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Mitch PerrySeptember 28, 2016

During the first half-hour or so of Monday night’s presidential debate, there was plenty of chatter on Twitter on what appeared to be a case of the sniffles being suffered by Donald J. Trump. Former Vermont governor and NBC News commentator Howard Dean speculated it might have to do with cocaine use. “Notice Trump sniffing all the time. Coke […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016

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David Jolly’s campaign in Florida’s 13th Congressional District race placed a new digital ad Tuesday featuring a speechless Charlie Crist. The only voice in the 30-second ad appears to come from a member of the Palm Beach Post’s editorial board in 2014, when Crist was running for governor. The unseen board member recites a number of position changes Crist […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016

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A new ad produced by the House Majority PAC features several Pinellas County women describing Congressman David Jolly as “dangerous,” “backwards,” and “out of touch” when it comes to a woman’s right to choose. But the Jolly camp responded by finding a 10-year-old newspaper story where Charlie Crist is quoted as saying that he would support a harsh anti-abortion […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 26, 2016

I’m not about to be a spoilsport and say that presidential debates are overrated, but the history shows there have been very, very few since they began being held regularly 1976 that have significantly moved voters. The first debate in 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush definitely changed some things. That’s the one, you might recall, where Gore was okay on substance […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 24, 2016

A day after St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman called on Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark to open a polling place for early voting in south St. Petersburg, Charlie Crist echoed that call on Saturday. “As Florida’s Governor, I signed an executive order to expand early voting hours, to ensure as many people can participate in the electoral process as possible,” […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 20, 2016

TAKE 1: Who won? I would call it a draw. Both candidates got in zingers at the other and both successfully reinforced the message they are trying to sell to voters. In Jolly’s case, he wants to remind voters he has been a maverick in his two-plus years in the U.S. House of Representatives. That’s […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 20, 2016

David Jolly seemed to take particular relish in last night’s debate, after Charlie Crist attacked him for being unresponsive to asking for federal help for St. Petersburg’s sewage problems post-Hurricane Hermine. “Because the mayor who’s endorsed you who oversaw this catastrophe did not ask for it,” Jolly responded, which received a loud cheer from the […]

Steve SchaleSeptember 20, 2016

MEMO TO: Reporters Covering Florida, Other Observers and the Nation of Twitter FROM: Steve, #FloridaMan and Disgruntled Jags Fan. RE: BREAKING, 2016 version: Florida is gonna be close For much of the window between 2000 and 2012, the conversation about Florida, driven at times by Nate Silver himself was “is it really a swing state?” This year, the new […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 19, 2016

David Jolly and Charlie Crist went at each other hard for close to an hour in their first debate for Florida’s 13th Congressional District race at the Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg Monday night. It was good theater, and for those observing the event that was broadcast live on WTSP-10 News, the differences in the candidate’s positions were […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 19, 2016

A new poll shows David Jolly holding a three-point lead over Charlie Crist in the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District. The survey, conducted by St. Pete Polls for Florida Politics, has Jolly at 46 percent and Crist at 43 percent. The Indian Shores Republican is ahead of the former governor despite the district breaking […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.28.16 — Our bodies, our politicians

New David Jolly digital ad questions Charlie Crist’s credibility

David Jolly campaign reacts to ad that depicts him as ‘out of touch’ on a woman’s right to choose

Mitch Perry Report for 9.26.16 – Keeping everything in perspective

Charlie Crist calls for Deborah Clark to open an early voting polling station in South St. Pete

Joe Henderson: Five takeaways from the Charlie Crist-David Jolly CD 13 debate

Mitch Perry Report for 9.20.16 — Rick Kriseman works on turning it around

Steve Schale: Florida is gonna Florida, 2016 version

David Jolly, Charlie Crist clash in electric debate in St. Petersburg

With first debate looming, David Jolly leads Charlie Crist 46%-43% in CD 13