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Richard Corcoran wants you to read ‘Grit’

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The concept of “grit” has become increasingly popular of late, aided and abetted by the release of a book (GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance) by MacArthur Genius Fellow Angela Duckworth. Duckworth, a former consultant who took a job teaching public school in New York City, learned that IQ was not the sole predictor of success for students. Rather, “grit” or perseverance is an essential factor. There has already been pushback on the importance of grit, as covered on NPR earlier…

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Florida GOP picks its final delegates to convention this summer

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Republican Party of Florida Chairman Blaise Ingoglia on Saturday selected the 15 delegates and 15 alternates chosen as at-large delegates who had yet to be determined to be part of the state’s contingent of  99 delegates that will represent the Sunshine State at the Republican National Convention: They include former Miami-Dade Rep. Adam Hasner, who worked on U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign; incoming House Speaker Richard Corcoran, who campaigned for former Gov. Jeb Bush in New Hampshire; and Senate President Joe Negron, who also endorsed Bush.…

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Florida GOP touts milestones in memo to executive committee

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The Republican Party of Florida is touting its milestones in a memo to its executive state committee members. In the memo, GOP Chairman Blaise Ingoglia said party officials have spent the past year “focused on reforming, growing and strengthening our State Party.” “Our objective has been simple: Building a State Party that is effective at empowering the grassroots, winning elections, and spreading our conservative message of economic opportunity and individual empowerment,” wrote Ingoglia, a Spring Hill Republican and state representative.…

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Mayor Lenny Curry, other Jax Republicans will support any GOP nominee … even Donald Trump

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Referring to Mayor Lenny Curry, who entered the restaurant with Rubio for his Monday Jacksonville event, the Senator said Curry was a “great friend and great mayor” and a “real conservative” who rose to “challenges after four years of failed leadership.” “We can do that for America,” Rubio told the crowd. However, if it turns out that Rubio isn’t the GOP nominee, a reasonable bet at this point, Curry and other local Republican supporters will fall in behind the Republican…

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Despite local pushback, Lenny Curry ad for Marco Rubio airing in Jacksonville

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Saying that Marco Rubio “bucked the establishment” and could lead America like he has led Florida, Lenny Curry‘s 30-second spot for his friend running for president has been on Jacksonville cable news channels in recent days, including Thursday night’s GOP debate and the Democratic debate the night before. The American Opportunity PAC put out the ad on Rubio’s behalf. Nancy Watkins is its treasurer. Feedback Curry has received in his emails has been almost uniformly negative. Some examples: “I am disappointed in…

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Even in Jacksonville, Marco Rubio faces enthusiasm gap

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Jacksonville is one of the keys to Marco Rubio‘s narrow path to the GOP nomination, and the road show came to the Morocco Temple Saturday. Rubio, who arrived in Jacksonville en route from an earnest, well-received address at CPAC in DC, has to win urban areas like Jacksonville to win the state. On Tuesday night, he identified “even up into Jacksonville” as one of the areas in the Sunshine State that he expects to break favorably for him, as opposed to…

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Lenny Curry endorses Marco Rubio

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In a statement Sunday, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry endorsed Marco Rubio for President. Rubio made a high-profile trip to Jacksonville to support Curry in May for Mayor; now, with the race for GOP nominee becoming a three-person battle, Curry has returned the favor. For conservatives this election represents an opportunity to lead a new generation of Americans into a prosperous future. To do so, requires a President who is aspirational, accomplished, and able to unite Americans to a shared vision of less government with…

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