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Steve SchaleApril 20, 2016

The commanding win tonight by Secretary Hillary Clinton should bring an end to the nomination fight. Going into tonight, her delegate lead was over 200, and her popular vote lead was over 2.4 million. We’ll see how the delegates get allocated, but her lead will significantly grown tonight, and she will add another 200,000 or more her […]

Mitch PerryApril 20, 2016

It was on May 8, 2008, after the returns from Democratic primary results from North Carolina and Indiana had come in, when the late Tim Russert told viewers that the intense battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton was over. “We now know who the Democratic nominee’s going to be, and no one’s going to […]

Guest AuthorApril 19, 2016

I am not a big fan of sports metaphors or former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but both can be used to demonstrate the inanity and intellectual dishonesty driving the cries of unfairness coming out of the campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Both are pushing similar messages about their respective parties’ nominating and delegate […]

Peter SchorschApril 19, 2016

Carlos Beruff’s first TV spot of his Senate campaign falls somewhat short of the mark, at least according to the political pros who make up FloridaPolitics.com’s Political Ad Watch club. In the 30-second “Forget Them,” that began airing statewide earlier this month, the Manatee County developer embraces his outsider position, an issue that has become […]

Mitch PerryApril 19, 2016

Welcome to April 19, the 23rd anniversary of the Waco siege and the 21st anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. And now today’s NY state primary, which, by the shape of things, could be pretty anti-climactic. Donald Trump‘s victory is a given, and right now most polls have Bernie Sanders down by double-digits to Hillary Clinton. […]

Jac VerSteegApril 18, 2016

As a preacher’s kid who grew up in the South, I value politeness. Yes, sir. Yes, ma’am. Let me get that door for you. It is a given that, when you encounter a governor in a coffee shop, you do not yell, “You are an a**hole!” Nevertheless, Cara Jennings’ crude outburst in a Gainesville Starbucks […]

Phil AmmannApril 18, 2016

I am not a big fan of sports metaphors or former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but both can be used to demonstrate the inanity and intellectual dishonesty driving the cries of unfairness coming out of the campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Both are pushing similar messages about their respective parties’ nominating and delegate […]

Associated PressApril 18, 2016

Hillary Clinton greeted recently-unionized workers at a Queens car wash during her final day of campaigning ahead of the New York primary. Clinton cited the workers as evidence of how “real change happens.” “It didn’t happen overnight,” she told a small crowd at the Hi-Tek Wash & Lube. “You work at it every day.” The […]

Mitch PerryApril 18, 2016

Good Monday morning. I’ve a quick question for you. Is Saudi Arabia really one of our allies in the Middle East? Some conservatives, like MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, insist they are, and say one of many reasons why we should be angry at Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is because it upset the Saudis, allegedly […]

Mitch PerryApril 15, 2016

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As was the case in 2008, the issue of superdelegates – party officials who are able to cast their own votes, separate from primary and caucus results – has roiled the Democratic Party during this election cycle. Going into next Tuesday night’s New York Primary, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders among pledged delegates, 1,304 to 1,075. However, when it comes […]

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Steve Schale: The Democratic nomination is over

Mitch Perry Report for 4.20.16 — Bernie’s chances may have just faded away, but how does Clinton handle him going forward?

Ben Pollara: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and fuzzy math

Political Ad Watch Club unpacks Carlos Beruff’s first TV spot in Senate campaign

Mitch Perry Report for 4.19.16 -Sanders goes after Clinton for violating campaign finance laws

Jac VerSteeg: GOP devolving into the party of, um, jerks

Ben Pollara: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and fuzzy math

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders make final pushes ahead of New York primary

Mitch Perry Report 4.18.16 – Can bill to allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudis go forward?

Kathy Castor defends the whole superdelegate thing