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Steve SchaleSeptember 27, 2017

Last night, the train of Democratic state legislative wins around the country came to Florida, as Annette Taddeo defeated Jose Felix Diaz in the special election for Senate District 40, picking up a key seat for Florida Democrats. How big of a deal is this for Florida Democrats? This is the first legislative special election […]

Michael MolineApril 18, 2017

Hey, Al! Answer your phone! That was one of the few remotely critical remarks addressed to U.S. Rep. Al Lawson during a town hall meeting in Tallahassee Tuesday, the latest in his Easter Recess swing. “I have a real problem, frequently, getting through to your office. I mean frequently, like 50 percent of the time, I […]

Associated PressApril 5, 2017

No doubt Florida’s oceanfront Mar-a-Lago resort is an impressive site for a summit between the presidents of the U.S. and China. And it’s a pretty nice business advertisement, too, for the owner of the luxurious, members-only private property. That would be Donald J. Trump. Even before this week’s summit, President Trump and his aides had […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 19, 2017

You ever talk yourself into trying one of those amusement park thrill rides, the kind that turns you upside down and inside out? You told yourself a million times you would never ride that thing, but here you are, strapped into your seat as your car reaches the top of that terrifying first drop. Just […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2016

Where do you begin? One of the biggest political upsets in U.S. history, to start with, in Donald J. Trump beating Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States of America. Lots of analysis there, including about the Democratic nominee, who for the second time in eight years, thought she had the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 7, 2016

In his speech to the weekly “Cafe Con Tampa” breakfast gathering in South Tampa Friday, independent state Senate candidate Joe Redner said, if elected, he would introduce the most ambitious environmental legislation the state has ever seen. Redner’s agenda would include regulating “polluters in the dumping of toxic chemicals,” as well as eliminating fracking and promoting solar and […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 28, 2016

Although the state and local Democratic parties aren’t putting too much effort into it, Largo schoolteacher Loretta Grizzle does truly believe she has a shot at knocking off Seminole Republican incumbent Larry Ahern in the Florida House District 66 race this November. The district encompasses parts of Largo, Clearwater, Seminole, and the north Gulf Beaches and her campaign says […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016

Was it as good as you hoped it would be, America? For months, people have talked about how they could not wait to watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battle it out in their first presidential debate. We all know that excitement wasn’t because of Clinton’s sterling debate style. No, it was because of the unknown about how The Donald […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2016

The New Yorker magazine has a story this week on what a President Donald J. Trump would do if elected in November. Writer Evan Osnos reports that Trump’s advisers are weighing several options for the “First Day Project” – where he would spend hours on inauguration day next January signing papers that “erases the Obama Presidency,” […]

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Steve Schale: Last night was a BFD for Florida Democrats

Love — some of it tough — greets Al Lawson during Tallahassee town hall

‘Winter White House’ a winning brand for Donald Trump’s business

A Donald Trump administration; Too late America, we’re doing this

Mitch Perry Report for 11.9.16 — GOP dominance

Bob Buesing says he’s not worried about Joe Redner taking votes away from his effort to defeat Dana Young

HD 66 candidates Larry Ahern and Lorena Grizzle battle it out at Suncoast Tiger Bay

Mitch Perry Report for 9.27.16 — The ‘what difference does it make?’ debate

Mitch Perry Report for 9.21.16 – Can Ban Ki-Moon get enough buy-in to deny a President Trump the opportunity to renounce the Paris agreement?