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Marco Rubio ramping up campaign with more time in early states

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After a summer largely spent raising money for his Republican campaign for president, Marco Rubio says he’s about to start spending a whole lot more time in Iowa and the other early voting states. “There were obviously other things we needed to do,” the Florida senator said this past week in an interview with The Associated Press. “We need the resources to be able to have staff here and be on the air and do the things a campaign requires.…

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‘Lean and mean’ campaigns enable GOP candidates to endure

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As Scott Walker gave up on his 2016 presidential race this week, he implored other Republicans in the crowded field to follow his lead and drop out – so that one could rise to challenge front-runner Donald Trump. None appears likely to do so anytime soon. Walker stood out in the GOP race with his unsustainable mix of lackluster fundraising and an expensive campaign operation. Few if any of the 15 remaining candidates feel the intense financial pressures that he…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.23.15 — The best of Tampa Bay, mostly

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Welcome to the the autumn equinox, Yom Kippur, Pope Francis’ first full day in the United States, and……the unveiling of Creative Loafing’s annual Best-of-the-Bay issue. Tonight, the folks associated with the local alternative weekly will publish their BOTB issue, literally and figuratively the biggest paper that the company will produce this year. As some of you may know, I served as political editor of the paper for five years before making the move over to Florida Politics/SaintPetersBlog last November, right after last year’s midterm…

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Ranks thinning, traditional GOP candidates try to adapt

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Scott Walker and Rick Perry entered the 2016 presidential race with a combined 18 years of experience as governors. They exited the Republican primary — the first candidates to do so — with negligible support and dwindling bank accounts. While Walker and Perry were both flawed candidates, their swift demise is a warning to others who hope to win the White House on the strength of their political resumes. And it leaves the governors and senators still in the turbulent…

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Jeb Bush slumps to 6th place in Iowa in new PPP poll

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Jeb Bush assured reporters in Cedar Falls on Tuesday that “We are in it for the long haul,” and said he believes he’ll be able to pick up some supporters of Scott Walker in Iowa. Though he has nabbed one such backer who had been supporting Walker — Iowa state Rep. Terry Baxter, he’ll need a whole lot more if he’s going to be competitive in the Hawkeye State, according to a new Public Policy Poll released today. Donald Trump leads the field…

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Scott Walker to bow out of GOP presidential race

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who was once considered one of the front-runners for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, will announce that he is quitting the race at 6 p.m. Eastern time. That’s according to an initial report from The New York Times that has now been confirmed by the other sources. “The short answer is money,” an anonymous supporter of Walker tells The Times. “He’s made a decision not to limp into Iowa.” The writing on the wall for Walker came…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.21.15 — Time for last rites for Scott Walker’s campaign?

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Happy Monday to ‘y’all, the last Monday of summer (of Trump), and with the change of seasons, will we see a change in the running narrative of the GOP presidential race? Well, Donald Trump remains the front-runner in the CNN/ORC poll released yesterday, the first major survey taken after last week’s debate. But The Donald is dropping in popularity, down eight percentage points from his pre-debate numbers, specifically (from 32 to 24 percent). Ben Carson, who had been on a run of successfully…

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