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Peter SchorschAugust 31, 2015

In complaining about Patrick Murphy’s fundraising, Alan Grayson reveals he is nothing less than a total hypocrite. A new email from Murphy Communications Director Joshua Karp calls Grayson a “hedge fund manager” who loves attacking his fellow Democrat for receiving Wall Street contributions during his U.S. Senate campaign. Nevertheless, Karp says the brash Orlando liberal has no qualms […]

Mitch PerryJuly 21, 2015

I was going to opine on John Kasich entering the GOP presidential contest this morning, but let’s get to that Wednesday. Instead, let’s talk about Florida’s U.S. Senate race, now that David Jolly is officially is in the race, along with Congressman Ron DeSantis, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera and retired CIA contractor Todd Wilcox. Lately […]

Peter SchorschMay 27, 2015

Forgive me, regular readers, for defending Rick Scott, but he’s being accused of snubbing the Florida GOP when, in fact, he has not. Adam Smith of the Tampa Bay Times writes today about Scott’s upcoming Economic Growth Summit where several of the prospective 2016 Republican presidential candidates will be given “an opportunity to talk about […]

Peter SchorschMay 15, 2015

Shit! There I said it. So Alan Grayson offers a very weird criticism of Adam Smith, calling him — and this is an exact quote from the Tampa Bay Times — “some kind of sh**ttng robot?!” Smith may be a lot of things, and Lord knows I haven’t been his biggest fan, but a shitting […]

Phil AmmannMay 12, 2015

Although several conservative political committee have already come out for Ron DeSantis in his bid for the U.S. Senate, now a super PAC is supporting him. Service.Honor.Country. Action Fund (SHCAF) is a newly-minted group that can raise unlimited campaign cash, as well as independent payments on behalf of DeSantis, as he seeks Marco Rubio’s soon-to-be-open […]

Peter SchorschApril 17, 2015

Gauging by the traffic on SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, and ContextFlorida.com, as well as the open rates for our morning email, Sunburn, the past two weeks have been the busiest time in Sunshine State politics since last year’s election. Even the weekends have been hectic: Last Saturday saw Jeff Atwater announce that he was not running for […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 30, 2015

Just a week ago, as the Jacksonville First Election approached, I was hearing from people regarding the question of whether or not Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown could clear 50 percent against Lenny Curry, Bill Bishop and Omega Allen. There was a school of thought that his campaign was surging at exactly the right time, and that Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 30, 2015

Just a week ago, as the Jacksonville First Election approached, I was hearing from people regarding the question of whether or not Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown could clear 50 percent against Lenny Curry, Bill Bishop and Omega Allen. There was a school of thought that his campaign was surging at exactly the right time, and that Jacksonville […]

Phil AmmannMarch 1, 2015

Political Connections, the Tampa Bay area’s version of Meet The Press, has featured Tampa Bay Times Political Editor Adam Smith as its co-host along with Al Reuschel since 2006. But that relationship will end after the March 8 broadcast. Smith’s name has already been removed from the program’s website. That news was omitted on Thursday when […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 23, 2015

On Sunday morning, the Tampa Bay Times reported that Jeb Bush urged a group of New York conservatives in 2013 to support fracking at the same time he was involved with a private equity group that was raising $40 million for a company acquiring fracking wells. The Adam Smith/Alex Leary penned story also reported that fracking is a “family affair,” […]

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Email insights: Unmasking Alan Grayson’s Wall Street hypocrisy

Mitch Perry Report for 7.21.15 — Bill McCollum isn’t seriously thinking of running for Senate. Is he?

When a snub is not a snub, even if it involves Rick Scott

Sh*t, this went in a different direction …

Ron DeSantis picks up new super PAC support

Marco Rubio’s Gary Hart moment? David Jolly and Will Weatherford, both wrong but right

Loser of the week? Notes on Alvin Brown’s perception problem

Loser of the week? Notes on Alvin Brown's perception problem

Adam Smith no longer to be part of Bay News 9’s Political Connections after next week

NextGen Climate calls on Jeb Bush to detail his energy investments