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Joe Pounder joins Marco Rubio campaign

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America Rising president and cofounder Joe Pounder is joining Marco Rubioā€™s campaign as a senior adviser. Founded after the 2012 presidential election, America Rising PAC became one of the leading Republican oppo research firms, serving as an alternative to American Bridge PAC, its Democratic counterpart. Pounder also worked on Rubioā€™s 2010 Senate campaign. ā€œAs one of its co-founders, America Rising wouldnā€™t be where it is today without the tireless work of Joe Pounder,ā€ said America rising chair Matt Rhoades to…

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GOP suspends partnership with NBC News for February debate

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The Republican National Committee says it’s suspending its partnership with NBC News and its properties and won’t allow the network to co-host a presidential primary debate scheduled for February. The letter from RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to NBC News chief Andrew Lack comes after this week’s heavily criticized debate on CNBC. Priebus says the CNBC debate did not focus on economic issues as promised, and that candidates were asked questions that “were inaccurate or downright offensive.” NBC News, in a…

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Time to worry? New CNN national poll has Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio both getting buried

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It’s still the summer (of Trump), with more than four months to go before any registered Republican voter actually goes to the polls. But at what point do the campaigns of Florida favorite sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio startĀ growing seriously concerned? Conventional wisdom espoused by political observers in Florida and around the nation is that Bush could still be the likely GOP nominee when the Republicans hold their convention in Cleveland next June. If so, however, it will be…

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Jeb Bush set to name Justin Muzinich as policy director of likely presidential campaign

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Jeb Bush is set to name finance expert Justin Muzinich as policy director of an increasingly likely 2016 presidential campaign, writes Eliana Johnson of the National Review. Muzinich comes from the finance industry, having worked first at the Morgan Stanley mergers and acquisitions division, and later at EMS Capital. Currently, he serves as vice-chair of New York-based investment firm Muzinich & Co. With a background in hedge funds, critics question whether the addition of Muzinich to Bushā€™s team will do…

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National Review: Why I am not worried about Marco Rubio yet

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From National Review: Lots of readers are looking at new polls in Florida and getting worried about Marco Rubio.Ā Iā€™m not, yet. Iā€™d like to see Rubio leading, obviously, but a couple of things are jumping out at me in recent polling. 1.Ā DemocratsĀ are wavering between Crist and Meek. Until April, Kendrick Meek was above 20 percent in a three-way matchup; since then, the bottom has fallen out; in the last four, heā€™s hit 15, 17, 15, and 14 percent. This is…

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National Review: Why I am not worried about Marco Rubio yet

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From National Review: Lots of readers are looking at new polls in Florida and getting worried about Marco Rubio.Ā Iā€™m not, yet. Iā€™d like to see Rubio leading, obviously, but a couple of things are jumping out at me in recent polling. 1.Ā DemocratsĀ are wavering between Crist and Meek. Until April, Kendrick Meek was above 20 percent in a three-way matchup; since then, the bottom has fallen out; in the last four, heā€™s hit 15, 17, 15, and 14 percent. This is…

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Why Charlie Crist now leads Florida Senate race

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Florida’s Republican Governor Charlie Crist is now leading in polls against Republican Marco Rubio for the 2010 Florida Senate race, where Crist will run as an independent. Crist’s break with his party was seen as a sign that the GOP’s hard-lineĀ conservatives were growing in power over the moderate wing of the party. A recent poll by the Florida Chamber of Commerce shows Crist with 42 percent support, giving Rubio 31 percent and Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek 14 percent. After months…

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