
Conventional wisdom holds that the early front-runner in a wide-open primary, especially a crowded one, rarely turns out to be the nominee. It’s probably one of those “rules” that will be true until it isn’t, but at the moment there is ample evidence from past contests to back it up. Carly Fiorina is banking on that, gaining strength as the campaign unwinds.
by John Hayward17 Sep 2015, 7:54 AM PST0

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) cracked a joke about California’s drought at the start of the GOP debate on Wednesday evening.
by Joel B. Pollak16 Sep 2015, 5:23 PM PST0

Senate Majority Leader appears to be taking last-ditch steps to stop the Iran deal, including an amendment that would prohibit President Barack Obama from lifting any sanctions until Ian lets four American captives go, and recognizes the State of Israel. However, McConnell’s ploy is just “kabuki” theater that will punish Democrats for supporting the Iran deal without stopping the deal itself.
by Joel B. Pollak16 Sep 2015, 8:04 AM PST0

There weren’t a lot of takers for Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s appearance on Tuesday at the USS Iowa in San Pedro, CA as far as cable news goes.
by Jeff Poor15 Sep 2015, 9:24 PM PST0

Nearly half of Florida voters think their state’s former governor — Jeb Bush — and current Senator — Marco Rubio –should drop out of the presidential race, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. Just 40 percent of Florida voters — both Republican and Democrats — think Bush should stay in the race, and 47 percent think the former governor should stand down. Meanwhile, 42 percent said Rubio should stay in the race while 48 percent said he should end his campaign.
by Caroline May15 Sep 2015, 11:57 AM PST0

As Sen. Marco Rubio is seeing his presidential campaign dragged down by weakening polling numbers, his campaign is out with a new video alluding to his last big mention in the media: after he hit a child with a football.
by Charlie Spiering15 Sep 2015, 8:25 AM PST0

University of Florida graduate and GOP presidential hopeful Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) took a major shot at Florida rival Florida State University while speaking with Iowa’s KXNO 1460 AM recently. Rubio said he doesn’t have anything against Florida State,” but added it was
by Trent Baker15 Sep 2015, 7:46 AM PST0

home field advantage isn’t in Fiorina’s favor according to a recent poll of California Republicans in which Fiorina ranked fifth out of the GOP field, with only five percent of the GOP California voters supporting her candidacy.
by Alex Swoyer14 Sep 2015, 9:15 AM PST0

A new poll released Sunday morning by the Los Angeles Times shows Donald Trump leading among Republican voters in California, with 24% of the vote. Fellow outsider Dr. Ben Carson is second, with 18% of registered voters.
by Joel B. Pollak13 Sep 2015, 7:08 AM PST0

Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio criticized Republican leadership on the Iran nuclear deal and other issues, stating they shouldn’t treat the deal like any other bill and wondering, “What’s the point having the majority then? We might
by Ian Hanchett11 Sep 2015, 10:37 AM PST0

Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio stated he is “open” to accepting refugees from the Middle East and Africa if it can be ensured that there aren’t “people who are part of a terrorist organization” in an interview
by Ian Hanchett9 Sep 2015, 9:25 AM PST0

“When people have an opportunity to actually get a chance to hear me for themselves — as opposed to having me interpreted to them by some media outlet — their reactions are quite different. I knew that after the debate, that a lot more people would get real exposure that would allow them to form a more accurate opinion of who I am,” Dr. Ben Carson told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.
by Katie McHugh8 Sep 2015, 1:30 PM PST0

Hugh Hewitt, the moderator picked by GOP leaders for the upcoming candidates’ debate, is firmly on the establishment’s side in its struggle against outsider Donald Trump.
by Julia Hahn8 Sep 2015, 5:25 AM PST0

In a speech delivered entirely in Spanish, Rubio blamed Clinton supporters for the U.S. territory’s economic problems as he railed against giving Puerto Rico bankruptcy protection
by Breitbart News4 Sep 2015, 4:46 PM PST0

Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio stated that Europe’s migrant crisis isn’t just Europe’s problem and “ultimately it will impact us as well, because it destabilizes our allies” in an interview broadcast on Thursday’s “On the Record” on
by Ian Hanchett3 Sep 2015, 7:57 PM PST0

Senator Marco Rubio has taking a conservative hard-lined stance against the Department of Education.
by Javier Manjarres3 Sep 2015, 5:57 PM PST0

He’s received $3M from donors who self-identify in tech industry employers, compared to Jeb Bush’s $525K. Clinton, a presumptive Silicon Valley favorite, has only managed about half of Bush, at $247K. See the full graph for the breakdown.
by Ferenstein Wire3 Sep 2015, 5:46 PM PST0

Trump also predicted that he will not only win the White House in 2016, but that he will be re-elected in 2020–predicting he will be a two-term president–and that at the end of his eventual eight years in the White House he will be known to all as a “great conservative” just like Ronald Reagan.
by Matthew Boyle2 Sep 2015, 11:15 AM PST0

On the whole, the candidates’ websites seemed surprisingly timid, even backward, as if the designers were primarily afraid of (a) soaking up too much bandwidth from visitors, and (b) leaving some important scrap of text off the main screen, for fear that visitors would explore no further. These are both very last-generation concerns. Seriously, folks, it’s 2015. A dash of animation, such as Fiorina and Chris Christie offer, will not cause anyone’s computer to chug.
by John Hayward1 Sep 2015, 12:14 PM PST0

The U.S. Senate race in Florida to replace outgoing Sen. Marco Rubio has turned out to be nothing like the one in 2010 that saw Rubio defeat then-Governor Charlie Crist.
by Javier Manjarres28 Aug 2015, 9:13 PM PST0

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed Sen. Marco Rubio called for President Obama to downgrade rather than cancel his planned state visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, arguing that it was still important to communicate the interests of the United States.
by Charlie Spiering28 Aug 2015, 10:37 AM PST0

Billionaire and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has delivered a political 1-2 punch to Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.
by Javier Manjarres28 Aug 2015, 9:01 AM PST0

In an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Friday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), a candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination, took aim at China, putting the Asia nation in the same category with other “tyrannies” in the world, which he
by Jeff Poor28 Aug 2015, 8:42 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio came on strong in a radio interview, hammering Hillary Clinton on her abortion extremism, pushing back against Clinton’s outrageous rhetoric comparing the GOP presidential candidates to terrorists, and describing Clinton as a failed candidate frantically trying to draw attention to herself and distract from the investigation of her conduct as Secretary of State.
by John Hayward28 Aug 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) responded to Hillary Clinton, who on Thursday declared Republicans akin to terrorists for their stances on the abortion issue. Rubio said it was a statement on her campaign,
by Jeff Poor28 Aug 2015, 6:38 AM PST0