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Diane RobertsJuly 21, 2015

“He’s not a war hero. He was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” — Donald J. Trump on Sen. John McCain’s military record “America’s id is running for president.” — Jon Stewart on Donald J. Trump Habitually clad in a navy suit with a headdress apparently fashioned from the shed fur of a street […]

Marc YachtJuly 13, 2015

It’s tough looking at a newspaper these days. In fact, any media news is hard on the digestion. Fox commentary focuses on how terrible President Obama is, CNN beats a story to death ad nauseam, MSNBC and HNL have their own array of talking heads, and don’t forget newspapers that relegate any good news to […]

Mitch PerryJuly 8, 2015

The furor over Donald Trump‘s comments about Mexican immigrants shows no sign of diminishing with ESPN deciding Tuesday to pull its charity golf tournament from his Southern California course . It’s been a very rough week for the celebrity/businessman/GOP presidential candidate, with major corporations such as Macy’s, NBC and Univision cutting ties with him in the wake of […]

Guest AuthorJune 18, 2015

Marco Rubio must be smiling. The baby-faced U.S. senator and presidential hopeful is having the best two weeks of his life. Not only did he get needlessly razed by the arch-liberal New York Times in two attack pieces, he’s also receiving the cold shoulder by everybody’s who’s somebody in Florida’s Republican establishment. According to CNN, […]

Mitch PerryJune 11, 2015

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As has been the case in the past two Republican presidential primary cycles, CNN will be bringing its resources to Florida to host a televised debate. The cable news network announced Wednesday that it will come to the Sunshine State to host a debate on March 10, five days before registered Republican voters here will vote […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Jeb Bush confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he won’t participate in the Iowa Straw Poll in August. The news dominated the U.S. political scene Tuesday, obscuring to a degree the controversy accompanying Bush’s response to a question asked Sunday by Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly regarding the invasion of Iraq. Bush told Kelly that even knowing […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Earlier this morning, we wrote that supporters/apologists for Jeb Bush might begin saying that he perhaps misheard the question about the Iraq war that Fox News Channel host Megyn Kelly asked him in an interview broadcast on Monday night. Now it’s actually happening. On Fox, Kelly asked in a very straightforward manner, “Knowing what we know now, […]

Mitch PerryApril 12, 2015

The political media world was abuzz about Hillary Clinton’s expected announcement on Sunday that she would be declaring her candidacy for president. CNN even had foreign policy maven Fareed Zakaria broadcast live on his Fareed Zakaria GPS program, with a graphic on the side of the screen with the words, “Awaiting Hilary Clinton announcement.” But the […]

Mitch PerryMarch 11, 2015

One of the biggest criticisms coming out of Hillary Clinton‘s press conference on Tuesday was her admission that she opted to use a personal email account during her time as Secretary of State because, “I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two.” […]

Mitch PerryMarch 11, 2015

One of the biggest criticisms coming out of Hillary Clinton‘s press conference on Tuesday was her admission that she opted to use a personal email account during her time as Secretary of State because, “I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two.” […]

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Diane Roberts: Oh, the thrill of id all

Marc Yacht: Some good news – Please!

Mitch Perry Report for 7.8.15 — Could Francisco Sanchez become 2016’s Willie Horton?

Chris Timmons: Marco Rubio, the insurgent

CNN returning to Florida in March to host presidential debate

Jeb Bush to skip Iowa Straw Poll; says he “misinterpreted” question on Iraq

DNC pounces on Jeb Bush “mishearing” Megyn Kelly question on Iraq

Team Rubio not impressed by Hillary Clinton’s soft opening

Like Hillary Clinton, Bill Nelson says he’d rather carry just one phone

Like Hillary Clinton, Bill Nelson says he'd rather carry just one phone