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Mitch PerryAugust 6, 2015

Something to watch for in both debates in Cleveland tonight: How often the 17 GOP presidential candidates actually disagree with each other. Even though they’ll be debating each other, more often than not they’ll not be ganging up on any of their opponents, but two Democrats not in the room – Hillary Clinton and Barack […]

Mitch PerryAugust 5, 2015

Five days before the Florida Legislature returns to Tallahassee to work on redrawing eight congressional district lines, two committees responsible for completing what is known as a “base map” have released it to the public. It shows that those committees have followed the directions of the Florida Supreme Court, whose justices ruled that eight congressional districts […]

Mitch PerryAugust 5, 2015

Hours after Jeb Bush launched his campaign store on Wednesday (complete with a $75 guacamole bowl), the Democratic National Committee came up with a two-fer today to jump in on the fun. Seizing on the opportunity to mock some recent faux pas the Republican candidate has uttered on the campaign trail, the DNC has come up with […]

Mitch PerryAugust 5, 2015

President Barack Obama says the plan he announced on Monday to reduce climate change is “the biggest, most important step we have ever taken” to deal with the issue. The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power stations by nearly a third within 15 years. It calls […]

Mitch PerryAugust 5, 2015

Two years ago, officials at California State University-Fullerton produced a comprehensive report on police civilian oversight boards. Among their findings was that obstacles to creating a successful agency included politicians who have a “law and order” agenda not conducive to oversight. Plus, if such a board is created, the power that lawmakers have to limit their oversight is through […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

Maybe the presidential race will be what some fantasize/dread has always been the inevitable challenge – a Jeb Bush v. Hillary Clinton throwback contest of dueling 60-somethings. But it doesn’t look like it in early August of 2015. Forget about Jeb’s misstatements, which are starting to pile up. Let’s look deeper at some of Hillary’s numbers. […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

Noelle Nikpour, an Arkansas-based GOP fundraiser and frequent Fox News analyst, is the latest candidate for the CD18 seat being vacated by Jupiter Democrat Patrick Murphy in 2016. Murphy is running for the U.S. Senate. “I am not a politician,” Nikpour said in a statement. “If you want to fix Washington you cannot keep sending politicians […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

Florida Senator Bill Nelson, a key Democratic centrist, announced his support for the nuclear agreement forged between the U.S. and Iran last month. Calling it one of the most important votes he ever will cast in the Senate because of the foreign and defense policy consequences are huge for the U.S. and our allies, ” I will […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

So far this year the Republican-led U.S. Senate has scheduled votes on only five federal judges selected by President Barack Obama, leading New York Democrat Chuck Schumer to remark to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley last week, “That … is a disgrace.” Four activist groups agree: A memo released Tuesday by the groups Progress […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

The last national polls to be released before the first GOP presidential debate of the year takes place on Thursday are are in, and all have the same result: Donald Trump; leads in all four new polls out from CBS News, Fox, Monmouth University and Bloomberg. The CBS News poll is the latest, coming out at […]

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Mitch Perry Report 8.6.15 – Anyone still standing with Rand?

Newly drawn congressional “base map” has all of St. Petersburg in CD 13 seat

DNC creates JebSwagStore.com

PPP survey finds 66% of Floridians support EPA clean power plan

Tampa residents to call for civilian review board to monitor police

Mitch Perry Report for 8.5.15 -Hillary Clinton is struggling, but is Joe Biden really the answer?

GOP commentator Noelle Nikpour latest candidate to enter CD 18 race

Bill Nelson comes out in support of the Iran nuclear deal

Activist groups assail Marco Rubio for blocking judicial nominees

Donald Trump leads in four new national polls

Florida politics had 11 questions before federal qualifying week. Here are the answers.