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Mitch PerryMay 17, 2016

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Tuesday that she was “deeply concerned,” after receiving a complaint from the Nevada Democratic Party regarding the actions of some Bernie Sanders supporters on Saturday at the Nevada Democratic convention. “We are deeply concerned about the troubling details laid out in the letter from the Nevada Democratic Party,” […]

Mitch PerryMay 17, 2016

Democrats in Kentucky and Oregon go to the polls tonight, and all indications are Bernie Sanders will win at least one those two contests. Not that it will make much of a dent in Hillary Clinton‘s delegate lead. The way the party apportions delegates, he’s simply not going to be able to catch up by next […]

Guest AuthorMay 15, 2016

“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less,” said Humpty Dumpty in “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll. A perplexed Alice responded, “The question is whether you can make words mean so many different things.” Politicians using language to mean many things is […]

Mitch PerryMay 13, 2016

Well, so much for that much-anticipated San Antonio-Golden State NBA Western Final. Congrats to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who took down the Spurs in six. Gotta love the unexpected. Today the Republican Party of Florida hosts the first of a two-day spring meeting in Tampa. I just realized the Republicans always hold these type of […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2016

So, Go Hillsborough is somehow still alive? Though they haven’t set a date yet, apparently there will be another public hearing on putting a sales tax referendum on the ballot this November. On Wednesday, the Hillsborough County Commission voted to support a half-cent sales tax for 15 years, and not the 30-year plan shot down […]

Mitch PerryMay 11, 2016

Citing polls conducted by Quinnipiac University which show Hillary Clinton in trouble in the swing states of Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio against Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders’ campaign came out swinging on Wednesday, declaring in a fundraising email that the Vermont senator is the best bet to ensure a Trump loss in the fall. “We cannot have […]

Mitch PerryMay 11, 2016

Tim Canova, the insurgent Democratic opponent to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the Florida Congressional District 23 race, says he’s poised to officially post that he’s raised more than $1 million in his race to date. Canova raised more than $558,000 in the first three months of the year since announcing his candidacy […]

Mitch PerryMay 11, 2016

For the last week, the political news media has been obsessed with the likely Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton general election confrontation. Although he has been the front-runner throughout 2016, Trump’s big victory over Ted Cruz in Indiana last week prompted Cruz and John Kasich to quit the race, and by last Wednesday, Trump was your GOP […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 10, 2016

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Too close to call. With six months until the general election, that’s how a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday described the state of the race in three crucial swing states. In Florida, Hillary Clinton is essentially tied with Donald Trump, with 43 percent of Floridians supporting Clinton to compared to 42 percent backing Trump. Bernie […]

Guest AuthorMay 6, 2016

What a blessed relief. Presidential political junkies are down to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, down to the Cinderella finalists and we can take the summer off. OK, I know Bernie Sanders is still hoofing the “I want to live in the White House” shuffle, but he’s not going to be at the top of […]

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz ‘concerned’ after Nevada Democratic Party files complaint against Bernie Sanders campaign

Mitch Perry Report for 5.17.16 – Elizabeth Warren for VP momentum grows

Ed Moore: Where fantasy is fact

Mitch Perry Report for 5.13.16 – Friday 13th edition

Mitch Perry Report for 5.12.16 — The proposed tax that will not go away

Debbie Wasserman Schultz ‘not at all concerned’ about potential divisiveness at Philly DNC

Tim Canova’s fundraising totals rise to over $1 million in battle vs. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Mitch Perry Report for 5.11.16 – Hillary’s weak close

Too close to call: Hillary Clinton at 43%, Donald Trump at 42% in Florida

Linda Cunningham: Ignore politics for a few months, enjoy the summer