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Mitch PerryOctober 7, 2015

Happy Wednesday to y’all. And if you’re a NY Yankee fan, hey, be positive. At least you made the “playoff,” for the first time in three years. There’s a new Quinnipiac poll out this morning on the Florida presidential race, and the results here are similar to everywhere else in the country. It’s Trump and […]

Diane RobertsOctober 6, 2015

In case there’s anyone left who thinks ¿Jeb? Bush is a fine man running a fine campaign for president, I give you his remarks after the latest mass shooting, this one in Oregon: “I don’t think that more government is necessarily the answer to this,” he said. “I think we need to reconnect ourselves with […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

Donald Trump may or may not have already peaked in the Republican presidential contest, but no other candidate gets close to him in yet another national poll of GOP candidates, this one released Tuesday. The Public Policy Polling survey has Trump up with 27 percent support. Ben Carson is in second place with 17 percent, and […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

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For those who were hoping that the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit next month might be a flop, time to move along now. The RPOF on Tuesday announced that Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum are the latest GOP candidates who will participate in the party’s Sunshine Summit, to be […]

Associated PressOctober 5, 2015

In her six months working for Carly Fiorina, Rebecca Schieber has learned to always have a Sharpie pen handy for autographs. She’s found ways to order the right vegetable-loaded meals on the road and become an expert at whisking her boss out of a room. She’s still working on keeping the candidate’s favorite “crunchy gum” […]

Peter SchorschOctober 4, 2015

Earlier this week, POLITICO ran “5 Reasons to Bet $5 on Marco Rubio” and tried to make the case for a path to the presidency for Florida’s talented junior senator. Rubio has had very good showings in the first two debates — the same in which Jeb Bush had performed at what charitably might be called a workmanlike […]

Mitch PerryOctober 4, 2015

Florida’s two presidential candidates – Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio- remain in the middle of the pack in two new polls taken in Iowa and New Hampshire and released on Sunday. Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican field in both states, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist surveys. In New Hampshire, Trump now holds a […]

Melissa RossOctober 2, 2015

It’s billed as the first book that examines the Tea Party’s successful “primary” campaign against what the movement has dubbed Republicans in Name Only (RINOs). (Another, less flattering nickname is cuckservative, but that’s a story for another day.) UNF political science professor Ron Libby argues that 2016 is the year the Tea Party has moved […]

Mitch PerryOctober 2, 2015

A new Economist/YouGov poll finds Donald Trump continuing to lead the GOP presidential race, but the numbers are troubling for his candidacy going forward. The New York City based businessman/celebrity leads with 25 percent support, followed by Marco Rubio at 16%, Ben Carson at 15%, Ted Cruz at 9%, Carly Fiorina at 8%, Jeb Bush at 7% and Rand Paul at 4%. The poll shows that just two weeks ago, nearly […]

Diane RobertsOctober 1, 2015

John Keats called autumn the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.” Which is true. But autumn is also the season when conservatives seem to ramp up the crazy. Maybe college football gets them so riled up they can’t handle reality. Or maybe it’s the semi-annual almost-not-quite-government-shutdown. That certainly impels U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz into a […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 10.7.15 – Marco Rubio is missing votes, but will that really matter?

Diane Roberts: ¿Jeb? Bush comes up numb and dumb again

New PPP national survey has Donald Trump up by 10 points

John Kasich, Rick Santorum latest candidates coming to RPOF’s Sunshine Summit

Carly Fiorina’s campaign includes the rare job: “body woman”

Peter Schorsch: Is it time to bet on Jeb Bush again?

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio still in middle of the pack in new Iowa, NH polls

Caustic brew: Tea Party “purging” GOP establishment in 2016, says Jax author

Marco Rubio in second place in Economist/YouGov GOP survey

Diane Roberts: The season when conservatives ramp up the crazy