Independent NewsPosts Tagged ‘Marco Rubio’
See Marco Rubio’s Spotify Playlist
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has released his Spotify playlist. The 16 tracks include Foster The People's Pumped Up Kicks, U2's Where The Streets Have No Name and One Tree Hill, and Good Feeling by Flo Rida.
Poll: Hillary beats Jeb, Rubio and Ryan in 2016
The newest national poll by Public Policy Polling shows Hillary Clinton with a wide lead both among Democratic primary voters and against most of the big Republican names thought to be top contenders for their party's presidential nomination in 2016. Fifty-seven percent of Democrats want Clinton [...]
Rubio explains why he voted against fiscal cliff deal. Fails to mention because he wants to be prez
I got his email from U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL): Rick, The federal government has a spending problem. Simple math shows it to be the root cause of our nation's fiscal crisis. Yet when it came time to present a bill to address this crisis, not a single spending cut was included in the [...]
Sarah Zieman Martinez headed to D.C.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has announced that Alberto Martinez, who headed Romney's campaign in Florida and worked for Rubio in the state legislature, is joining his staff as Deputy Chief of Staff and Brooke Sammon as Deputy Press Secretary. "I'm proud to welcome Albert and Brooke to our team [...]
Mitt’s Pensacola Party
Having waited hours for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the full house at the Pensacola Bay Center was dancing in the aisles. Literally, to a house band called Mass Confusion that had already torn apart Bruce Springsteen’s “Glory Days” and was doing the same to Joan Jett’s [...]
Romneyland
After descending from the upper level of the Pensacola Bay Center, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a moment for a group hug with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and senate hopeful Rep. Connie Mack IV (R-Fla.). Ten thousand thunderous supporters had been worked into a frenzy and the [...]
The Angry Parade
It’s becoming a regular thing, the protest parades down Palafox. A few weeks ago, the organic outcries were somewhat warm and fuzzy with a snare drum a punkish smiles. But lately, the parades are mostly labor leaders corralling an increasingly tense contingent of Occupy Pensacola. Thursday, it [...]
BP Sticks Around (Sort of)
The man at BP’s claim’s facility Tuesday night couldn’t speculate about the decision to keep the doors open. He could only provide a freshly printed flyer with the new hours of operation. That was news to Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson. “Oh, are they staying open?” he [...]
Party at Rubio’s
Marco Rubio’s having a party in Pensacola on Thursday, but the U.S. senator probably won’t show. “He most likely won’t be there, but he will know we’re there,” said Lee Pryor, of the Northwest Florida Federation of Labor/Central Labor Council. The labor organization plans to rally [...]
Rubio will hold meeting at The Fish House, July 14
The Fish House remains the meeting place for visiting Republicans. Press Release: Senate candidate Marco Rubio will be in Pensacola this Wednesday, July 14th, for a roundtable discussion concerning the oil spill and other topics. The public is invited to come to The Fish House in downtown [...]
News: Rubio campaign sprung from Tea Party
The St. Pete Times reports that U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio's rise is linked to the Tea Party, beginning as far back as 2007 when campaigned to be speaker of the Florida House. According the St. Pete Times, the Tea Party is considered by many to have started when a laid-off auto worker [...]
News: Has BP disaster saved Crist?
The Daily Beast also reports: Once left for dead in his Senate campaign against Marco Rubio, Florida governor Charlie Crist has used the BP spill to show leadership and rise in the polls. ...It would be a painful irony for the GOP if the oil slick approaching the nation’s shores caused one of [...]