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Sabato’s Crystal Ball ranking moves Marco Rubio to second place

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In the race for the White House, still a year and a half away, Florida is opening up as the critical Electoral College prize in 2016. Although much can still happen in the presidential contest, Sabato’s Crystal Ball writers Geoffrey Skelley, Kyle Kondik, and Larry Sabato find it increasingly clear: for the GOP to win 270 or more electoral votes, it must include Florida. As Republicans eye the Florida prize, it seems appropriate that the two top-tier hopefuls in Crystal…

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Jeb Bush: Give 11 million immigrants chance to stay

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush declared Wednesday that 11 million immigrants in the country illegally should have an opportunity to stay, wading yet again into his party’s contentious immigrant debate. In tone and substance, Bush stands out among the many Republicans lining up for the GOP’s next presidential primary, where conservatives who oppose an immigration overhaul often hold outsized influence. As he moves toward a presidential campaign, the brother and son of former presidents has not backed away from his…

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New Iowa poll shows Marco Rubio moving up to second place

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Scott Walker has a double-digit lead over the rest of the Republican field in Iowa, according to a new poll. But Marco Rubio is ascendent. Walker is at 23 percent support in a Public Policy Polling survey released this morning. Coming in second now is Marco Rubio with 13 percent. Jeb Bush is next at 12 percent. Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul are tied for forth with 10 percent support. Ted Cruz is at 8 percent, Ben Carson at 7 percent, Chris…

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Marco Rubio on 2016 campaign swing through California

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Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is turning to a state known as a perennial source of campaign dollars. In California, Rubio has private fundraisers on his agenda in San Francisco and in Los Angeles. The Florida senator also plans to deliver a speech Tuesday in Los Angeles, the only public event on his two-day swing. It’s unclear if California will factor in a Republican primary fight, apart from its concentration of donors. If the nomination is locked up in the…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.28.15 — Jeb Bush. And his money.

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The Democratic National Committee’s oppo research team enjoyed poking fun at Jeb Bush yesterday, sending out an email after he was quoted in one setting over the weekend as saying that “I don’t think you need to spend $1 billion to be elected president of the United States,” while another quote attributed to him Sunday night while addressing hundreds of top donors in Miami that his organization had him saying that he “has raised more money in its first 100…

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Jeb Bush donors see him lay out contours of 2016 campaign

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Jeb Bush’s super PAC is raising eye-popping sums in a multi-pronged effort to define the former Florida governor for Republican presidential primary voters before his rivals can, donors say. The likely candidate met more than 300 of his top donors near Miami Beach’s glamorous South Beach on Sunday and Monday, and began laying out what a 2016 campaign would look like, introducing advisers and outlining issues he would stress. Ever mindful of the public’s supposed aversion to political dynasties, Bush’s…

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NextGen Climate invites Marco Rubio to its California offices to talk about the benefits of a “clean, energy economy”

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Marco Rubio can’t escape the Tom Steyer-funded NextGen Climate activist group. Two weeks ago today, Rubio announced his candidacy for president at the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami. Across Biscayne Boulevard greeting attendees when they left the speech were a group of NextGen activists, denouncing Rubio for his stance on climate change. Last weekend in Nashua, N.H., where Rubio and over a dozen over GOP presidential aspirants attending the biggest forum of the year, a group of NextGen protesters stood sentry in…

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