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Guest AuthorOctober 25, 2016

If you ask most Americans, they will tell you they can’t wait for this year’s presidential election to be over. The 2016 presidential campaign has been one with no decorum or class — a very dirty, vicious political race. It has exasperated an already overblown antipathy toward American politics and those who govern us. Americans […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2016

Orlando Democratic fundraiser and medical marijuana champion John Morgan is hosting Hillary Clinton for a fundraiser at his Heathrow home in Lake Mary on Sept. 21. Morgan has long and deep ties with the Clintons, having thrown his first major fundraiser for Bill Clinton in the early 1990s, and a history of hosting events for other […]

Scott PowersSeptember 12, 2016

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The campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is opening six more offices in Florida in conjunction with the Democratic National Committee this week, giving the Clinton campaign 57 Florida offices. The new joint Hillary For Florida-DNC offices are set for Coral Gables, Key West, Pinecrest, East Orlando, West Orlando, and Ft. Myers. The Hillary For […]

Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2016

In one of the most closely watched congressional primaries in the nation, Debbie Wasserman Schultz defeated her Democratic challenger, law professor Tim Canova, 57 percent to 43 percent, to win another two-year term representing Florida’s 23rd Congressional District. Wasserman Schultz has held her suburban Fort Lauderdale-based seat since 2004 and had never been challenged in a primary election […]

Associated PressAugust 22, 2016

Donald Trump‘s paid campaign staffers have declared on their personal social media accounts that Muslims are unfit to be U.S. citizens, ridiculed Mexican accents, called for Secretary of State John Kerry to be hanged and stated their readiness for a possible civil war, according to a review by The Associated Press of their postings. The AP examined […]

Mitch PerryAugust 21, 2016

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is ahead of Tim Canova by 10 points, according to a South Florida Sun Sentinel/Florida Atlantic University poll released Sunday. The poll finds the Democrat incumbent leading Canova 50 percent to 40 percent. The numbers come as early voting is underway in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, which encompasses Broward and Miami-Dade counties, where Wasserman Schultz is attempting to win […]

Phil AmmannJuly 29, 2016

Democrat Tim Canova has brought on the same consulting firm that made the iconic ads for Bernie Sanders‘ 2016 presidential campaign. Canova, a first-time candidate, is running against incumbent Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the Aug. 30 Democratic primary in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District. Gabriel Debenedetti of POLITICO is reporting Tad Devine, Mark Longabaugh and […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention (all times EDT): 10:17 p.m. Tim Kaine is promoting his lengthy government experience in his first major speech as the Democratic vice presidential candidate. The Virginia senator – in a prime-time speech at the Democratic convention – is detailing his rise from a member of the Richmond City […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2016

Facing a backlash from the left, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is expected to affirm his liberal credentials in his first prime-time speech as Hillary Clinton‘s running mate. Kaine was speaking Wednesday to the Democratic National Committee as supporters of Clinton’s one-time Democratic rival Bernie Sanders warned that Kaine had yet to forcefully oppose the Trans-Pacific […]

Mitch PerryJuly 27, 2016

On Sunday, FloridaPolitics.com reported a group of Bernie Sanders delegates were considering challenging Hillary Clinton‘s selection of Tim Kaine to be her vice presidential running mate. But with hours to go before Kaine’s name goes into nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, that effort appears to have died out. Norman Soloman with the Bernie Delegates Network told […]

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