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Patrick Murphy tells Hillsborough County Democrats “The Senate is full of Allen Wests”

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Patrick Murphy’s improbable victory over Allen West in Florida’s 18th Congressional election in 2012 made the then 29-year-old construction executive an immediate budding star in Florida Democratic politics. Outspent by more than four times than in a Republican-leaning district against a Tea Party hero, Murphy’s victory over West made national news. He followed that up by easily winning reelection against Republican Carl Domino in 2014. Not even a full year later, he’s now the favorite of many establishment Democrats in the race for the…

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Marco Rubio has missed nearly 30 percent of all Senate votes this year

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It’s a story that’s been mentioned throughout the year, and now USA Today weighed in on this reality on its front page today. No other U.S. senator running for president this year has missed as many votes as Marco Rubio. The junior senator from Florida has missed 77 out of 263 roll-call votes this year through Wednesday, an absentee rate of 29.3 percent. And since June 1, Rubio has been absent for 60 percent of his votes. The paper notes that he’s missed…

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New Iowa poll has Jeb Bush in 4th place, Marco Rubio tied for 5th place

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Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio continue to struggle in the polls — this time in a new Quinnipiac survey of voters in Iowa, the site of the first election in the Republican race for president. As has been the case in recent polls, Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson lead the field.  Trump is at 27 percent in the Hawkeye State, while Carson is just six percentage points behind with 21 percent. Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is next with 9 percent. Then comes…

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Time to worry? New CNN national poll has Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio both getting buried

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It’s still the summer (of Trump), with more than four months to go before any registered Republican voter actually goes to the polls. But at what point do the campaigns of Florida favorite sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio start growing seriously concerned? Conventional wisdom espoused by political observers in Florida and around the nation is that Bush could still be the likely GOP nominee when the Republicans hold their convention in Cleveland next June. If so, however, it will be…

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Donald Trump’s favorability ratings rise in new Gallup Poll

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Since Donald Trump began emerging as the front-runner in GOP presidential in late July, skeptics have noted that while he’s been leading a scattered, 17-person field, his unfavorable rankings among Republican still portend poorly for him in acquiring the nomination. That may beginning to change now. A new Gallup survey released on Friday shows that Trump’s net favorable rating among Republicans has climbed 16 points over the last two weeks. Gallup notes that this marks a “significant shift, as Trump’s image previous to the…

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New national GOP poll: Donald Trump 30%, Ben Carson 18%; Carson only one to beat Trump one-on-one

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Dr. Ben Carson‘s movement in the GOP presidential polls isn’t happening just in Iowa. A new Monmouth University national poll of the Republican presidential candidates released on Thursday shows the staying power of  real estate tycoon Donald Trump. He leads the field with 30 percent support — that’s 4 points higher than a similar poll taken before the first GOP debate last month. Carson has now slipped into second place with 18 percent, the only other candidate in double digits.…

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David Jolly is latest lawmaker to sign Obamacare repeal pledge

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David Jolly is the latest lawmaker to sign a pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare. Independent Women’s Voice, a nonprofit 501(c)(4) organization, announced Thursday that the Indian Shores Republican has officially put his name to the Obamacare Repeal Pledge. Jolly, who is now running for the U.S. Senate, represents Florida’s 13th Congressional District. “Rep. David Jolly’s decision to take Pledge shows he gets it when it comes to health care,” said IWV CEO Heather Higgins.…

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