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Mitch PerrySeptember 17, 2015

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Speaking on Fox and Friends Thursday morning, Marco Rubio defended his remarks in Wednesday night’s presidential debate about missing more votes than anyone else this year in the Senate. “When there is a vote that’s meaningful and serious, we are there and doing our job,” he told the cable new network’s morning show. Hours later, […]

Mitch PerryAugust 5, 2015

Hours after Jeb Bush launched his campaign store on Wednesday (complete with a $75 guacamole bowl), the Democratic National Committee came up with a two-fer today to jump in on the fun. Seizing on the opportunity to mock some recent faux pas the Republican candidate has uttered on the campaign trail, the DNC has come up with […]

Mitch PerryJuly 23, 2015

Democrats such as DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz are seizing on comments that Jeb Bush made Wednesday night regarding Medicare. Speaking at an Americans for Prosperity event in New Hampshire, Bush said brought up the government run health care program for seniors by first blasting television ads back in 2012 featuring a Paul Ryan-look-a-like pushing […]

Mitch PerryJuly 7, 2015

Marco Rubio has branded his candidacy as being all about the “New American Century,” and how he as a 44-year-old legislator has the wisdom and the intelligence to lead us in these economically confusing and challenging times. In a major domestic speech laden with ideas on job creation in the 21st century given Tuesday morning in Chicago, […]

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 28, 2015

The Democratic National Committee’s oppo research team enjoyed poking fun at Jeb Bush Monday, sending out an email after he was quoted in one setting over the weekend as saying, “I don’t think you need to spend $1 billion to be elected president of the United States.” Another quote attributed to him Sunday night while […]

Mitch PerryApril 17, 2015

Happy Friday to you all. Greetings from Nashua, N.H., where the latest cattle call of GOP presidential aspirants and possible aspirants are congregating for the next two days. I’ve long criticized the way we elect presidents, putting so much emphasis — too much emphasis — on two states, Iowa and New Hampshire, to define who should […]

Mitch PerryApril 15, 2015

Love her or loath her, Hillary Clinton‘s official presence in the 2016 presidential sweepstakes is a big deal. But does the political media class have to lose their collective sh*t in the process? It was sort of humorous to read that story the other day about how Clinton’s delayed video release announcing her campaign on […]

Mitch PerryApril 14, 2015

Now that he’s a presidential candidate, Marco Rubio just doesn’t issue news releases on subjects like the Obama administration’s announcement Tuesday that it will remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. No, now the U.S. Senator from Florida now delivers his choice comments — or at least this one — via a […]

Tag: DNC

Marco Rubio says he’ll show up in Senate when vote is “meaningful”

DNC creates JebSwagStore.com

Debbie Wasserman Schultz calls Jeb Bush comment’s on phasing out Medicare a “massive blunder”

In Chicago, Marco Rubio describes vision to create jobs if elected

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

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

Mitch Perry Report for 4.28.15 — Jeb Bush. And his money.

Mitch Perry Report for 4.17.16 — Tracking the GOP in N.H.

Mitch Perry Report for 4.15.15 — Waiting on Hillary

DNC slams Marco Rubio’s comments on Cuba being taken off terrorist list