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Associated PressNovember 14, 2015

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders faces the biggest test yet of his insurgent presidential campaign on Saturday night, when he faces off with Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton in the party’s second primary debate. His goal is clear: Reset a contest that increasingly looks like little more than a march to the nomination for Clinton. That […]

Mitch PerryNovember 13, 2015

An optimistic Jeb Bush delivered a, yes, energetic speech before a largely supportive crowd at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando Friday afternoon. The former Florida governor always notes the time he led the Sunshine State, but threw in even more references to his accomplishments in office for the home state crowd. The message is that he accomplished […]

Mitch PerryNovember 13, 2015

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham gave an extremely low-key speech at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando on Friday afternoon, concentrating on foreign policy and his concern that the Republican Party could be blowing the Hispanic vote with candidates’ tough talk on immigration. Graham isn’t going anywhere in the GOP presidential race, and he essentially acknowledged […]

Associated PressNovember 13, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton has locked up public support from half of the Democratic insiders who cast ballots at the party’s national convention, giving her a commanding advantage over her rivals for the party’s presidential nomination. Clinton’s margin over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is striking. Not only is it big, […]

Associated PressNovember 13, 2015

Republican presidential rivals Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are backpedaling furiously as they try to outmaneuver each other on immigration. Rubio co-wrote a massive 2013 immigration bill that passed the Senate. He disavows it now, but Cruz won’t stop talking about it. Cruz opposed the bill, but he offered amendments to massively increase legal […]

Mitch PerryNovember 12, 2015

Overnight returns give Fox Business Network’s prime-time GOP presidential debate an 8.9 rating among households and 13.5 million viewers in prime-time. That’s just shy of the 9.5 rating and 14 million viewers earned by CNBC’s recent coverage for the third. Although it’s not nearly as large as the gaudy ratings numbers that Fox and CNN […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

Ben Carson says it’s time to move on from questions about the accuracy of his life story. But Tuesday’s Republican debate makes that unlikely, and some of his GOP rivals say such scrutiny is part of running for president. The retired neurosurgeon said Sunday that questions about discrepancies in his autobiography are distractions from “much […]

Phil AmmannNovember 4, 2015

In opposing the bankruptcy filing for Puerto Rico, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said he does not believe in a “silver bullet.” Puerto Ricans should tighten their belts, he declared. According to Casey Tolan of Fusion, what Rubio fails to mention is that he received thousands of dollars in campaign cash from individuals – particularly […]

Melissa RossNovember 3, 2015

Airline passengers in Naples took their first direct flight in decades to Havana on Monday. It’s just the latest example of a Florida city jumping on opportunities to do business in Cuba. The fast-changing relationship between the U.S. and the Communist island nation follows up on December’s announcement by President Barack Obama and Cuban President […]

Mitch PerryOctober 29, 2015

Marco Rubio played it cool throughout Thursday, as only a man who knows there is a real possibility of becoming his party’s nominee for president possibly could be. The 44-year-old Florida senator did numerous interviews throughout the day, fresh off the almost universal recognition that he was the standout in the 10-person field of candidates who […]

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Bernie Sanders has most to prove as Democrats gather for 2nd debate

Jeb Bush tells Orlando summit that leadership is listening, learning, not talking trash

Regarding Islamic terrorists, Lindsey Graham says he’d “kill every bastard he could find”

Party insiders give Hillary Clinton early, commanding delegate edge

Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz in fight to reshape their records on immigration

Mitch Perry Report for 11.12.15 — Does the DNC want anyone to watch its debates?

Rivals unmoved by Ben Carson’s complaints on scrutiny of his bio

After taking donations from hedge funds holding Puerto Rican debt, Marco Rubio opposed bankruptcy

Is Jacksonville missing opportunities in Cuba?

On Sean Hannity show, Marco Rubio refuses bait to criticize Jeb Bush