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Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2016

The polls may have Hillary Clinton down by double-digits, but everybody knows that the New Hampshire primary electorate is unpredictable. So the former secretary of state is bringing a host of big Democratic guns to stump for her this weekend in the Granite State. They include Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, weather permitting. A snowstorm has hit […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2016

Good morning from Nashua, New Hampshire. I have to admit that my first thoughts this morning are not what happened at last night’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, but will I make it safely to Manchester this morning to see Sanders. Folks, it’s snowing pretty hard in southern New Hampshire this morning (7:10 […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 4, 2016

Last spring he called himself a “joyful tortoise,” and Jeb Bush is still espousing a positivity on the campaign trail that is in large contrast to the anger being pumped up by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders. “We need a servant leader,” he said at a Derry, New Hampshire, middle school Thursday night. “We don’t […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 4, 2016

People attending New Hampshire town-hall meetings this week, especially if they’re undecided, are being besieged by reporters, . Vince Merola, 77, from Wolfeboro is one such voter. After Merola confronted Marco Rubio on Wednesday in Laconia reporters descended upon him. He had chided Rubio for campaigning against “amnesty” for undocumented immigrants during his 2010 senate […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 4, 2016

Chris Christie has been on a verbal tear against Marco Rubio this week, but the New Jersey governor was relatively restrained when talking about the Florida senator during his 90-minute town hall meeting held in Keene, New Hampshire, Thursday morning. Christie said he was watching “Morning Joe” earlier in the day when he saw Rick Santorum discuss […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 4, 2016

Nashua, N.H. — Good morning from the Extended Stay America motel in Nashua, where it was an absolutely balmy 53 degrees at 5:30 a.m. It’s not, however, expected to get any warmer. No rain in the forecast (I don’t think) after a day that, well, if this were Florida, you’d have been hearing of severe […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2016

Speaking at a middle school gym on the outskirts of Manchester, Hillary Clinton delivered a forceful speech to New Hampshire voters six days before a primary election that polls show she is trailing. The former first lady, secretary of state and New York senator held the event just hours before she was to engage in […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2016

With Rand Paul dropping out of the GOP presidential race, the field is winnowing out. That doesn’t mean that the rest of the 10-person field gets to stand on one debate stage this Saturday night. Although ABC, the debate sponsor, hasn’t yet announced the lineup, Carly Fiorina said she’s learned she won’t be invited, and she’s […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2016

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At a town-hall meeting Wednesday in Laconia, New Hampshire, an undecided voter named Vince Morella asked Marco Rubio to convince him why he should vote for him since he contradicted a 2010 campaign statement never to support “amnesty” for undocumented immigrants. “I’d like to think that you were telling the truth when you were running for […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2016

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House Democratic hopeful Lisa Montelione is bashing House District 60 Republican Shawn Harrison for his vote on an abortion rights bill Tuesday. Harrison was one of eight Republicans on the House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee voting in support of a bill that would effectively cut off state funding for women’s health organizations such as Planned Parenthood […]

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Jacksonville developer Patrick Zalupski leads a group to buy the Rays, aiming for a new Tampa stadium.

Hillary Clinton rallying her cavalry this weekend in New Hampshire

Mitch Perry Report for 2.5.16 – “An artful smear”

Jeb Bush sells himself as uniter in Derry town hall, 5 days before NH primary

NH voter says Marco Rubio’s immigration flip-flop makes him untrustworthy

Chris Christie says Sam Alito would be go-to analyst for Supreme Court hires

Mitch Perry Report for 2.4.16 — The field narrows

In Manchester, Hillary Clinton says she’ll go beyond Bernie Sanders in regulating financial industry

Carly Fiorina calls debate process “broken” after she’s shut out of Saturday night forum

Marco Rubio doesn’t bend to New Hampshire man’s plea to help undocumented worker

Lisa Montelione blasts Shawn Harrison on abortion bill