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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. IS JEB BUSH IN THE WAY OF MARCO RUBIO — OR VICE VERSA? The race for the Republican nomination is heating up, and Florida’s favorite sons are spending the weeks leading up to the first nominating contests rallying support in Iowa and New Hampshire. Both Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are campaigning in New Hampshire this week. It’s a…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. WITH LEGISLATIVE LOVEFEST LIKELY OVER, GET READY FOR THE FOOD FIGHTS With last week’s passage of leadership’s priority bills regarding water policy and disabled Floridians, the Legislature’s Kumbaya moments are seemingly over. Now it’s on to the House and Senate we know and love … well, know, anyway … with potential food fights teed up and ready…

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. WILL A UNICORN APPEAR IN FLORIDA’S U.S. SENATE RACE? In Silicon Valley, the word “unicorn” does not refer to the mythical horse-like creature with a single horn on its forehead. Instead, it is a description of a startup company with a valuation in excess of one billion dollars. Think AirBNB, Snapchat and Thumbtack. Using that metaphor, is a…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. DEBATE NIGHT IN AMERICA It will be the smallest lineup of candidates on stage to date when the GOP candidates for president gather in North Charleston, South Carolina tonight for the latest presidential debate. The seven candidates who will participate in the prime time event broadcast on the Fox Business Network include Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, Jim Rosica, and material from the Associated Press. OBAMA IN CAMPAIGN FORM IN FINAL STATE OF THE UNION President Barack Obama opened his State of the Union speech saying he’d keep it short, in what must have seemed music to the ears of some in the chamber antsy to get to Iowa to campaign for president. At times, Obama looked…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. SPORTS BULLETIN — ALABAMA WINS 10TH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THRILLING 45-40  VICTORY OVER CLEMSON via The Associated Press – In the 50th game matching the No. 1 vs. the No. 2 team, Alabama (14-1) outscored Clemson 24-16 in a frantic fourth quarter to win and earned all 61 first-place votes from the AP panel. Clemson won its only national…

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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray, and Jim Rosica. Start of the 2016 Legislative Session … less than a month to voting in Iowa and New Hampshire, but let’s talk about… THE STORY YOU CARE MOST ABOUT: POWERBALL JACKPOT WORLD’S LARGEST — EVER — AT $1.3 BILLION Disappointed you didn’t win the Powerball jackpot this weekend? Don’t be. Lottery officials say the estimated $1.3 billion prize…

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