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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. GOP INSIDERS: CARLY CRUSHED IT via Katie Glueck of POLITICO Carly Fiorina nailed it in the second Republican debate … That’s the assessment of GOP insiders in a special edition of the POLITICO Caucus … top operatives, activists and strategists in Iowa and New Hampshire. Sixty percent of Republican insiders called Fiorina the biggest winner of the evening — no…

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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. DONALD UNDERWHELMS, WHILE CARLY SHINES Republican voters fed up with Washington and anyone with a background in politics have cheered billionaire businessman Donald Trump as the ultimate 2016 outsider, making him the front-runner for the GOP nomination. But Trump’s lack of experience with public policy was exposed throughout the second GOP presidential debate on Wednesday, a three-hour…

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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. It’s debate night in America! The second prime-time GOP debate, hosted by CNN, begins at 8 p.m. The “kids’ table” debate begins at 6 p.m.  A TALE OF TWO DEBATES There’s a good chance there will be two different debates going on at the main GOP debate in California tomorrow night. The first sub-debate is among the outsiders Donald…

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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. It can’t always be about Donald Trump. It can’t always be about Jeb and Marco. Occasionally, you have to eat your broccoli. Occasionally, you better eat your Wheaties. Wednesday and Thursday will be all about the presidential debate. But today is about policy and bills and legislation. IT’S TOO SOON TO DECIDE U.S. QUOTA FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES,…

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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. FIRST AND FOREMOST: Happy birthday to one of our favorite readers, Melissa Joiner Ramba! NOW ON TO POLITICS… This can’t be how either Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio imagined how their presidential campaigns would play out. Neither men could have imagined that nearly four times the number of GOP voters polled support a combination of Donald Trump/Ben Carson…

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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. POLITICO FLORIDA GOES TO WAR WITH TAMPA BAY TIMES/MIAMI HERALD Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Reporters at POLITICO Florida, fully in operation for less than two months, lit up social media this week with a blistering attack on their colleagues/competitors at the Tallahassee bureau of the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald. At issue is a story written by Times…

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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. I got a super sneak peek at a slick new CATECOMM product that every coalition worth their salt is going to want to get their hands on before session starts ramping up. The name? Rocket Lobby. If you’re into suspense, visit RocketLobby.com now and watch that rocketship roar. Rocket Lobby officially launches 10 a.m. As for the news, there has…

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