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Mitch PerryMarch 11, 2016

Rick Scott sought to clarify his earlier refusal to condemn Donald Trump‘s comment that “Islam hates us” Thursday afternoon. “There are people that love this country. There’s people that don’t love this country. What we do know, and it’s no surprise, is that radical Muslims don’t like our country,” Scott told reporters before Thursday night’s GOP […]

Mitch PerryMarch 10, 2016

A multicultural mix of citizens – many under the age of 30 – flocked to the Florida State Fairgrounds on Thursday afternoon to see the unlikely progressive icon from 2016 – Bernie Sanders, the 74-year-old Jewish socialist from Vermont who is bringing excitement and passion to a Democratic presidential race that otherwise seemingly would a be non- eventful […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 10, 2016

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Chelsea Clinton may be a campaign surrogate for her mother. But in terms of political savvy, Chelsea is her father’s daughter. An event Thursday evening at the All Saints Early Learning and Community Care Center saw Clinton, who has a young child herself, demonstrate an ability to deftly pivot from conversations with children about whether […]

Scott PowersMarch 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders compared the movement he wants to lead and the economic changes he wants to achieve when president with the rise of the labor, civil rights, women’s and gay movements. He also assured a Kisismmee rally Thursday that there will be pain, but it’s the right thing to do. “My point is that change never […]

Mitch PerryMarch 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton continued her three-day swing through the Sunshine State on Thursday by speaking to a rapturous crowd of approximately 600 admirers at the Ritz Ybor nightclub in Tampa’s Ybor City, where she said that she was ready for whomever the Republicans will nominate for president in a general election contest. “People ask me all the […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 10, 2016

It’s been a very Florida-centric day for the Hillary Clinton campaign. The Clinton press shop has sent out reminders of Bernie Sanders‘ comments from 1985 on Cuba and Nicaragua, popular points of defense among the left at the time. However, most of Clinton’s push has been about 2016 issues. And in her sights: Florida Gov. Rick Scott, […]

Mitch PerryMarch 10, 2016

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Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate in Miami featured hot exchanges between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton regarding Cuba, immigration and health care. But what were the folks on social media focusing on? Officials with Facebook (one of the co-sponsors of the debate, along with Univision and the Washington Post) shared some data with Florida Politics after […]

Peter SchorschMarch 9, 2016

Some blamed hanging chads, others confusing ballots, but the man many Democrats blame for Al Gore’s 537-vote defeat in Florida is Ralph Nader. The consumer advocate and Green Party nominee, as many Gore supporters tell it, snapped 97,488 votes out of the hands of the former vice president. Never mind those butterfly ballots that may […]

Mitch PerryMarch 9, 2016

Miami is the host for presidential debates of both major parties over the next 36 hours, but will the moderators focus on what Florida voters actually care about? That certainly seems possible on Wednesday night, as Univision’s Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos and The Washington Post’s Karen Tumulty will probably be supplied with data from Facebook, one of the […]

Scott PowersMarch 9, 2016

A new poll from Univision Noticias and The Washington Post shows U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy leading the Democrats’ U.S. Senate race, confirming a similar result found in another poll this week. The new survey, published by those two media outlets, gives Murphy, of Jupiter, 36 percent and U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando 29 percent. […]

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Mitch Perry Report Report for 3.11.16 — Why didn’t Rick Scott condemn Donald Trump’s Islam remark?

Bernie Sanders brings his political revolution to Tampa

In Jacksonville, Chelsea Clinton proves she’s a master politician

Bernie Sanders compares his economic agenda to labor, civil rights struggles

Hillary Clinton vows to give high-speed rail another look in Florida if elected president

Hillary Clinton pressures Rick Scott to “do the right thing” on abortion rights

Racism and discrimination top issues discussed on Facebook during Democratic debate

How Bernie Sanders could be the Ralph Nader ‘spoiler’ of 2016

Cuba, followed by immigration, are top trending issues on Facebook in Florida

Patrick Murphy leads in Democrats’ U.S. Senate race, Hillary Clinton in presidential primary