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Mitch PerryJune 19, 2015

The Charleston shootings on Wednesday night was clearly an act of domestic terrorism. The racial element was also first and foremost in the young killer’s motivation. Now what? “At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries,” […]

Mitch PerryJune 18, 2015

Last weekend in South Florida, the Florida Democratic Party released its LEAD Task Force Report, a look at what went so wrong for the party at the ballot box in 2014. Better messaging is listed as one of the recommendations. “While this message proved powerfully persuasive to many groups, it failed to connect in north and […]

Mitch PerryJune 18, 2015

Six days after Democrats deserted President Barack Obama on the signature trade issue of his administration, the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday to grant presidential “fast track” authority to negotiate trade deals, including the Trans Pacific Partnership, a controversial 12-nation agreement with Pacific Rim nations. The passage of the measure, by a 218-208 vote, […]

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 […]

Brendan FarringtonJune 13, 2015

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For now, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is the only prominent Democrat in the race to replace Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, and he took advantage of that Saturday at a Florida Democratic Party fundraising event where he portrayed himself as a moderate who isn’t going to please everybody all the time. Murphy spent the day racing […]

Mitch PerryJune 11, 2015

The Tampa Bay Times lead Thursday is a story that we touched upon briefly Wednesday because the Legislature is now half-way through its Special Session in Tallahassee: There are fears among Tampa leaders that state funding for a USF College of Medicine building ($17 million) and accompanying USF Heart Institute ($15.75 million) is in peril. […]

Mitch PerryJune 10, 2015

Although he’s not an official candidate yet, Orlando-area U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson better be taken seriously by the Democratic Party establishment in Florida. That’s advice especially for those who think Patrick Murphy is their best bet to capture the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Marco Rubio next year. That’s one conclusion that can be […]

Phil AmmannJune 4, 2015

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson has done it again, and this time it’s more than just foul language. He could be facing a violation of congressional ethics rules that prohibit using official House phone numbers for fundraising. The Florida congressman and outspoken liberal once more irritated senior House Democrats. Now it’s over a fundraising email that slams members […]

Associated PressJune 2, 2015

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson wants his four children ages 10 to 16 to live with him, claiming their mother’s behavior has been “bizarre, aggressive and inappropriate,” according to papers filed last week in a Florida divorce court. Grayson said in the court papers that he should be the sole decision-maker for the children’s education, medical […]

Peter SchorschMay 28, 2015

U.S. Rep. David Jolly caught fire from progressives Thursday over a vote this month on HR 2353, the short-term Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015. The Indian Rocks Republican was one of the 387 members of Congress to support a two-month extension of the highway trust fund. But singling out Jolly – who represents the […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.19.15 – American terrorism, continued

Senate candidate Pam Keith sounds off on “paternalistic” Florida Democratic Party leadership

Alan Grayson calls House trade deal vote “unpardonable offense” to workers

Florida Democratic Party establishment discusses task force report

Patrick Murphy works Democratic Party event to build Senate campaign

Mitch Perry Report for 6.11.15 — Picking winners and losers in Tallahassee

New poll shows Patrick Murphy beats all likely GOP Senate possibles by at least 15 points

Alan Grayson may have crossed ethical line in attacking Democrats on trade deal

Alan Grayson wants kids to live with him, claims mother is “bizarre”

DCCC singles out David Jolly on highway trust fund vote — even though Nancy Pelosi, other Fla. Dems did the same