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Mitch PerryMarch 30, 2015

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker visited Tampa Monday, ostensibly to discuss the Obama administration’s new forays into diplomatic relations with Cuba. However, she used the majority of her speech to pump up the Trans-Pacific Partnership. That’s one of the biggest international trade agreements in modern history, which President Barack Obama hopes to have negotiated before […]

Mitch PerryMarch 30, 2015

Happy Monday to y’all. If you could have watched only one public affairs show Sunday, that show was ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, where two men with possible presidential aspirations gave interesting interviews. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said several times in his live one-on-one that he was grateful to get the opportunity to explain Indiana’s extremely […]

Mitch PerryMarch 28, 2015

As one of the major counties along the I-4 corridor, Pinellas County will be a contested piece of real estate in choosing the next U.S. president. Ensuring it goes for the GOP nominee is in 2016 is the No. 1 goal for Pinellas Republicans for the next 18 months, recently elected party Chairman Nick DiCeglie said […]

Mitch PerryMarch 28, 2015

Members of the GLBT community and their allies flocked to Ybor City under idyllic conditions on Saturday, as Tampa held its first gay pride event in more than a decade. In his public remarks, Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner referred to what he called one of the “darkest moments in this country’s history” — the June 15, […]

Mitch PerryMarch 27, 2015

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Bob Inglis believes that climate change is man-made and very real, and he’s trying to persuade his fellow conservatives to believe that as well. Cynics might say he’s fighting a losing cause, but the former U.S. Representative from South Carolina thinks there are free enterprise solutions to climate change, and is convinced it’s the elixir […]

Mitch PerryMarch 27, 2015

Bob Inglis believes that climate change is man-made and very real, and he’s trying to persuade his fellow conservatives to believe that as well. Cynics might say he’s fighting a losing cause, but the former U.S. Representative from South Carolina thinks there are free enterprise solutions to climate change, and is convinced it’s the elixir […]

Mitch PerryMarch 27, 2015

Florida’s relaxed rules regarding who can use a gun have led to critics call it “Gunshine State.” And that was before this year’s Legislative Session got underway. Current proposals before state lawmakers this spring include a proposal that would allow college students to carry concealed weapons on campus. They’re also considering arming public school personnel to help […]

Mitch PerryMarch 27, 2015

Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama‘s choice to replace Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General, was in Tampa Thursday for the swearing-in ceremony of Lee Bentley, the new U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida. Lynch is the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, and would be come the first black female AG in U.S. history if […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

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With a Republican governor and overwhelmingly GOP-led Legislature, Florida is being well served by its legislators in Tallahassee, right? Not exactly. A new Public Policy Polling survey released Thursday shows that 58 percent of Florida voters want Medicaid expansion. Independents support it by 57 percent, while there is a 12-point difference among Republicans (33/45). Despite […]

Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015

Winning New Hampshire doesn’t determine anything when it comes to winning the Republican presidential nomination. If that were the case, Pat Buchanan would have been the nominee in 1996, and John McCain the party’s standard bearer in 2000. But they weren’t. Bob Dole and George W. Bush rallied from their stunning early losses to capture […]

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Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker pumps disputed trade agreement in Tampa

Mitch Perry Report for 3.30.15 — Mike Pence still has explaining to do

Jeff Atwater, David Jolly star at Pinellas GOP Lincoln Day Dinner

Activists at Tampa Pride urge celebrants to fight adoption bill

Former GOP Rep. Bob Inglis advises “breathing room” for conservatives to accept climate change

Former GOP Rep. Bob Inglis advises "breathing room" for conservatives to accept climate change

New survey says most Floridians oppose guns on campuses bill

Mitch Perry Report for 3.27.15 — Could Bob Menendez fate affect Loretta Lynch as AG?

New survey: Most Floridians like Medicaid expansion, medical marijuana, same-sex marriage

Donald Trump leads Marco Rubio in New Hampshire poll