Sen. Marco Rubio is moving closer to a presidential run in 2016, with a senior aide telling ABC’s Jon Karl that his team has been instructed to move forward. “He has told us to proceed as if he is running for president,” the aide said.
State Attorney General Kamala Harris has already declared her candidacy for the Senate seat vacated by Barbara Boxer, and there are indications that her primary concern is a possible rival candidacy of billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer. Steyer’s associates informed the Sacramento Bee on Sunday that he is strongly considering a Senate run.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is tired of liberals asserting that somehow only Democrats care about the poor because they unconditionally support more welfare spending. “I think that they’ve gotten away with the argument that they are more compassionate than we are, but I think that we have a very true story to tell about how our policies actually help people who are trying to make it – much more than their policies,” he says.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tells Breitbart News that he’s “very, very seriously” considering launching a presidential candidacy for 2016. Cruz adds that he thinks a bold conservative needs to win the GOP nomination next time around, or else he fears Democrats are likely to win the White House as they did in 2008 and 2012. Cruz said the “energy and enthusiasm” in South Carolina at the Tea Party convention is “electric” a year out from the GOP primaries for 2016. South Carolina is the first primary state in the south, making it a key stop for Republicans who want to be president.
Potential presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush have been picking up some early endorsements recently.
Dr. Ben Carson, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, earned cheers at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention on Sunday when he said that the IRS should be eliminated. Carson made the suggestion while criticizing President Obama’s tax hike, set to be unveiled in this week’s State of the Union address.
Added to the RNC Winter Meeting Schedule just hours before the three day rally entitled “Building on Success” got started, former Presidential nominee Mitt Romney teased Republican National Committee leadership, leaving questions of his intentions for 2016 a mystery as
The South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention is underway, and event organizers tell Breitbart News that they’ve been overwhelmed by an unexpectedly high level of interest among activists statewide. Major speakers set to weigh in this weekend include potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), real estate magnate Donald Trump, Dr. Ben Carson and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.
SAN DIEGO, California Friday morning at the beachside RNC Winter Meeting in San Diego, California, the Republican National Committee laid out a schedule for a limited nine sanctioned Presidential debates ranging from August 2015 through March 2016. Fox news –
Liberal media outlets will host six of the nine 2016 GOP presidential debates that the Republican National Committee (RNC) will sanction. On Friday, the RNC announced the nine sanctioned debates from August 2015 through March 1, 2016 with three more that
In 2016, Sen. Marco Rubio says, Republicans can only win if they successfully win the argument that the GOP is the party focused on the future success of America. “I think 2016 is going to be less about personalities and a lot more about the ideas,” he said, adding that many of the people interested in running already had “well established personalities.”
As Mitt Romney considers a third White House run, his allies are trying to compare him to President Ronald Reagan, the conservative icon with whom Romney has almost nothing in common. In fact, Romney ran away from Reagan and his
Move over Rubio. The real Republican slugfest in 2016 could be between Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, not Bush and Rubio as many have speculated, if both men run for president.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) thinks GOP primary voters are ready to turn the page on Mitt Romney, who is seriously considering another presidential run and could be a potential rival. “Look, I like Governor Romney, I like him personally, I
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called for an “American renewal” in his State of the State speech at the New Jersey House of Representatives today, as speculation mounts that he intends to run for president. Christie promoted himself a bipartisan reformer in his state, taking shots at the partisanship and gridlock in Washington.
After leaving some wiggle room in recent interviews, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) seems to have closed the door on a 2016 presidential run in an interview with Fortune. Sheila Blair, in an interview for the magazine, asked, “So are you
The Pitbull-listening, hip hop-loving Marco Rubio may actually run for president in 2016, 2020, or 2024, but before he does, Miami’s favorite hijo (son) may first run for governor of Florida.
A top Chamber of Commerce official and a veteran Republican campaign finance lawyer who co-founded a pro-amnesty super PAC are advising former Florida governor Jeb Bush ahead of a likely 2016 presidential run. According to a Washington Post report, “Rob
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a fellow likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate, is a “moderate.” Calling a Republican who’s seeking the GOP nomination a “moderate” is a clear insult in Republican presidential primary politics. During that selection process, each of the candidates is likely to focus on highlighting conservative credentials to please GOP base voters. Paul further hinted Bush would be open to tax increases and more government spending, positions no candidate is likely to take while trying to win the nomination.
Real estate magnate and potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will test the waters in the nation’s first-in-the-south primary state, South Carolina, this month. He will deliver a keynote address to the South Carolina Tea Party convention in Myrtle Beach. Joe Dugan, the head of the Myrtle Beach Tea Party and organizer of the annual conference, praised Trump—a solid opponent of amnesty—for making the trip down.
On Tuesday, former Florida governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush announced the launch of his new “Right to Rise” political action committee in English and Spanish on Facebook. “Hey everybody, today we’re setting up the Right to Rise
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) is planning a “private briefing” with approximately two dozen “friends and former colleagues” in Washington next week.
Conservative Mississippi state Sen. Michael Watson is calling on U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo, his congressman, to vote for one of the Republican alternatives to Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) for Speaker of the House on Tuesday.
Fox News’ TV host, former Governor of Arkansas, and former Republican presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee, has announced that he is considering another run for president in 2016. In statement put out by Team Huckabee, Huckabee stated that he would be
On Saturday, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee announced that he will end his Fox News show to consider a 2016 presidential run. “This is the last edition of Huckabee on the Fox News Channel,” he wrote supporters on Facebook. “It
A top Jeb Bush ally claims the former Florida governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate is not for “amnesty” for illegal immigrants. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, a publication that has often demeaned Americans opposed to massive amnesty legislation
Florida Governor Jeb Bush will reportedly skip an important forum in Iowa, which hosts the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating caucuses and where voters are much more conservative than Bush on illegal immigration. Citing a “scheduling conflict,” Bush reportedly declined an invitation
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who has pushed comprehensive amnesty legislation as a “Gang of Eight” member, is trying to advance the notion that a Republican cannot win the White House without supporting comprehensive amnesty legislation. He even suggested that pro-amnesty
Sen. Marco Rubio admits that immigration reform is a tough challenge for Republicans, but adds that a solution to the problem isn’t necessary before the 2016 elections. Rubio, who helped lead the Senate ‘Gang of Eight’ effort to pass an immigration reform bill, admits that many Americans don’t trust their government to properly address the issue in a comprehensive bill.
Some prominent moderate establishment Republicans in Utah are plotting to target conservative icon Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) with a primary challenge in 2016.
When you have major donors who have been given ambassadorships, in some cases in two previous Bush presidencies, that type of cronyism may make it hard for other 2016 GOP hopefuls to raise the money they’ll need to compete in
Columnist David Brooks argued that Jeb Bush is “the favorite” in the 2016 presidential race and that “the party is coming back…to about where Jeb Bush is” on Friday’s “PBS Newshour.” Brooks said of Bush “I think he’s the favorite,
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) expressed disappointment that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) “decided to adopt Barack Obama’s foreign policy” on Cuba on Friday’s “Mark Levin Show.” “The entire economy is controlled by a holding company basically that is run by the military.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) continued the debate between him and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Friday’s “Kelly File” on the Fox News Channel, saying that he thought Rubio’s comments were “rude and intemperate” and that “I never start a fight,
NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd argued that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) would lose the competition for donors with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) if the two both decide to run for president in 2016 in
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer conceded that he fears a President Ted Cruz will overturn President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, perhaps signaling that Cruz represents the greatest threat to the progressive left. “Our first 100 days we spent a
Carly Fiorina, sensing that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee in 2016 and prompt the GOP to search for a woman to put on the presidential ticket, is reportedly preparing to enter the presidential campaign, likely to angle for
After announcing that he is “actively considering” running for president, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is meeting with Republican donors in Illinois on Friday. According to a Chicago Sun-Times report, Bush will “meet with major Illinois GOP donors and fundraisers,”
Democrat losses in 2014 are fueling unrest within the rank and file. The rise of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and the anti-big business populism she represents have created a rift within that party that may take a presidential primary to play out.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will reportedly quit his position at Barclays at the end of the year. The Financial Times report comes days after Bush announced that he is “actively exploring” a potential presidential run. Before Bush’s announcement that
