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Mitch PerryJune 15, 2015

Hours before Jeb Bush was to go before thousands of supporters and formally declaring his candidacy for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and a few local progressive activists assailed Bush as nothing more than a right-wing Tea Party-following member of the Republican Party. “Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are fully embracing the entire […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2015

Good morning from the Parkway Inn Motel in Miami Springs, where I’m in place for Jeb Bush’s announcement that he’s officially a candidate for president. His announcement follows Hillary Clinton’s big speech over the weekend in New York City, which was actually her second “official announcement,” following an extremely low-key “soft opening” back in April. […]

Mitch PerryJune 14, 2015

When Jeb Bush tells the world why he wants to be the next president of the United States on Monday afternoon in Miami, he’s expected to dig deep into the policies and accomplishments he achieved during his eight-year reign as governor of Florida from 1999-2007. But while that will have those in attendance at Miami-Dade […]

Mitch PerryJune 14, 2015

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The Obama administration’s announcement last week that it is sending 450 military advisers to Anbar province to support Iraqi forces fighting ISIS has been met with a lot of skepticism in Washington, and not just among Republicans. “The thing that concerns me most is having a clear cut strategy to defeat this threat called ISIS or […]

Mitch PerryJune 14, 2015

Seven months after he announced he was going to “explore” a candidacy for president, Jeb Bush it to make it official Monday afternoon that he is running for the 2016 GOP nomination for president. Before he tells the public why he should be the next leader of the free world, Bush has released a video […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2015

More than 1,200 Florida Democratic Party activists gathered Saturday night at The Diplomat hotel in Hollywood to get fired up about an election that takes place in 541 days. It’s better for FDP members to took ahead to 2016, though, since their hopes of removing Rick Scott from the governors mansion fell agonizingly short in November. Things […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2015

Although a majority of House Democrats rejected President Barack Obama on expanding his trade negotiating power, two of the three Democrats who met the news media hours before the Florida Democratic Party’s big summer dinner did and do support the Trans Pacific Partnership. “We are a big tent party, and we have wide-ranging views on […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2015

Among the headlines of a just-released review on what happened to Florida Democrats in 2014 is a familiar woe: a lack of financial resources to compete with the Republican Party. The report from the Leadership Expansion to Advance Democrats (LEAD) task force is scheduled to be released to the public on Sunday, but the Florida […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2015

Integrity Florida was created in 2012 to serve as a nonpartisan research institute and government watchdog whose mission was to promote integrity in government and expose public corruption in the Sunshine State. It was led by two men, executive director Dan Krassner and research director Ben Wilcox. Krassner left the group last month to become the […]

Mitch PerryJune 12, 2015

Legislation to regulate share-riding services Uber and Lyft failed in the Florida Legislature this year, meaning that their ability to operate in the state without getting in trouble will vary county to county. Most of the issues here and across the country with Uber and Lyft regard getting their insurance and background check policies in […]

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Jeb Bush only looks out for himself and people like him

Mitch Perry Report for 6.15.15 – Hillary (sort of) takes a stand on TPP

New study says 3/4 of Florida voters have never seen Jeb Bush’s name on ballot

At Fla. Demi confab, Tulsi Gabbard questions President Obama’s ISIS strategy

Jeb Bush releases video on eve of campaign announcement

Florida Democrats celebrate themselves in Hollywood

Democrats divided on free trade agreement in South Florida

Florida Democratic Party establishment discusses task force report

Dan Krassner leaves Integrity Florida

Uber’s David Plouffe rejects claim on reliability of fingerprint background checks