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Things to look for in Marco Rubio’s announcement speech

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When Marco Rubio gives his speech announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president later this afternoon in downtown Miami, there are certain themes that he will undoubtedly hit upon (albeit in only 12 minutes, which is what we’ve been informed will be its duration). Fresh off President Obama’s meeting up with Raul Castro over the weekend at the Summit of the Americas in Panama, you can rest assured that the administration’s diplomatic breakthrough with the communist island will…

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Marco Rubio teases 2016 campaign themes with new video

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Touching on the themes of American exceptionalism that he’s expressed since he first surfaced on the national political scene, Marco Rubio has released a a new video ahead of his expected presidential campaign announcement on Monday afternoon. Rubio’s “Big Announcement” as his camp is touting it, will come at 5:30 p.m. at the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami. The five-and-a-half minute video, called  “A New American Century,” first appeared on Rubio’s YouTube page on Friday afternoon. Rubio’s expected entry into the presidential race…

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Monmouth University poll shows wide-open 2016 GOP field, with Jeb Bush on top

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The big news in presidential politics today is Rand Paul’s official entry into the presidential campaign, making him only the second Republican to formally enter the contest, joining Ted Cruz. Marco Rubio is scheduled to join them next week by announcing his candidacy in Miami. At the same time a new poll published by Monmouth University in New Jersey shows that there is hardly a consensus favorite this early out for the 2016 race. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush leads at 13 percent. He’s followed…

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Rand Paul and 2016: A message of change, delivered deadpan

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Change? For sure. Hope? Maybe not so much. That’s Rand Paul‘s approach to winning the White House when the original hope-and-change candidate, Barack Obama, vacates it in early 2017. Ready to enter the chase for the Republican presidential nomination this week, the first-term Kentucky senator has designs on changing how members of his party go about getting elected to the White House and how they govern once they get there. He will do so with an approach to politics that…

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Even before presidential launch, Marco Rubio has built nationwide money machine

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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who is likely to formally declare his intention to run for president later this month, already has built an operation that brought in cash from all corners of the nation and banked more money than similar congressional fundraising operations. It’s a good start for the Republican from West Miami, Fla., if he expects to compete in a crowded GOP field that will kick off its 2016 presidential race 10 months from now in Iowa and New…

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Jeb Bush losing ground in Florida, according to new Quinnipiac Poll

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There’s some good news and some bad news for Jeb Bush and his supporters in a new Quinnipiac survey of Republican primary voters in Florida. The former governor continues to lead the field of potential 2016 candidates with 24 percent. That’s 9 percentage points more than the next candidate in Florida, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who comes in at 15 percent. Marco Rubio is a close third with 12 percent. However, that’s an 8-point drop for Bush since the last…

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Jeb Bush struggling with self-described ‘very conservative voters’ in new survey

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A new candidate has emerged in the battle between Jeb Bush & Scott Walker for national supremacy among GOP 2016 presidential hopefuls in a new poll. It’s Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz became the first “official” entrant into the presidential sweepstakes last week, and a new national survey of Republican voters by Public Policy Polling shows him jumping up to 16 percent, good for third place in the rankings. Walker remains at the top with 20 percent, a reduction of 5…

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