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Phil AmmannNovember 29, 2015

Jeb Bush once again criticized rival presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling the Republican front-runner “scary” and suggested was too “uninformed” to lead the nation. Louis Nelson of POLITICO reports that Bush, in an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” blasted the billionaire real estate tycoon for changing positions on Syrian refugees and how to fight […]

Mitch PerryNovember 23, 2015

A CBS News poll released on Monday shows that 66 percent of Americans don’t think President Barack Obama has a clear strategy to defeat the Islamic State. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says she understands where the public is coming from. “I think President Obama can do much better in communicating that strategy,” the Democrat representing […]

Mitch PerryNovember 23, 2015

A good (and finally, chilly) Monday morning to you all. Over the weekend I saw Spotlight, the superb new film that depicts The Boston Globe‘s investigation regarding allegations of sexual abuse by hundreds of clergy in the Boston archdiocese (Special props to actor Mark Ruffalo, sporting the best bowl haircut seen in a premium film in years). The […]

Associated PressNovember 12, 2015

CBS News sees its coverage of Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate as a key moment in helping to establish CBSN, the streaming service that just celebrated its first birthday. Political reporter Major Garrett will host a preview of the debate an hour before it begins on CBSN. The free service will stream the debate live, accompanied […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 29, 2015

The House of Representatives is poised to vote sometime in the next 36 hours on a bill to continue the funding the government – all the way into the second week of December, when apparently we’ll go through another round of high stakes concerns that there might be a government shutdown. CNN reports that there […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 15, 2015

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One of the reasons why many people thought that Jeb Bush would be the man to beat for the Republican nomination for president was his ability to raise a lot of money from the donors class. Early on in his campaign, advisers talked about a “shock and awe” fundraising strategy that would blow away virtually […]

Mitch PerryAugust 20, 2015

Jeb Bush is feeling the heat of Donald Trump‘s unexpected dominance in the GOP race for president. Although the former Florida governor has said that the immigration proposals released by Trump earlier this week, which include calling for an end to birthright citizenship, simply aren’t practical, he used the derogatory term “anchor babies” when speaking […]

Associated PressAugust 11, 2015

CBS News will overhaul its coverage of the 2016 Democratic and Republican conventions to emphasize participants “on the ground” rather than chatter in the network’s skybox, CBS News President David Rhodes said. Dismissing any predictions of a candidate’s selection coming down to the convention wire — “It’s not going to happen,” he said — Rhodes […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

The last national polls to be released before the first GOP presidential debate of the year takes place on Thursday are are in, and all have the same result: Donald Trump; leads in all four new polls out from CBS News, Fox, Monmouth University and Bloomberg. The CBS News poll is the latest, coming out at […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio continue to hover around the top of the GOP presidential field according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released Tuesday evening, with Rubio continuing to ascend. Forty-eight percent of Republicans say they would support Rubio. Forty-seven percent say they would support former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who just officially entered the […]

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Jeb Bush: Donald Trump “scary,” too “uninformed” to be president

Kathy Castor says president can do “much better” at telling ISIS strategy

Mitch Perry Report for 11.23.15 — “Spotlight” sparkles

CBS hopes debate coverage will boost streaming service

Mitch Perry Report for 9.29.15 – Planned Parenthood answers back

Jeb Bush’s Right to Rise PAC starts spending its cash on ads in 3 early voting states

DNC blasts Jeb Bush for “unspeakably vulgar” comment on “anchor babies”

CBS News to overhaul 2016 convention coverage

Donald Trump leads in four new national polls

Marco Rubio gains support in latest CBS-NY Times Poll