by DAVID TONYAN | Dec 6, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio showed this week how he has transitioned from fresh faced first-term senator to national Republican leader – and possible 2016 presidential candidate. Rubio has been making the post-election rounds in Washington, appearing...
by DAVID TONYAN | Nov 28, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Another major conservative voiced support for U.S. immigration reform this week but this one has been calling for it for a while, albeit not as loudly as he has for tax cuts. “Immigration is our competitive advantage against the rest of the...
by DAVID TONYAN | Nov 20, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Former ambassador to China and Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman could have been the greatest threat to the president’s re-election, Obama’s campaign manager claimed Tuesday morning. “I think Huntsman would have been a tough general election...
by DAVID TONYAN | Nov 15, 2012 | Politics
Arizona Sen. John McCain and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham bemoaned the Republican Party’s failure to reach minority groups at the Washington Ideas Forum on Wednesday. “The demographics are real, and most of the wounds are self-inflicted,” Graham said. McCain...
by DAVID TONYAN | Nov 15, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — First-term Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Thursday didn’t toe the party elders’ line on the possible nomination of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to become the United States’ next top diplomat. Rubio, R-Fla., distanced himself from...
