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RNC vows unprecedented war-room effort to go after Hillary Clinton

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Officials with the Republican National Committee said today they are preparing for a massive campaign to mobilize and activate the GOP base to thwart Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, beginning on the day she officially announces she’s running for president. They claim that the party has never prosecuted a campaign of this magnitude, ever. In an off-the-record conference with party activists and media surrogates, officials said that “everything is focused like a laser” on the probable 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. Recently national polls show her leading Jeb Bush and/or other…

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Are the early primary states a big deal anymore?

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Few states have shaped presidential politics like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. By hosting the nation’s first presidential primaries and caucuses, the states have heaped political and financial rewards for decades on successful candidates and hastened the end for underachievers. Yet their clout may be declining in 2016. Campaign aides and veteran political operatives expect the Republicans’ next primary season to extend well beyond the first three states, thanks to an explosion of well-financed super PACs, a robust stable…

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Gov. Scott signs presidential primary push-back into law

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Gov. Rick Scott today signed into law legislation that will move Florida’s 2016 presidential primaries back two weeks, from March 1 to March 15. Scott’s approval of HB 7035, shepherded by state Rep. Ritch Workman and state Sen. Garrett Richter in their respective legislative chambers, puts Florida in position to take advantage of new Republican National Convention rules allowing states to adopt a winner-take-all primary in which all delegates are awarded to the winner, as opposed to meted out piecemeal according to proportion…

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Today on Context Florida: Primaries, Critical Wildlife Areas, assisted suicide and being different

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Today on Context Florida: Florida Republican legislators are waving the white flag, says Bob Sparks. The fight seems to be over. Peace is at hand. After two insurrections against Republican National Committee (RNC) mandates covering presidential primary dates, the Florida House and Senate are poised to make a wise decision to cease hostilities. Florida’s newest Critical Wildlife Area, a tiny bird island in the Indian River Lagoon near Sewall’s Point, has survived erosion, hurricanes and the curiosity of boaters and fishermen.…

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Bill Clinton defends foreign donations to foundation

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Former President Bill Clinton defended his foundation’s acceptance of donations from foreign governments on Saturday, pointing to the track record of his global philanthropy as Hillary Rodham Clinton nears an announcement on a 2016 presidential campaign. In an interview at the Clinton Global Initiative University, the ex-president sought to address critics who have questioned the receipt of donations from foreign governments while the former first lady served in the State Department and after she departed in early 2013. “My theory…

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GOP wants local couple’s web site shut down

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You made your point, now stop or we will take you to court: That’s the message the Republican Party has for a pair of local web designers. Don and Joyce Weaver have posted pictures of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill at www.gop2012tampa.com, a domain name they purchased the same day Tampa won the 2012 GOP convention. The choice was no coincidence. “It’s a site that we figured people would go to because of the address,” Joyce Weaver told FOX 13…

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GOP wants local couple’s web site shut down

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You made your point, now stop or we will take you to court: That’s the message the Republican Party has for a pair of local web designers. Don and Joyce Weaver have posted pictures of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill at www.gop2012tampa.com , a domain name they purchased the same day Tampa won the 2012 GOP convention. The choice was no coincidence. “It’s a site that we figured people would go to because of the address,” Joyce Weaver told FOX…

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