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Darryl PaulsonJanuary 10, 2016

As we rapidly approach the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, speculation increases that Donald Trump will likely be the Republican presidential nominee. I believe Trump has no better than a 20 percent chance of winning the nomination. We all know the common criticisms of Trump. He has made outrageous statements about Mexicans as […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2016

The popular perception is that the Democratic Party as a whole stopped debating gun control after Al Gore lost his home state of Tennessee and Bill Clinton‘s Arkansas in the 2000 election. Looking back on that perspective 16 years later, it’s evident that yes, they did stop debating the issue nationally, but that it doesn’t […]

Associated PressNovember 26, 2015

Former President Bill Clinton is going on a fundraising swing reminiscent of his presidential campaigns of the 1990s. But this time he’s doing it for his wife. Hillary Rodham Clinton‘s presidential campaign has scheduled more than a dozen December events featuring the former president as her team prepares for an end-of-year finance deadline ahead of […]

Melissa RossNovember 20, 2015

The nation’s 42nd president was appearing before the well-heeled Ponte Vedra crowd to talk about health disparities, and how to fix them, via his Clinton Health Matters Initiative. But, of course, Bill Clinton couldn’t resist a few political remarks. Like this opener: ‘We are all interdependent, even if we build a 5-foot brick wall across […]

Associated PressNovember 15, 2015

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Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her campaign contributions from Wall Street by invoking her work to help the financial sector rebuild after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, raising eyebrows among her Democratic challengers and Republicans alike. During Saturday’s second Democratic debate, Clinton was put on the defensive by rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders when he said […]

Associated PressNovember 14, 2015

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders faces the biggest test yet of his insurgent presidential campaign on Saturday night, when he faces off with Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton in the party’s second primary debate. His goal is clear: Reset a contest that increasingly looks like little more than a march to the nomination for Clinton. That […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2015

Former GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole is endorsing Jeb Bush for president and will serve as the 2016 GOP candidate’s chairman for veterans outreach. “I consider nearly all the Republican candidates to be my friends, but I have determined that Jeb Bush is the most qualified,” Dole said in a prepared statement issued by the Bush campaign […]

Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2015

A new poll released on the Florida Senate race shows Pinellas County GOP U.S. Rep. David Jolly with a narrow, 1-point lead over South Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, 44-43 percent. The survey was conducted by the polling firm of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a polling firm with that includes Stan Greenberg, a longtime pollster for Bill […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2015

Ben Carson says it’s time to move on from questions about the accuracy of his life story. But Tuesday’s Republican debate makes that unlikely, and some of his GOP rivals say such scrutiny is part of running for president. The retired neurosurgeon said Sunday that questions about discrepancies in his autobiography are distractions from “much […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 5, 2015

Former President Bill Clinton heads to the Sawgrass Resort on November 20 for a Clinton Foundation event at the TPC Sawgrass Clubhouse in Ponte Vedra. According to an email from Ashley Smith-Juarez, a Duval County School Board member and Clinton Foundation NE Florida Director, the November 20 event is a “progress report” for the Clinton […]

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Darryl Paulson: Why Trump won’t win the GOP nomination

Mitch Perry Report for 1.8.16 — No, Obama still isn’t going to take away the guns

Bill Clinton opening fundraising spree for wife’s campaign

Bill Clinton in Jax: “I want to defeat ISIS”

Hillary Clinton invoking 9/11 to defend donations draws ire

Bernie Sanders has most to prove as Democrats gather for 2nd debate

Bob Dole joins Jeb Bush campaign

David Jolly polls 1 point ahead of Patrick Murphy in 2016 Senate race

Rivals unmoved by Ben Carson’s complaints on scrutiny of his bio

Bill Clinton in Ponte Vedra November 20

Florida politics had 11 questions before federal qualifying week. Here are the answers.