk University finds that Florida Republicans prefer Donald Trump to Marco Rubio by nine points even though most think the New York businessman is the least conservative in the GOP candidates. The survey, of 500 likely Republican primary voters in Florida, gives Trump 36 percent, U.S. Sen. Rubio of Florida 27 percent, US. Sen. Ted Cruz of  Texas 19 percent and Ohio Gov. John Kasich 10 percent. That preference comes even though almost none of the GOP voters think Trump is very conservative. Instead, they see him as…

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Florida Democratic Party releases ad bashing Marco Rubio, asking ‘I give up! Where are you?’

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The Florida Democratic Party is weighing in on the state’s Republican presidential primary, perhaps just for fun, with a new internet ad called “All Marco, No Polo,” bashing U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio for his voting record. The 30-second spot, uses almost no speaking, except for a child’s voice at a swimming pool. The child, sounding  increasingly frustrated  while playing the pool game “Marco Polo,” calls out several times, “Marco!” and then ends with expression of irritation. “I give up! Where…

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Rick Scott appearance on Morning Joe dumbfounds Joe and Mika

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Gov. Rick Scott‘s penchant for refusing to answer questions dumbfounded MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ show host Joe Scarborough and reduced co-host Mika Brzezinski to exasperation during a four-minute interview Wednesday morning. A national TV audience watched as Scarborough repeatedly tried to ask Scott why he would not endorse Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida’s presidential primary, what Scott thought of Donald Trump‘s most recent anti-Muslim remarks made in Florida, and whether he personally thought Islam is a religion that hates America. Scott responded as he usually does when…

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Geraldine Thompson elected to chair of Legislative Black Caucus while vowing to stay in congressional race

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State Sen. Geraldine Thompson has was elected Wednesday to chair the Florida Legislative Black Caucus for the next year while vowing to stay in her race to be elected to the U.S. Congress next fall. “Congressional District 10: yes, I’m staying in the race,” she said. Thompson, an Orlando Democrat, said she did not have to make a choice between campaigning or serving as chair, because this year the Senate is set to provide the chair for the caucus, and all Florida senators would be…

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Florida primary: Hillary Clinton 62%, Bernie Sanders 32%, according to new Q-poll

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Hillary Clinton has opened a commanding 30-point lead on Bernie Sanders in Florida’s Democratic presidential primary contest, 62-32 percent, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University. The survey, released this morning, shows the former secretary of state is sweeping the women’s vote in b uilding what looks like an insurmountable overall lead heading into Florida’s March 15 primary. Quinnipiac also finds Clinton leading Sanders in Ohio, though the race is much closer there, just nine points. Sanders is coming off a surprising win in…

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Those salutes at the Donald Trump rally were not what you think…

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Finally, there’s media pushback (for one, Joe Scarborough on “Morning Joe” show Tuesday morning) on some of the response to the Donald Trump-gets-supporters-to-raise-their-right-hands thing at the University of Central Florida on Saturday. You’ve seen the memes and the shocked reports (from journalists whom I suspect were not there) suggesting this all was reminiscent of Nazis thrusting “Heil Hitler!’ salutes. I saw one media report in which someone asked a holocaust survivor for her reaction to what Trump had done. Trump continued nonetheless. He reportedly…

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Bernie Sanders sets three Florida stops: Miami, Kissimmee, Tampa

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has announced three Florida stops this week — the first public speeches of his campaign in the sunshine state — in Miami, Kissimmee and Tampa. The U.S. Senator from Vermont, who badly trails Hillary Clinton in Florida polls, will speak at a Miami rally today and at Kissimmee and Tampa rallies on Thursday. Sanders will discuss issues such as college affordability, immigration reform and the need to take on a rigged economy held in place by a corrupt…

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