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Jim RosicaDecember 22, 2015

New polling shows Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sweeping primaries in Florida and early-vote state New Hampshire, and tying with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in South Carolina. The pollster, though, warns the “race is still young” and “there is still much room for movement for virtually all of the candidates.” More to the point, other focus-group surveys suggest Trump “may have hit […]

Peter SchorschDecember 22, 2015

Six weeks before the Iowa Caucuses open the 2016 presidential race in earnest, Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz lead the Republican field nationally, but Trump trails either Democratic candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and 50 percent of American voters say they would be embarrassed to have […]

Phil AmmannDecember 21, 2015

Donald Trump’s popularity as a candidate, based on Internet searches in Florida, seem to have jumped to the opposing party during Saturday night’s Democratic Presidential Debate in New Hampshire. Tallahassee-based Strategic Digital Services (SDS) released figures Monday examining Google Trends for Florida media markets throughout the final debate of the year. Many observers see online […]

Peter SchorschDecember 20, 2015

Last month, the Hillary Clinton campaign named Orlando Democrat Alan Grayson to its Florida Leadership Council. The liberal firebrand and U.S. Senate candidate joined more than 150 elected officials and community leaders – the elite of the state’s Democratic politics – to build a grassroots coalition to help Hillary win the Florida primary in March. […]

Marc YachtDecember 20, 2015

Any politician or campaign manager understands that any “NYEWS” for a candidate is good “NYEWS.” That being the case, Donald Trump proves the argument. In spite of complaints about Trump’s position on most issues, the “mouth with the do” tops the polls of Republican contenders – by a large margin. One cannot imagine his camp […]

Mitch PerryDecember 18, 2015

Like President Barack Obama, I’m flying to California today. I’m leaving for vacation but in the president’s case, his California trip is to speak with the victims of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, before departing for Hawaii for the next few weeks. I’ll be spending time back home with family and friends in the […]

Mitch PerryDecember 14, 2015

Gosh it’s hot out there. That’s what went through my mind this morning when I went running at 5 a.m. Seriously, this felt like the warmest morning yet of what has been a very warm December in the Tampa Bay area. Maybe it’s the El Niño affect, but this unseasonably warm winter weather isn’t relegated to […]

Mitch PerryDecember 10, 2015

Last week Hillary Clinton spent two days fundraising up and down Florida. For her first and only appearance in the Tampa Bay area, she held a fundraiser at the Thonotassa home of Alex Sink, where an estimated 250 to 300 people came to see and hear the Democratic presidential candidate up close. “I think the big […]

Mitch PerryDecember 9, 2015

Donald Trump continues to lead in the GOP presidential race in Florida, according to a new poll released Wednesday by St. Leo University Polling Institute. The NYC businessman is at 30.6 percent, up nearly 5 percent points from a similar survey conducted in October. Marco Rubio is in second place with 15 percent, a drop of […]

Mitch PerryDecember 8, 2015

Props to St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, whose rebuke to Donald Trump via Twitter is a featured story on this morning’s Drudge Report. I’m going to let the fallout from Trump’s comment that the U.S. government should ban all Muslims from entering the country marinate for at least another 24 hours, to think about something else. It was […]

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New polls show Donald Trump strong but “race still young”

Half of U.S. voters embarrassed with Donald Trump as president, Quinnipiac poll finds

Florida voters “solidly searched” Donald Trump online during Democratic debate

Alan Grayson still not clear about endorsing Hillary Clinton

Dr. Marc J. Yacht: Democrats – Where are you?

Mitch Perry Report for 12.18.15 – Obama making course correction on optics of being a wartime president?

Mitch Perry Report for 12.14.15 – Warming up for a Tampa Bay Winter

If asked, Alex Sink says she would gladly join a Hillary Clinton administration

St. Leo University Florida Presidential Poll out shows Donald Trump with 30.5 % — Marco Rubio 15% — Jeb Bush 14%

Mitch Perry Report for 12.8.15 – Remembering John Lennon