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Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

A day after he announced his candidacy, former Florida Chief Financial Officer and vanquished CD 13 Democratic candidate Alex Sink is endorsing Charlie Crist in the race to succeed David Jolly in the Pinellas County congressional seat. “Everyone knows how dysfunctional Washington is right now, only listening to themselves and fighting meaningless partisan battles,” Sink […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

David Jolly got maximum exposure on Tuesday when he crashed Charlie Crist’s announcement in St. Petersburg where he was running for the CD 13 seat that Jolly is vacating, calling the former Florida Governor a “huckster” and ” a fraud.” Appearing on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Wednesday morning, Jolly showed no signs of ceasing his war of words […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

Jim Webb announced yesterday that he is dropping his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. “I fully accept that my views on many issues are not compatible with the power structure and the nominating base of the Democratic Party,” Webb told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington. The current Democratic hierarchy, he said, “is […]

Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015

Although Charlie Crist has always been an ambitious pol looking forward to advance his career, most Republicans in Florida took little issue with that until they had the choice to support him or a more conservative Republican in the 2010 U.S. Senate race. Their support for Marco Rubio grew so strong in early 2010 that […]

Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015

Charlie Crist is back. The former Florida Governor announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Florida’s 13th Congressional District on Tuesday, a position he showed little interest in until the Florida Supreme Court declared that the district had been unfairly gerrymandered this summer, and ordered the state Legislature to redraw the district. As it […]

Guest AuthorOctober 17, 2015

I attended the annual Tallahassee ritual Wednesday when politicians address the media and take some questions. The Republicans talked in generalities at the AP Legislative Planning Session and, for the most part, refused to respond to direct questions with direct answers. The Democrats, because they have absolutely no power in Florida government, mostly complained. Nonetheless, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 16, 2015

If you want to hear some good trash talking about how ineffective the Republican-led House conference has been since taking power back from the Democrats in 2010, you don’t need to listen to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid or Hillary Clinton. Just listen to any Republican running to win office in Washington next year. On Friday […]

Mitch PerryOctober 16, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will make a “major announcement” Tuesday morning in St. Petersburg, according to PR consultant Kevin Cate. Speculation is he will announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Florida’s 13th District, which encompasses much of Pinellas County. Details were sparse in the Friday news release sent by Cate, […]

Guest AuthorOctober 16, 2015

I attended the annual Tallahassee ritual Wednesday when politicians address the media and take some questions. The Republicans talked in generalities at the AP Legislative Planning Session and, for the most part, refused to respond to direct questions with direct answers. The Democrats, because they have absolutely no power in Florida government, mostly complained. Nonetheless, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 16, 2015

Happy Friday, y’all. I want to draw your attention to two stories in the news this morning. The first is a Daily Beast piece by Tim Mak with the unfortunate title of, “Scientology could get its own Senator,” referring to David Jolly. Jolly of course represents Clearwater in Congress, the “spiritual home” of the Church […]

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Alex Sink endorses Charlie Crist in CD 13 contest

David Jolly says Charlie Crist asked Bill Young to resign, let him run in 1997

Mitch Perry Report for 10.21.15 – Quitting Jim Webb

David Jolly crashes Charlie Crist announcement, denounces him as “huckster”

Saying he’s a public servant, Charlie Crist announces his candidacy for Congress

Tom O’Hara: Banner plane delivered highlight of AP Legislative Planning Day

Dennis Ross lacerates Republican House leadership

Charlie Crist to announce congressional run on Tuesday

Tom O’Hara: Banner plane delivered highlight of AP Legislative Planning Day

Mitch Perry Report for 10.16.15 – On DWS, David Jolly and the COS