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Guest AuthorAugust 17, 2018

Voter registration gives GOP optimism With the primary less than two weeks away, those Republicans and Democrats registered to participate are now locked in. The two major parties constitute 72.5 percent of the more than 13 million registered voters. Based on recently released numbers from the Florida Secretary of State, a blue wave does not appear […]

Staff ReportsAugust 10, 2018

Primary races picking up steam Primary elections are less than three weeks away. Most have little drama, but some, especially on the Democratic side, will be fun to watch. Republicans have far fewer tight races. President Donald Trump has weighed in on a few races, most notably his full-throated endorsement of Rep. Ron DeSantis for governor. He has also […]

Staff ReportsAugust 7, 2018

Will Ohio special election leave any takeaways for Florida? On Tuesday, the last special election before the November election, was playing out in Ohio’s 12th Congressional District. The final results can provide some useful information on whether the “blue wave” is alive and well and if Florida Republicans in competitive races should be concerned. This […]

Staff ReportsAugust 3, 2018

Obama endorses candidates in 14 states, but none in Florida Most of the world knows President Donald Trump was in Tampa on Tuesday night holding one of his typically raucous rallies. He unabashedly got involved in a Republican primary by endorsing Rep. Ron DeSantis for governor over Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Trump’s predecessor, former President Barack Obama, also weighed in on the […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2018

Three sitting members of Congress, four challengers, two primary rivalries and two potential general election showdowns were on display Tuesday night at a congressional forum. The result was mostly cordiality, with many of the sparks provided from candidates furthest on the left and right, Chardo Richardson and Wayne Liebnitzky. The evening forum at the Orlando Science Center co-sponsored […]

Staff ReportsJuly 31, 2018

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In addition to praising DeSantis, Trump will have a lot to say in Tampa With President Donald Trump in the state on Tuesday, most political eyes in Florida will be turned toward Tampa. What part, or parts, of his remarks at the Florida State Fairgrounds will make the night’s sound bites on the cable news channels? Floridians, […]

Staff ReportsJuly 27, 2018

House: See you in September On their last two days before their long recess, the House of Representatives left a few tidbits for analysts and pundits to discuss. A few Republicans want to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein while special counsel Robert Mueller is said to be reviewing the tweets of President Donald Trump to determine if the president obstructed justice. Florida […]

Staff ReportsJuly 24, 2018

FBI surveillance tactics have ally in Rubio In a huge document dump on Saturday, the FBI released a heavily-redacted version of the bureau’s request to initiate surveillance on a lower-level staffer of the Donald Trump for President campaign. The timing could not have been better for setting up the focus of the Sunday talk shows. Despite the lack of […]

Staff ReportsJuly 20, 2018

The fallout from Helsinki still falling As the week draws to an end, President Donald Trump’s disastrous news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki still rates as the top concern for the media and most Democrats. Some Republicans also criticized the president for clearly accepting Putin’s denial over his own intelligence team, who said Russia had […]

Staff ReportsJuly 17, 2018

Q2 fundraising shaping congressional races Most of the campaign finance reports for the second quarter are in. While it will take some time for the Federal Elections Commission to compile and make all of them public, some interesting results are known. The numbers show that most of the races under the microscope earlier this year […]

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