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Jim RosicaNovember 4, 2016

Don’t call it a retirement. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle of Tallahassee moves to senior status on Monday — not that that really changes anything, he says. “When a judge takes senior status, the judge can keep working as much as the judge is willing to work, and another judge can be appointed,” he added. “I’m taking senior status so […]

Associated PressNovember 4, 2016

Knock on every door. Marshal every volunteer. Lob every attack. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are opening the final weekend of a marathon campaign by pulling out every tool they have to get their supporters to vote. Polls show critical battleground states may still be up for grabs ahead of Tuesday’s election. Clinton and her […]

Associated PressNovember 3, 2016

Donald Trump warned on Thursday that a cloud of investigation would follow Hillary Clinton into the White House, evoking the bitter impeachment battle of the 1990s in a closing campaign argument meant to bring wayward Republicans home. Clinton and her allies, led by President Barack Obama, told voters to get serious about the dangers of […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterNovember 1, 2016

Former President Bill Clinton made an appeal to Democrats in staunchly conservative Southwest Florida this week: Vote for Hillary and make sure everyone you know does, too. “The most important thing you can do is to vote and take your friends to vote,” Clinton said during a rally in Collier County on Tuesday. “Do it […]

Mitch PerryNovember 1, 2016

The Tampa Bay area gets one last, large dose of Bill and Hillary Clinton today. Hillary makes her first campaign appearance in what used to be considered a crucial bellwether — Pasco County, for an appearance this afternoon at Pasco-Hernando State College. Bill Clinton, meanwhile, makes his second appearance in the past 14 days in Pinellas County, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 30, 2016

The Hillary Clinton campaign, in yet another sign that Florida is a must-win, is sending Bill Clinton to Florida yet again on Tuesday. From the Clinton campaign: “On Tuesday, November 1, President Bill Clinton will return to Florida to campaign in Miami-Dade, Collier and Pinellas counties. President Clinton will lay out Hillary Clinton’s vision for an America that […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2016

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That controversial television ad that photoshopped Pinellas County GOP Congressman David Jolly with Donald Trump made for some fodder on a late night comedy show Tuesday, when “The Late Show’s” Stephen Colbert referred to it during his monologue. “Democrats couldn’t find any photos tying Jolly to Trump, so they just photoshopped Trump with his arm around Jolly,” Colbert said, showing a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 24, 2016

Although Donald Trump’s campaign manager admitted on Sunday that her candidate is trailing to Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, that wasn’t the sentiment of some of his 15,000 fans who filled the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater in Tampa Monday night. “I think he’s going to win in a landslide,” said Clearwater resident Joe Kotow, who said […]

Associated PressOctober 23, 2016

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Hillary Clinton bested Donald Trump in three debates. She leads in many preference polls of the most competitive states. Barring a significant shift in the next two weeks, she is in a strong position to become the first woman elected U.S. president. But Clinton will end the campaign still struggling to change the minds of […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 22, 2016

Madeleine Albright is hitting the campaign trail. The former secretary of state will kick off a two-day campaign swing through Florida on Saturday. She’s the latest in a series of big-name surrogates scheduled to campaign in Florida this weekend. Albright will kick off the weekend with a canvassing event at noon Saturday at the Aventura […]

Tag: Bill Clinton

Federal judge Robert Hinkle going ‘senior,’ but not retiring

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump use whatever they’ve got in the final push

Donald Trump: ‘Here we go again’ with Hillary Clinton scandal cycle

Every vote counts: Bill Clinton appeals to voters in deep red Southwest Florida

Mitch Perry Report for 11.1.16 — Russian ‘involvement’ in presidential election still a mystery

Bill Clinton to make another Florida swing Tuesday

DCCC doctored photo ad becomes comedy fodder for Stephen Colbert

At Donald Trump rally in Tampa, supporters remain confident about his chances

For Hillary Clinton, struggle to change public perception persists

Madeleine Albright campaigning for Hillary Clinton in South Florida