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Jim RosicaSeptember 24, 2015

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The newest TV ad from the Right to Rise USA super PAC, which supports Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, portrays the former Florida governor as a “committed conservative.” The one-minute TV spot, now up on YouTube, features clips of the former Florida governor touting his experience and political credentials to a crowd at a campaign event. The […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 24, 2015

It’s no longer summer, but the Republican Party electorate shows no signs of losing their enthusiasm for the Donald Trump candidacy, as the New York City real estate magnate continues to lead in two big national polls released on Thursday. A Quinnipiac survey shows Trump leading the Republican primary pack with 25 percent, followed by 17 […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 23, 2015

For the first time in this election cycle, Marco Rubio now leads Jeb Bush in a Florida presidential poll. However, both still trail Donald Trump in a new survey from Florida Atlantic University (initially published by Anthony Mann in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel) released on Wednesday. The New York City real estate magnate maintains a double-digit lead […]

Associated PressSeptember 22, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says “P.C. culture” is to blame for the fallout over his statement against electing a Muslim president. Carson tells reporters in Ohio on Tuesday that his view is that anyone wanting to be president must embrace the Constitution and American principles. He says anyone who does can be president. Carson […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 22, 2015

Nine days after Patrick Murphy spoke before hundreds of Hillsborough County Democrats at the party’s annual fundraising dinner, Alan Grayson got his shot Monday night. Speaking to about 70 members of the party’s executive committee members, the Orlando congressman and top Senate challenger to Murphy for the Democratic nomination for Senate spoke and took questions […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

Happy Monday to ‘y’all, the last Monday of summer (of Trump), and with the change of seasons, will we see a change in the running narrative of the GOP presidential race? Well, Donald Trump remains the front-runner in the CNN/ORC poll released yesterday, the first major survey taken from last week’s debate. But The Donald […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 20, 2015

After Carly Fiorina earned nearly universal praise as the big winner of last week’s Republican Presidential debate from the Reagan Library, the big question was whether that praise would translate into a bump in her poll ratings, which have languished in the lower tier this year. The answer to that is a definitive yes. According to a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2015

Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina created considerable enthusiasm at this week’s debate party sponsored by the Duval County Republican Party, according to Chairman Lake Ray. “It was a great event,” Ray said Friday. Although the results of a straw poll taken of the more than 100 participants on Wednesday were tabled until the October Republican […]

Bob SparksSeptember 17, 2015

The second GOP debate is history. In a few days, polls will tell us who did well, or not so well, in the minds of voters. The final debate is set for Florida on March 10, just five days before the Florida Primary (although early voting begins March 5). It is impossible to predict how […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 17, 2015

CNN, of course, with probably the highest ratings in its history. As in the Fox News debates, the ratings can be attributed to Donald Trump, who took center stage. I still believe Trump was correct in asking the network to donate money from the profits of the telecast for a charity, such as for our […]

Tag: Ben Carson

Newest Right to Rise TV ad: Still “JEB,” not “Jeb!”

Donald Trump continues to lead GOP field in new Quinnipiac and Bloomberg polls

New poll shows Marco Rubio leading Jeb Bush for 1st time in Florida

Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson blames “PC culture”

Alan Grayson woos Tampa Democrats in his bid for U.S. Senate

Mitch Perry Report for 9.21.15 – Time for last rites for Scott Walker’s campaign?

Carly Fiorina jumps into 2nd place in new CNN GOP presidential poll

Duval GOP Chairman Lake Ray talks presidential debate

Bob Sparks: Will Republican Party of Florida force presidential candidates to attend November summit?

Tim Bryce: So, who won Wednesday's GOP debate?