time.com - 5/27/2009
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As if the state had not caused enough trouble in 2000, Florida now wants to assert its primacy as a presidential kingmaker by jumping to the head of the line to hold its primary ahead of Super Tuesday. If Florida commits to Jan. 29, that would mean a line of candidates forming in Tallahassee to ...
rockymountainnews.com - 5/27/2009
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rockymountainnews.com —
Rep. Tom Tancredo drew fire from Florida Gov.
Jeb Bush and others Tuesday after saying the ethnically...
diverse city of Miami resembled "a Third World country." Tancredo, R-Littleton, touched off a controversy when he said during a weekend summit of ...
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Tancredo's slam of Miami irritates Florida Gov. Bush : ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 5/27/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
Governor Bush has endorsed Marco Rubio, not Gov.
Christ, for the Republican Senate nomination in Florida (his...
remarks via e-mail): Today I would like to let you know that I will be enthusiastically supporting my friend Marco Rubio for his bid for ...
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Good for Jeb
briefingroom.thehill.com - 5/28/2009
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briefingroom.thehill.com —
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's (R) son, Jeb
Bush Jr., has endorsed former state House Speaker Marco...
Rubio's (R) Senate campaign. Rubio announced the endorsement this morning on his Twitter feed. "Proud to announce the endorsement of Jeb Bush Jr.," ...
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UPDATED: Jeb Bush Jr. backs Rubio over Crist
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2010: The Friskier Jeb Bush Endorses Marco Rubio
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... Jeb The Senior considered running for Senate and opted out; Gov. Charlie Crist remains the frontrunner; Rubio trails him and is running proudly to the right (and building his own political machine for the future at the same time.) Jeb The Governor doesn't have much respect for Charlie Crist. I can write this without attribution from having spent enough time talking to Florida Republicans who know both men. BTW: Crist still has no opinion on Sonia Sotomayor, and won't, until the Senate confirmation hearings. Jeb Jr. may or may not be a stand-in for his father, who will ...
Jeb Bush, Jr. vs The Republican Establishment-- A Stalking Horse For Jebby, Sr?
DownWithTyranny! —
... The Bush family, particularly the Florida branch, detests Crist, not because he's gay or a hypocrite but because his entire record as governor has been premised on undoing all the damage Jeb, Sr. did while he was governor. Early this morning Marco Rubio, the anti-Crist, let me know about his endorsement by Jebby The Younger: ...
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