The three leading Republican candidates looking to challenge Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson addressed GOP women leaders in Tallahassee Sunday -- and fired away at Nelson and President Barack Obama.
The Republicans -- former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, businessman and retired Army Col. Mike McCalister and U.S. Rep. Connie Mack -- spoke to the Florida Federation of Republican Women in a packed room at Hotel Duval.
Sinking in the polls at the national level and in upcoming primary states, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich looked to appeal to Hispanics as he launched a new ad Friday targeting those voters in Arizona's Feb. 28 primary.
In the ad, four Hispanics attack President Barack Obama on a host of issues, including the economy and immigration, and praise Gingrich.
While Florida remains one of the most pivotal states in American politics, the Sunshine State has never produced a single president, vice president or even a candidate or running mate on a national partys ticket. Despite this record, Florida has been an important place for many of the presidents.
While the other candidates for the Republican presidential nomination focus on Arizona and Michigan, both of which hold primaries on Feb. 28, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas looks to make a breakthrough in two Northwestern states holding caucuses in the first week of March -- Washington and Idaho.
With 43 delegates at stake, Washington holds its caucus on March 3. Idaho, which has 32 delegates, holds its caucus on March 6, the same day nine other states hold primaries and caucuses.
With the Michigan primary looming on Feb. 28, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is looking to get back in the game in the Great Lakes State and catch Rick Santorum there.
Michigan should be friendly territory for Romney. He won the primary there in 2008, beating John McCain by 9 percent, and his father, George Romney, served as governor during the 1960s. Romney has played up his roots in Michigan, noting that he was born there, despite basing his political career in Massachusetts.
Sinking in the polls at both the national level and in states that will soon hold primaries, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich tried to rally conservatives on Wednesday by pushing his plan to reduce energy and gas costs for Americans.
Gingrich insisted to supporters that his plan could return gas prices to $2.50 a gallon and he ripped into President Barack Obamas record on the issue.
Following his wins last week in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has propelled past Mitt Romney in the polls at the national and state level.
According to a national Rasmussen Reports poll of likely primary voters released on Wednesday, Santorum takes 39 percent, while Romney stands in second with 27 percent. Newt Gingrich stands in third with 15 percent while Ron Paul lags in fourth with 10 percent. Three percent back other candidates while 6 percent are undecided.
A poll released on Tuesday finds Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson will be sweating it out to win a third term in November.
The poll of likely Florida voters from Rasmussen Reports shows Nelson, who has been on the public stage for four decades, fails to break 50 percent against any of the three leading Republican candidates and is tied with U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, whose father held the seat for two terms before Nelson.
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is starting to feel the heat from conservatives to get out of the race as conservatives slip away from him to back Rick Santorum.
On Monday, National Review, one of the leading conservative publications of American conservatism since 1955, called upon Gingrich to end his bid for the Republican nomination in favor of Santorum.
Two polls released on Monday find that Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has built a lead over Mitt Romney in Michigan -- where George Romney, the father of the GOP presidential candidate, served as governor during most of the 1960s.
