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Sun Sentinel says it won’t make an endorsement in Republican primary

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The Sun Sentinel won’t to endorse in the Republican presidential primary, the newspaper’s editorial revealed this week. In an editorial posted Friday, the editorial board said it was “not going to make an endorsement in Florida’s March 15 Republican presidential primary because the kind of person who should be running is not in the race.” “We cannot endorse businessman Donald Trump, hometown Sen. Marco Rubio or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz because they are unqualified to be president. Ohio Gov. John…

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Fox gets 16.9 million viewers for GOP debate

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The 16.9 million people who saw Fox News Channel’s coverage of the Republican presidential debate on Thursday have made it the fourth most-watched debate in a primary season ever. The Nielsen company said Friday that’s also the fourth most-watched Republican debate of the 2016 campaign cycle — a testament to the extraordinary interest these events have had for television viewers. The debate stages are getting less crowded, with the Detroit debate featuring Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John…

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Marco Rubio: Sorry for the “silly stuff,” but Donald Trump is no joke

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In an email fundraising appeal to supporters on Super Tuesday, Sen. Marco Rubio apologized for his recent antics attacking GOP front runner Donald Trump, but remained firm in his stance that Trump is not serious and unfit for the nation’s highest office. “The media being what it is, most of my back-and-forth with Donald Trump that’s gotten attention this week is the light-hearted stuff. Believe me — I really never expected to be talking about spray tans while running for president,” said…

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Donald Trump looks to extend dominance as GOP starts to panic

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Donald Trump looks to extend his dominance as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio scramble for delegates in presidential primary contests across 11 states on a Super Tuesday, stained by panic from Republican leaders even before the results were known. Fearing a Trump sweep, Republican officials across the nation lashed out at the billionaire businessman’s temperament and command of the issues in the hours before voting began. Having won three consecutive primary elections, Trump was poised to tighten his grasp on…

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Paul Ryan: GOP nominee must reject bigotry

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House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday anyone who wants to be the Republican presidential nominee must reject any racist group or individual. Ryan made the tacit swipe at GOP front-runner Donald Trump as voters in 11 states holding Republican contests headed to the polls on Super Tuesday. Ryan told reporters Tuesday that the GOP is the party of President Abraham Lincoln and “this party does not prey on people’s prejudices.” Ryan was apparently referring to Trump’s appearance Sunday on CNN…

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

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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 Carson has 10 percent, and John Kasich is at 6 percent. Trump and Rubio both have seen their popularity rise 8 percentage points from a…

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

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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 year. Since winning election to an office in Washington, Rubio’s income has ranged from $276,059 to $938,963, and he has paid between $46,500 and $254,894…

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