A philosophical schism is plaguing a fractured Republican Party leading up to what insiders characterize as potentially one of the most contentious legislative sessions in modern history.

Gov. Rick Scott, the “jobs, jobs, jobs” politician in the middle of his second term, and House Speaker Richard Corcoran, a GOP firebrand who’s turned the capital city establishment upside down, have engaged in a public war in advance of the 2017 session that kicks off next Tuesday.

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