Marco Rubio calls Jeb Bush a ‘great governor’ after tense debate
WASHINGTON – Fresh off a strong debate performance where he schooled one-time mentor Jeb Bush in a tense exchange, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio took the high road Thursday and called Bush a “great...
View ArticleMeet Marco Rubio’s hot wife
Could the US soon have an NFL cheerleader as its first lady? GOP presidential hopeful Marco Rubio certainly hopes so. The Florida senator gave a well-received performance at Wednesday night’s televised...
View ArticleRubio top target in secret Jeb Bush campaign document
WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush’s campaign sees Marco Rubio as its chief rival in the presidential primary race and is preparing for hits on his ethics and finances, a leaked playbook reveals. The 112-page...
View ArticleRubio says he’s the best decision maker in the 2016 race
WASHINGTON — Marco Rubio claimed Sunday he has the best decision-making ability of all the presidential contenders despite his youth and lack of executive experience. “I do not believe there’s anyone...
View ArticleBush tries to revive campaign with attacks on Trump, Rubio
WASHINGTON – Jeb Bush tried to fight his way back into presidential contention Monday by warning voters to steer clear of rivals who are too bombastic or too inexperienced to lead. In a jab at Donald...
View ArticleGOP debate demands include temperature, question control
WASHINGTON — Future Republican presidential debates will be no sweat for the candidates if GOP negotiators get their way — with new demands covering everything from the podiums to the thermostat. Still...
View ArticlePatience: How Rubio, Cruz are outflanking the GOP field
Politics is a breeding ground for martial metaphors, starting with the word “campaign” itself. Politicians “under fire” “take flak” as their consultants sit in “war rooms” and launch ad “blitzes” in...
View ArticleDonald Trump rips all his rivals at book release
Donald Trump had a field day Tuesday releasing his new book, “Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again” — going after his GOP rivals, questioning why Bill Clinton escaped scrutiny in the...
View ArticleJeb Bush drops again in new poll
WASHINGTON – Jeb Bush’s support dropped to a meager 4 percent in a national poll released on Wednesday, as he comes off a shabby debate performance and tries to turn around his campaign. Bush also had...
View ArticleThe circular firing squad takes its toll on Republicans
Wow, did you hear what Donald Trump said about Hillary Clinton? No? How about what Marco Rubio said about President Obama? No again? OK, they were trick questions. There was nothing to hear because...
View ArticleJeb Bush needed to be special — and instead he was boring
Poor Jeb Bush. He needed a triumph in Tuesday night’s debate to do something to turn around his degenerating campaign — something dynamic, something memorable, something powerful. Bush was substantive....
View ArticleRubio says he’s cool with Jeb despite rude-looking debate brush-off
WASHINGTON — Sen. Marco Rubio says he and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush are “fine” after his one-time mentor apparently snubbed him during a commercial break at Tuesday night’s GOP presidential debate....
View ArticleTrump is imploding before our eyes, Carson says
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson fired back at Donald Trump today, saying his harsh attack on Carson in Iowa Thursday night showed he’s “imploding before our very eyes.” “When...
View ArticleWhy the GOP race could boil down to Rubio vs. Cruz
Tuesday night’s Fox Business/Wall Street Journal debate in Milwaukee provided clues as to why Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have been climbing, not by wide margins but perceptibly, into the top-polling...
View ArticleRepublican candidates bash Hillary Clinton for refusing to say ‘radical Islam’
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina ripped into Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday for saying the war on ISIS “cannot be an American fight” and...
View ArticleRubio thinks US forces should join Arab troops to beat ISIS
WASHINGTON — Rising Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday the way to defeat ISIS is to embed US forces with Arab Sunni troops. “That’s the only way you’re going to defeat...
View ArticleBen Carson’s poll numbers take a hit
WASHINGTON – Ben Carson has taken a hit in a new GOP presidential poll that shows a tight battle for second place. Donald Trump continues to lead with 27 percent of the Republican vote, according to a...
View ArticleThe Cruz-Rubio rivalry is a battle conservatives can be proud of
A funny thing is happening on the way to the GOP meltdown. According to the latest Quinnipiac poll, the two most popular and broadly acceptable candidates in the field are perhaps the most talented and...
View ArticleHillary beating every Republican candidate in new poll
Hillary Clinton led all GOP White House contenders in hypothetical general-election showdowns, a new poll revealed on Monday. Clinton’s biggest GOP lead came against Republican front-runner Donald...
View ArticleMarco Rubio has already cut ObamaCare’s throat
ObamaCare is on death watch. On Wednesday, Cigna CEO David Cordani said the giant insurer won’t commit to offering policies on the ObamaCare exchanges beyond next year. This, just two weeks after a...
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