Florida Politics

Colombian-American Annette Taddeo is running for the U.S. Congress in Florida's 26th congressional district. Taddeo began her public service by heading the Democratic Party in Miami-Dade County before being tapped by former Republican Governor-turned Democrat Charlie Crist, as his running mate for his failed 2014 gubernatorial campaign against sitting Florida Governor Rick Scott (R). Taddeo […]

Junior Florida Senator and 2016 presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has dubber today, Monday, July 20th, 2015 as "Capitulation Monday". The title aims to lambast President Obama on the Iranian Nuclear deal and the official re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba. In a press release put out first thing Monday morning, the Senator says: “History will […]

In what has been a very hard fought and entertaining Gold Cup 2015, the quarterfinals of the competition delivered another round of heart stopping action, and a clear favorite emerged. It all started Saturday in Baltimore, with Clint Dempsey leading the United States of America to a resounding victory over Cuba. The Americans put a 6 […]

When Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán flew the coop from the maximum security prison where he was held for about a year and a half, he left behind a little friend in the nest. Or in the wastebasket, rather. Mexican government officials searching the drug lord's cell after his brazen escape from the Altiplano Federal prison […]

After the historic deal struck yesterday by the Obama administration with the Islamic Sate of Iran, Senator, and 2016 presidential hopeful Marco Rubio was quick to hit back. “Based on what we know thus far, I believe that this deal undermines our national security. President Obama has consistently negotiated from a position of weakness, giving […]

The New York Times continues their unilateral assault against Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio with a recent story written from  interviews conducted with Cubans on the Island of Cuba. Would you believe that everyone interviewed thinks Rubio to be the Anti-Christ? Rubio, who is considered to be in the top tier of Republican presidential candidates, […]

CNN is reporting the the Unites States and Cuba have reached an agreement, and will announce on Wednesday that the two countries will open embassies in each other's capitals. According to two senior administration officials: "We will formally announce tomorrow that the United States and Cuba have reached an agreement to re-establish formal diplomatic relations […]

It's official. The Unites States will have an embassy in Havana, president Obama announced earlier today. Marco Rubio has fired back at the president in a press release, and yo can be sure he'll be talking about it on the campaign trail. The release by the senate office stated: “Throughout this entire negotiation, as the […]

According to Puerto Rican Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, Puerto Rico's debts are "not payable". According to the New York Times, Puerto Rico’s bonds have a face value about eight times that of Detroit’s. Its call for debt relief on such a vast scale could raise borrowing costs for other local governments as investors shy away from […]

At a veteran's forum on Thursday, Marco Rubio was conducting a Q & A session with Former MN Senate Candidate Pete Hegseth. The question came up about the New York Times claim of Marco Rubio having bought a luxury speed boat in Miami for 80k. To his credit, Mr. Rubio answered the question, dismissed the […]

Donald Trump's war with Univision took another escalating step today, when Donald Trump sent a letter to Univision CEO Randy Falco effectively banning him, and any other Univision executive from Trump's Doral, FL golf resort. In the letter, Trump also makes mention of his trade agenda, should he become president: P.S. Please congratulate your Mexican […]

Marco Rubio could upset the FL GOP political establishment again should he beat Jeb Bush in Florida. In a  CNN report from Jeb's announcement event, you can see and hear many of the FL GOP's elite essentially telling Mr. Rubio to wait his turn. But in the latest Quinnipiac poll, released today, Rubio now trails Bush […]

I am going to assume that every opinionated politico has at one point believed that the 2016 Republican presidential primary race would come down to either Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, if and when these two friends were to decide to run for president. Newsflash. Both Rubio and Bush are running for president. Now that […]

One day after kicking off his campaign in Miami, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush hit the late show circuit, Obama style. During the 2012 election, President Obama notoriously "slow jammed the news" with Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show. Now, the Governor if following suit. In the skit, which was riddled with sexual innuendoes, the […]

Florida's junior Senator and 2016 Presidential hopeful, Marco Rubio, has called the Obama administration's meeting with Diosdado Cabello "Bizarre and confusing". In a press release, The Senator condemns the administration for meeting with one of Venezuela's "most corrupt officials. ‎By meeting with the Venezuelan regime's most corrupt official, who also happens to be under investigation […]

So much is made about immigration and the hispanic vote. However, historically education has always been the most important issue for hispanics in the United States, even in the 2012 election. So if the hispanic vote is really all that important in 2016, and the democrats cannot with without it, are they on the right […]

It was only a matter of time until the New York times began the attacks on GOP candidates and their families. Their first target, Marco Rubio's wife. In an article released today, The Rubios are criticized for having 17 traffic violations between them. Now, if a presidential candidate had 17 traffic violations since 1997, that may […]

You've hear the old-tired line ever since the 2008 election. "Republicans need to appeal to youth and minorities", candidates on the GOP side have tried anything and everything, except something that may actually work. They've launched cool websites with old policies on them, they have put young kids and minorities on TV to represent their […]

One of Colombia's mid-sized cities, Buenaventura, which is situated in the southwest section of that country, had its lights turned off, again. According to Univision, It wasn't that the city failed to pay its electric bill, rather the city lost power after another attack against a electrical tower by the terrorist group, FARC. Colombian's military […]

Just days after Marco Rubio's opponent in the GOP presidential primary, Rand Paul, made a stand on the Senate floor against NSA spying, the junior senator from Florida may be planning a filibuster of his very own. Today, in a press release from Rubio's senate office in Washington DC, the senator pledged to block the […]

With a possible presidential run in the future for Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) he is trying to backpedal from his previous position on immigration reform. If the latest election taught us anything it was American's do not want immigration reform and Rubio got the message loud and clear. His new book "American Dreams" comes out […]

President Obama had announced on December 17, 53 political prisoners from Cuba would be liberated as part of negotiations with Castro. Today, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) highlighted the administration's inability to provide clarity on the fate of the prisoners. He also continued to show his disapproval of President Obama's effort to normalize relations with […]

Prior to election the polls had Crist and Scott neck-and-neck and Election Day definitely was a shock to the Crist campaign but there always has to be a winner and a loser. What is fascinating is clearing off the rubble afterwards and seeing what happened. That is exactly what OnMessage, Inc. did. They surveyed one […]

The Republican Party of Florida released their 10th Spanish-language ad for Governor Rick Scott today. The ad features Senator Marco Rubio and is entitled "Yo Voto" or "I Vote" in English. Senator Rubio knows first-hand that Charlie Crist does not have solutions for Florida's toughest problems. He also knows a vote for Charlie Crist is […]

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) launched a new Spanish-language TV ad entitled "Resultados" for Governor Rick Scott. The thirty one second ad features former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and focuses on the main message of the campaign which is "results." Translation: _______________________________________________________________________________ THE AD GOVERNOR JEB BUSH: In my experience as Governor, I found that […]

On Tuesday evening Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl) called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)  to schedule a vote on S. 2142, otherwise known as the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014. This bill authorizes sanctions on individuals involved in serious human rights violations against the peaceful demonstrators in Venezuela. […]

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) told President Obama in a letter he is not approaching immigration reform properly. Whereas President Obama wants sweeping executive action to grant legal status to the millions of illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States, Senator Rubio wants the President to work with Congress to achieve reform. In his letter […]

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) continues pummeling phony-baloney, moderate-sounding Democrat members of Congress and candidates, with attack ads exposing them for who these Charlie Crist Democrats really are. The latest NRCC attack ad targets Democrat congressional candidate Gwen Graham, who just happens to have been endorsed by Charlie Crist. Graham has been trying to […]

According to Florida state Representative Charles Van Zant (R) the new Common Core education standards will push to make children gay. Van Zant made the comment during a recent anti-Common Core event in March. “These people that will now receive $220 million from the state of Florida, unless this is stopped, will promote double-mindedness in […]

Senator Marco Rubio concluded his CPAC 2014 speech with heartfelt story about his late father’s endeavor to attend Rubio’s 2012 Senate Republican primary victory party. You know, what gave his life purpose and meaning, is seeing us do all the things he never could.”-Marco Rubio Great video clip.

By JAVIER MANJARRES The Venezuelan Socialist regime of Hugo Chavez is up for re-election this weekend, but the fear that the election will not be "transparent" and fair to the Venezuelan people is weighing heavy on the minds of many onlookers, including U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.  Early Saturday morning, Rubio put out a statement chiding […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES "All of us have said that there will be no agreement until the eight of us agree to a big, specific bill, but hopefully we can get that done by the end of the week," said Schumer, D-N.Y., who's leading efforts by eight senators to craft the legislation. "That's what we're on […]

By JAVIER MANJARRES When Senator Marco Rubio spearheaded his bipartisan immigration reform "Gang of 8" in the Senate earlier this year, conservatives took pause with the principles the group offered, saying that the "statement of principles" was nothing less than amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants currently residing in the United States. It was inevitable […]