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Mitch PerrySeptember 15, 2015

With the second Republican Party presidential debate taking place this week at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, we’re hearing more references than ever references by the GOP candidates to the the nation’s 40th president, who remains as powerful an iconic figure as anyone in Republican politics. That certainly includes Jeb Bush, whose op-ed in today’s […]

Bob SparksSeptember 3, 2015

Vice President Joe Biden visited Florida this week supposedly to do what vice presidents do. He came to raise money for Democrats and talk about a college readiness policy initiative on behalf of President Obama. The media interest in his Florida stop centered not on the traditional role of a vice president, but whether he […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 3, 2015

During the 2012 U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts between Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown, the two candidates signed a “People’s Pledge.” Under the pact, a candidate who benefited from a third-party ad had to pay a penalty to a charity chosen by the other. As the candidates wrote in a letter to third-party groups: “Your spending […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2015

The four Republican candidates attempting to succeed Marco Rubio as the next Senator from Florida convened together for the first time on Saturday morning in Tampa. The four men – Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Congressmen David Jolly and Ron DeSantis, and former military veteran and CIA officer Todd Wilcox – are so little known that […]

Mitch PerryMay 28, 2015

I couldn’t be happier this morning, after staying up until midnight last night to see my lifelong basketball team, the Golden State Warriors, defeat the Houston Rockets, and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1975. Of course, there’s a guy by the name of LeBron James who stands in their way […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Florida progressives have been slamming Patrick Murphy ever since the Jupiter-based congressman entered the race for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in March, slamming him as a “Wall Street Democrat.” Their hope is that Orlando-area U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson enters the contest, giving them a classic choice between a perceived centrist and a tried-and-true liberal. We’re […]

Mitch PerryApril 6, 2015

South Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has started off quickly in his quest to become the Democratic Party nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016, but the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida (DPCF) has a message to the rest of the party — not so fast. “When it comes to the race shaping up to […]

Phil AmmannApril 6, 2015

Few can argue that Jeb Bush has qualities that could appeal to Hispanic voters. Bush speaks fluent Spanish; his wife, Columba, is from Mexico. He spent a couple years in Venezuela, taking in the people and culture. Although Bush was born in Texas, a member of one of America’s leading political families, the former governor […]

Mitch PerryApril 2, 2015

It’s good news and bad news for Jeb Bush and his supporters in a new Quinnipiac survey of Republican primary voters in Florida. The former governor continues to lead the field of potential 2016 candidates with 24 percent. That’s 9 percentage points more than the next candidate in Florida, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who comes […]

Phil AmmannMarch 30, 2015

Jeb Bush continues to lead the field as best-known presidential hopeful tested in a new poll of Republican voters released Monday by CBS News. Behind Bush is former Gov. Mike Huckabee, followed by Sens. Rand Paul and Marco Rubio. Respondents could choose as many names as they wanted. Showing the biggest movement in the past month is Texas […]

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In op-ed, Jeb Bush links his tax reform package to California’s iconic Prop 13

Bob Sparks: Joe Biden’s Florida visit starts decision-making tour

Patrick Murphy rejects Alan Grayson’s “People’s Pledge” on accepting third-party campaign contributions

Four GOP U.S. Senate candidates make their cases at Florida GOP meeting in Tampa

Mitch Perry Report for 5.28.15 — Are you ready for a George Pataki candidacy?

American Conservative Union: Alan Grayson has more conservative voting record than Patrick Murphy

Florida progressives blast Patrick Murphy as a “Wall Street Democrat”

Jeb Bush claimed “Hispanic” on 2009 voter registration form

Jeb Bush losing ground in Florida, new Quinnipiac Poll finds

Voters favor Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton 2016, CBS poll shows