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Guest AuthorSeptember 23, 2015

Have you ever wondered how a candidate qualifies for Florida’s Presidential Preference Primary ballot? Currently, that power rests solely with the Republican Party of Florida and its chairman. In my opinion, this is too much power in the hands of one person or organization. Florida is one of the few states in the nation that […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

When members of the Republican Party of Florida’s executive committee convene via a telephone conference call Tuesday night, one of the most controversial items on their agenda is already getting bad reviews from at least one faction within the state GOP, RPOF officials confirmed last week that the committee will discuss excluding some of the biggest […]

Bob SparksSeptember 17, 2015

The second GOP debate is history. In a few days, polls will tell us who did well, or not so well, in the minds of voters. The final debate is set for Florida on March 10, just five days before the Florida Primary (although early voting begins March 5). It is impossible to predict how […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 7, 2015

Rep. Eric Eisnaugle put pen to paper this weekend and wrote a scathing op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel calling for an end to “autocracy” in the state House’s internal affairs. Citing a regime of strictly enforced loyalty and near-universal deference to leadership – which he described as a “pyramid of power” – Eisnaugle blasted the House’s prevailing culture in his hometown paper’s Sunday […]

Mitch PerryAugust 31, 2015

South Florida Congressman and Democratic Senate candidate Patrick Murphy is being blasted by Republicans for announcing his support for the the P5+1 nuclear agreement with Iran. In a statement issued early on Monday, Murphy became just the second member of the Florida congressional delegation to come out in support of the deal, joining Senator Bill Nelson, […]

Mitch PerryAugust 31, 2015

The biggest news on the presidential front this weekend was the Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll that shows Bernie Sanders down just seven points to Hillary Clinton in Iowa, 37-30 percent. The presumptive front-runner has lost a third of her supporters since May in first caucus state in nation. So will the mainstream media begin taking […]

Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2015

Republican Party of Florida party chairs and committee members met this weekend in Tampa. Here are some of things that we learned about the state of the party going into the fall of 2015. 1 – Blaise Ingoglia is serious about reforming the party – at least when it comes to outreach. The RPOF is getting […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2015

Stamping out speculation that began months ago, Republican Party of Florida Chairman Blaise Ingoglia today told a group of party members at the conclusion of this weekend’s summer quarterly meeting in Tampa that he has never offered himself as a future Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, not does he intend to anytime soon. “Let me […]

Mitch PerryAugust 28, 2015

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The perception that the youth vote has always belongs to the Democrats is not accurate, says GOP pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson. In 2000, she says, George W. Bush and Al Gore split the youth vote, as well as those voters older than 65. But that split certainly occurred in 2008 and even more so in 2012, when Barack […]

Mitch PerryAugust 27, 2015

Hundreds of members of the Republican Party of Florida will convene this Friday and Saturday in Tampa for the party’s summer quarterly meeting. “We are looking forward to our next quarterly meeting, and our next chance to bring Republicans from all over the state together,” Republican Party of Florida Chairman Blaise Ingoglia said. “We have planned […]

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 6/16/25-Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, talks with the media before session Monday at the Capitol in Tallahassee. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

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RPOF idea to exclude wayward presidential candidates from primary slammed

Bob Sparks: Will Republican Party of Florida force presidential candidates to attend November summit?

Eric Eisnaugle pens op-ed blasting “pyramid of power” in the state House

Florida GOP blasts Patrick Murphy for supporting Iran nuclear deal

Mitch Perry Report for 8.31.15 – Taking Bernie Sanders seriously

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Blaise Ingoglia denies rumors that he is plotting to become House Speaker

GOP pollster schools RPOF on millennial generation’s priorities, how to win their vote

Florida GOP to convene in Tampa this weekend