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Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2015

Two weeks ago, rumors began circulating that there might be some shake-ups in Alan Grayson‘s campaign for the Democratic nomination for Senate. Apparently those rumors were accurate, as both POLITICO and the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald reported on Tuesday that campaign manager Doug Dodson had left the campaign. The Herald’s Amy Sherman also reports that Deputy campaign manager David […]

Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2015

Pinellas County U.S. Rep. and GOP Senate candidate David Jolly and Laura Donohoe married this past summer, but because Congress was still in session the couple delayed their honeymoon until late November during the week-long Thanksgiving congressional break. Their plans were to celebrate their nuptials in the Paris, the City of Light. Then the terrorist […]

Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2015

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The Jeb Bush presidential campaign has made TV and cable news buys in New Hampshire and the Boston market with a new 60-second ad called “Honor.” The ad features Medal of Honor recipients – retired Marine Corps Col. Jay Vargas, retired Army Master Sgt. Leroy Petry, retired Air Force Col. Leo Thorsness, and retired Marine […]

Mitch PerryDecember 1, 2015

If you don’t know of anyone who is caught up in the Florida corrections system, stories about the care of prisoners may not matter much to you at all. But they have been disturbing, particularly regarding the state of health care for those who incarcerated. Rick Scott ran for office in 2010 promising to privatize […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

Citing the terrorist attacks in Paris earlier this month, Florida Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson took to the floor of the Senate Monday to call for the permanent extension of Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, which is scheduled to expire in 2017. “This crucial tool provides access to electronic communications of suspected terrorists and […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

Republican Party of Florida Chairman Blaise Ingoglia delivered a letter to Secretary of State Ken Detzner on Monday with a list of 14 GOP presidential candidates who have qualified to be on the Florida presidential preference primary next March. The letter lists Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

Another longtime staffer to Florida Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is stepping down. Dan McLaughlin, Deputy Chief of Staff and Communications Director, will retire at the end of the year, after a 21-year association with Nelson, the past 15 in the Senate. “Dan has been my confidant and friend all these years, and is recognized […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

It would be more than two-and-a-half hours before Donald Trump would appear, yet there were already hundreds of people standing in the pit area in front of the stage at the Robarts Arena in Sarasota, making sure they had a good spot last Saturday morning to see the man who has dominated American politics in 2015. Among those […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

Lisa Montelione said it was “excruciatingly hard” to decide to give up her Tampa City Council seat next year, but that’s what will happen now that she’s decided to run for the Florida Legislature in 2016. She’ll take on fellow Democrat Mike Reedy in the House District 63 primary next August, with the winner to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

President Obama hinted last week that he still may try to close the Guantánamo Bay prison through executive action when he signed an updated national defense authorization bill last week, he had no issue with a provision that maintains that the naval station at GITMO will not be closed or abandoned. The Obama administration has emphasized from […]

Alan Grayson Senate campaign manager Doug Dodson is out

After honeymooning in Paris, David Jolly vows “terror will never win”

Jeb Bush releases new TV ad in New Hampshire on national security

Mitch Perry Report for 12.1.15 – Corizon Health Care terminates contract with Florida prisons. That’s not a bad thing

Bill Nelson calls for permanent extension of Section 702 of FISA Amendment Act

RPOF lists 14 for March presidential primary; includes Bobby Jindal, but not George Pataki

Longtime Bill Nelson spokesman Dan McLaughlin to retire

Donald Trump supporters in Sarasota speak out

Lisa Montelione feels confident in HD 63 Democratic primary versus Mike Reedy

David Jolly boasts about his proposal on maintaining GITMO as U.S. military base signed by President Obama in NDAA