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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.” […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 19, 2015

I don’t know about you, but I’m really feeling sorry for NBC’s Brian Williams. Seriously, did anyone ever have any expectation of depth, truthfulness, or quality reporting from him? Maybe I feel this way because I’m a serious news junkie and, as such, I read a lot more than watch news or commentary on the […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 29, 2015

Melissa Alexander is out of prison now, but she’s not exactly free at last. The Jacksonville mother of three was released from prison yesterday, after she accepted a plea deal with the state on charges of aggravated assault with a firearm. This drastically reduced her sentence to the three years in prison she had already […]

Ryan RayJanuary 28, 2015

Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential exploratory efforts have been long on the money, but short on the pyrotechnics. Peter Hamby writes that this is no accident; this is the way Jeb prefers it. After taking the political world by surprise in early January with the formation of a shiny new political committee, Bush has largely receded […]

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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

Steven Kurlander: Harshing Brian Williams: Is telling a 'buba meisah' really a crime in our culture of deception?

Mitch Perry Report for 1.29.15 – Justice served in Melissa Alexander case?

The invisible man: Jeb Bush haunts 2016 field