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Jim Gilmore blasts “fascist talk” on immigration among Republicans

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How little respect has Jim Gilmore received in his quixotic bid for the presidency this year? Well, when your poll numbers are considered to be so paltry that you’re not even invited to the early non-prime time GOP presidential debates, that’s a pretty good sign about what the party thinks of you. But the former Virginia Governor and RNC Chair isĀ indefatigable, and there he was on Saturday at shortly before noon addressing hundreds of Florida Republicans at the Sunshine Summit…

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No longer a given that Florida will support Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush

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It’s no longer a safe assumption that one of Florida’s two most popular Republicans will carry the presidential primary in their home state, as most of the GOP candidates turned their attention Friday to the state’s winner-take-all primary. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush no longer lead the polls in Florida, where Republicans are gravitating toward outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson. And party activists showed as much, if not more, enthusiasm for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz than…

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Al Cardenas worries about drift of current Republican Party

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Al Cardenas is disturbed about what’s going on with the Republican Party in 2015. A former Republican Party of Florida chairman for two terms and head of the Washington-based American Conservative Union from 2011 to 2014, he’s backing Jeb Bush this cycle, but also maintains ties with Marco Rubio. Cardenas spoke at the RPOF’s Sunshine Summit on Friday afternoon, but the comments he made to a few reporters in a hallway offstage were as interesting as anything he said in…

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Ted Cruz’ attacks on immigration puzzle Marco Rubio

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Marco Rubio says he and Ted Cruz have similar stances on immigration, which is why the Texas senator’s shots at his recordĀ on that volatile subject the past few days have surprised him. “I’m puzzled and quite frankly surprised by Ted’s attacks, since Ted’s position on immigration is not that much different than mine,” Rubio told a crowd of reporters in Orlando at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit. “He’s a supporter of legalizing people who were in this country…

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Ted Cruz takes on Obama, federal government at Sunshine Summit

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Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, eschewing tie and lectern, strode onto the Sunshine Summit stage and launched into a talk show host-style monologue, joking about the next Democratic debate being held at “Leavenworth,” home of the famous federal penitentiary. But theĀ junior U.S. senator from Texas quickly got serious, reciting a laundry list of conservative crowd-favorite actions he’ll take if he wins the Oval Office. Cruz first said he’llĀ rescind “every constitutional and illegalĀ action taken by this president,” mentioningĀ Barack Obama‘s saying that…

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Marco Rubio says he doesn’t want to attack other Republicans

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Although Marco Rubio wasn’t scheduled to speak at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando until after 11:30 a.m. he gave a sneak preview of his remarks to a couple of hundred supporters in a ballroom about an hour earlier, where he was introduced by former Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner. His speech came after aĀ raucous day on the campaign trail, where Rubio and Ted Cruz exchanged criticism about who was more for “amnesty” and less for dealing with the problem…

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Florida Times-Union poll: Trump 23%, Carson 22%, Marco Rubio 18%

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A poll on Thursday by The FloridaĀ Times-UnionĀ shows Donald Trump and Ben Carson in a virtual tie among the GOP presidential candidates in a poll of Florida voters. Trump is at 23 percent, Carson 22 percent, with Marco Rubio third at 18 percent. Ted Cruz is next with 12 percent, and Jeb Bush at 11 percent. No other candidate registered in double-digits. The poll was conducted Wednesday night by OpinionSavvy/InsiderAdvantage, which used automated calls to 806 registered voters. They report that…

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