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Peter SchorschSeptember 14, 2015

With Richard Corcoran the Musical debuting this week on Broadway, both the Miami Herald and POLITICO offered interesting reads about the Speaker-to-be. Unfortunately for the Herald‘s Mary Ellen Klas, POLITICO’s reporting undercut the thrust of her story, while, ironically, reminding me of something Klas recently tweeted. First Klas’ story, “Corcoran has legislative reforms in mind when he leads Florida House“: […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 14, 2015

The Jeb Bush campaign will run an ad in New Hampshire’s biggest newspaper Monday lauding the presidential candidate’s achievements as Florida governor. The New Hampshire Union Leader ad will pit Bush’s achievements against the other governors going after the Republican nod in 2016 – namely Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 10, 2015

Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Reporters at POLITICO Florida, fully in operation for less than two months, lit up social media Wednesday with a blistering attack on their colleagues/competitors at the Tallahassee bureau of the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald. At issue is a story written by Times reporter Michael Auslen about Governor Rick Scott’s administration’s […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 9, 2015

There’s no disputing the Tampa Bay region’s status as the most battleground-y of political battlegrounds in the ultimate swing state. Tampa Bay is the market where presidential candidates spend tens of millions of dollars on TV ads. Tampa Bay is where a special election in 2014 for a congressional seat cost eight figures. This is where […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2015

If you’re keeping track of time, there is B.T. and A.T.: Before Trump and After Trump. At the beginning of summer, there were (at least) 10 big questions facing Florida politics. But those questions, particularly the ones involving the myriad of presidential candidates hailing from the Sunshine State, are so B.T. On June 16, Donald Trump entered the […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2015

Jack Latvala has hired lobbyist and political consultant David Rancourt to serve as the senior political advisor for his Florida Leadership Committee PAC. Latvala and Joe Negron have been in a neck-and-neck and often downright ugly competition for the Florida Senate presidency in 2016-18, succeeding current President Andy Gardiner. Most recently, Negron claimed victory, saying he had […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2015

In his bid to win re-election, state Rep. Brad Drake has a 40 point advantage over fellow former Rep. Bev Kilmer in the GOP primary for House District 5 in Florida’s Panhandle, according to a new poll. In a St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by FloridaPolitics.com, the Marianna Republican leads Kilmer by an overwhelming 55-15 percent; […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2015

If you’re keeping track of time, there is B.T. and A.T. — Before Trump and After Trump. At the beginning of summer, there were (at least) ten big questions facing Florida politics. But those questions, particularly the ones involving the myriad of presidential candidates hailing from the Sunshine State, are so B.T. On June 16, Donald Trump entered the […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2015

From the Washington Post: Pope Francis is expected to draw tens of thousands of people to Washington when he visits later this month. Among them will be at least one presidential candidate. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush and his wife, Columba, plan to be among those attending Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2015

Rep. Eric Eisnaugle put pen to paper this weekend and wrote a scathing op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel calling for an end to “autocracy” in the state House’s internal affairs. Citing a regime of strictly enforced loyalty and near-universal deference to leadership – which he described as a “pyramid of power” – Eisnaugle blasted the House’s prevailing culture in his hometown paper’s Sunday […]

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Mary Ellen Klas’ and Marc Caputo’s reporting on Richard Corcoran makes me think about a tweet from Klas

Jeb Bush looks for “hat trick” in new ad

POLITICO Florida goes to war with Times/Herald over attribution issue

13 big questions facing Tampa Bay politics heading into fall

Peter Schorsch: Answers to top 10 big questions in Florida politics lurch into view

In Senate President contest arms race, Jack Latvala hires David Rancourt

New polling gives Brad Drake 40 point lead over Bev Kilmer in HD 5 primary

Answering the 10 big questions that faced Florida politics at the beginning of Summer

WaPo: Jeb Bush to attend Pope Francis mass in D.C.

Eric Eisnaugle pens op-ed blasting “pyramid of power” in the state House