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Mitch PerryDecember 9, 2016

When it comes to drama with their upcoming party reorganization meetings taking place next week, Pinellas County Republicans and Democrats have nothing on their Hillsborough County brethren. This coming Monday night, the local executive committees for the Republican and Democratic Parties in Pinellas County will be voting for their party leaders, and in both cases, […]

Associated PressDecember 8, 2016

When President-elect Donald Trump tapped Reince Priebus as his chief of staff, Republican leaders cheered the prospect of a close ally having a top White House job. But as Priebus tries to wield his influence and bring more structure to the president-elect’s freewheeling political organization, he’s frustrating some longtime Trump allies who see him as […]

Mitch PerryDecember 6, 2016

One of my favorite sections of Bernie Sanders interview with Matt Taibbi in the current Rolling Stone is when the curmudgeonly Vermont Senator bitches about the corporate establishment media. “They live in a bubble, talk about their world, worry about who’s going to be running 18 years from now for office,” he says. “Meanwhile, people can’t […]

Steve SchaleDecember 5, 2016

It is time for one last big data piece on Florida 2016. For about 18 hours a day over 2+ weeks, I found myself living and breathing early voting data. So now that all the data have been reported from counties, I wanted to look back at some assumptions, and compare them to the actual […]

Associated PressDecember 5, 2016

One thing you can count on during inauguration season in Washington: People of all stripes will find a reason to show up — whether it’s to celebrate or commiserate. There are parties and protests to attend, stars to gawk at, receptions to be worked, deals to be done, drinks to be consumed. Less than two […]

Associated PressDecember 1, 2016

Only about one in four Americans wants President-elect Donald Trump to entirely repeal his predecessor’s health care law that extended coverage to millions, a new poll has found. The postelection survey released Thursday by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation also found hints of a pragmatic shift among some Republican foes of “Obamacare.” While 52 percent […]

Associated PressNovember 30, 2016

Donald Trump, that most unconventional of presidential candidates, last spring pledged that he would act perfectly presidential when the time was right. “I will be so presidential that you’ll call me and you’ll say, ‘Donald, you have to stop that, it’s too much,'” he promised during a March television interview. Less than two months from […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 30, 2016

A post-election infographic from the Republican Party of Duval County raises more questions than it resolves about what happened on Election Day. The most provocative assertion: supporters of Hillary Clinton and, in the two elections before that, Barack Obama, were guilty of “novelty voting.” Clinton and Obama, centrist and corporatist Democrats by many reckonings, were apparently […]

Associated PressNovember 29, 2016

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President-elect Donald Trump moved to fill out his Cabinet Tuesday, tapping Georgia Rep. Tom Price to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Aides signaled that at least one other Cabinet nomination was imminent. The president-elect appeared to still be torn over his choice for secretary of state. He summoned former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt […]

Mitch PerryNovember 29, 2016

The first regularly scheduled flight in more than 50 years flew from Miami to Havana yesterday morning, just in time to begin the formal mourning for Fidel Castro, which leads to the question du jour — What will Donald Trump do with the Cuba-U.S. relations? The President-elect tweeted that “If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American […]

Tag: Barack Obama

Pinellas GOP, Democrats poised to elect party leaders this Monday night

Chief of staff Reince Priebus? Some Donald Trump loyalists still dubious

Mitch Perry Report for 12.6.16 – “Run, Joe, Run” was so 2015, wasn’t it?

Steve Schale: Florida early vote, a retrospective

Donald Trump’s inauguration set to test nation’s readiness to heal

Poll: Only about 1 in 4 wants Donald Trump to repeal health law

Donald Trump’s idea of ‘presidential’ diverges from past presidents

Duval GOP: ‘Obama and Hillary’ supporters were ‘novelty voting’

Donald Trump taps Tom Price to lead HHS, plans 2nd meeting with Mitt Romney

Mitch Perry Report for 11.29.16 — Will President Trump ‘terminate’ Obama deal with Cuba?