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Marco Rubio staffer takes swing at Rand Paul aide at bar before Michigan GOP summit

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Presidential politics can be all fun and games; that is, until someone starts throwing punches. As Republicans gathered for a GOP leadership conference on Mackinac Island, Mich., this weekend, a fight broke out at a local bar between a campaign official for Rand Paul and a staffer for rival presidential candidate Marco Rubio. At one point in the evening, reports Chad Livengood of the Detroit News, John Patrick Yob, Rand Paul’s chief Michigan strategist and national political director, took a…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.17.15 — The good, bad and ugly from Simi Valley

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Whatever you think about who “won” or “lost” last night’s debate extravaganza from the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, can even the most ardent political junkies agree that nearly 5 hours of presidential debates may be a bit too much to handle? My God, that show needed an editor. By the time the question about what female they would put on the $10 bill, the candidates look drained and hardly game for the question. And as far as criticism of…

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GOP debate watch parties scheduled in Tampa, Valrico and Lutz

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Wondering where to watch tomorrow night’s GOP debate? If you’re a Tampa Bay area Republican, we’ve got you covered. The “CruzCrew” of Ted Cruz supporters will be at Havana Blues in Tampa located at 5319 Ehrlic Road. Three GOP clubs will meet at various places around the Tampa Bay area. The Greater Brandon Republican Club will be at the Landing Bar and Grill in Valrico located at 4351 Lynx Paw Trail. Tampa Bay Young Republicans will be at 5303 West…

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Donald Trump, Ben Carson first and second in latest Florida presidential poll

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The latest Public Policy Poll survey released Tuesday shows that, as is the case in virtually every other poll in the country right now, Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson are the top two favorites of Republican presidential primary voters in Florida, more than four months before the first votes start counting. Trump and Carson’s ascendancy is bad news for Florida native sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, who now reside in third and fourth place, respectively in the new…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.15.15 — Bernie Sanders does Liberty University

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No, Hillary Clinton is not losing the race for the Democratic Primary, not if you take the Real Clear Politics average of the national spread between her and Bernie Sanders. She’s up overall by 21 percentage points. But in the first in the nation voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire? It’s a completely different story. A CBS/YouTube poll taken over the weekend has him up by 10 points over Clinton in Iowa, and a stunning 22 percent in N.H. In one of…

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For GOP candidates, better to be with pope than against him

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To some Republican presidential candidates, it’s better to be with the popular pope than against him. Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have deep policy differences with Pope Francis, but the senators will break off campaign travel to attend his address to Congress this month, a centerpiece of his eagerly anticipated visit to the United States. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a devout Catholic, will attend Mass with Francis in Washington. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, another Catholic candidate,…

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Marco Rubio has missed nearly 30 percent of all Senate votes this year

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It’s a story that’s been mentioned throughout the year, and now USA Today weighed in on this reality on its front page today. No other U.S. senator running for president this year has missed as many votes as Marco Rubio. The junior senator from Florida has missed 77 out of 263 roll-call votes this year through Wednesday, an absentee rate of 29.3 percent. And since June 1, Rubio has been absent for 60 percent of his votes. The paper notes that he’s missed…

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