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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. With the kids firmly back at school and the holidays bearing down on the calendar (at least they are if you visit Publix or Walmart, where the aisles are already stuffed with Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas merchandise), many Florida politicos took to the road Monday, while many others laid plans for future trips. Marco Rubio was at…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. FIRST AND FOREMOST: Happy birthday to one of the true class acts in Florida politics – David’s much better half, Christina Johnson, president of On 3 Public Relations. I kid you not, Christina’s name came up during a conversation between my wife, Michelle, and I just last night and we both remarked how she is such a vibrant, beautiful woman —…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. POPE FRANCIS’ FORAY INTO POLITICS CREATES DISCOMFORT FOR SOME REPUBLICANS via Alex Leary of the Tampa Bay Times When … President Obama announced the diplomatic opening with Cuba … Marco Rubio blasted it as a “dangerous and desperate” attempt at legacy building and said it would enable “other tyrants” to rise up, making Americans “less safe.” But when Pope Francis landed in Cuba  … the…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. POPE OF THE POOR ARRIVES IN U.S. DENYING HE’S A LIBERAL via Nicole Winfield and Rachel Zoll of the Associated Press The pope of the poor arrived for his first-ever visit to the world’s wealthiest superpower Tuesday denying he is a leftist and riding in a frugal little family car, windows rolled down. Pope Francis‘ chartered plane…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. SCOTT WALKER EXITS ’16 RACE WITH HARSH WORDS FOR DONALD TRUMP Warning that the Republican presidential race has become too nasty, Scott Walker exited the 2016 campaign on Monday and urged others to quit, too, and “clear the field” so someone can emerge to take down front-runner Donald Trump. The announcement marked a dramatic fall for Walker, who…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. OBAMA, RAUL CASTRO SPEAK AHEAD OF POPE’S VISIT via the Associated Press President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro had a rare phone call  ahead of Pope Francis’ impending visit to both their nations. The White House said Obama and Castro commended the pope’s role in “advancing relations between our countries.” Francis was instrumental in the secret…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. GOP INSIDERS: CARLY CRUSHED IT via Katie Glueck of POLITICO Carly Fiorina nailed it in the second Republican debate … That’s the assessment of GOP insiders in a special edition of the POLITICO Caucus … top operatives, activists and strategists in Iowa and New Hampshire. Sixty percent of Republican insiders called Fiorina the biggest winner of the evening — no…

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