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Mitch PerryMarch 17, 2016

Negative television advertising against Donald Trump meant nothing in Florida this week. Several Super PACs including American Future Fund, Club for Growth, and Our Principles PAC spent $7.4 million in anti-Trump ads, according to Vox. Meanwhile, native son Marco Rubio spent over $8 million, and got his clock cleaned by the Manhattan mogul. The Trump phenomenon is […]

Peter SchorschMarch 15, 2016

Five delegate-rich states are casting ballots today in Republican primaries. If history is any indication, Florida is poised in 2016 to continue its long-running streak as the state which chooses the Republican Party nominee. Crunching the numbers, a Smart Politics analysis found Florida is one of just three states that backed the eventual Republican nominee […]

Diane RobertsMarch 14, 2016

LONDON — You might think our British friends would be too busy freaking out over the refugee crisis, their epochal June 23 referendum on whether the UK will stay in the European Union, and the revelation that some London convenience stores are stocking bottles of cow urine right next to the milk, to take much […]

Mitch PerryMarch 13, 2016

Is it possible that the more people believe that Donald Trump could become our next president giving people a different perspective on Barack Obama? According to the latest Gallup weekly tracking poll, Obama has a 50 percent approval rating, his highest since May 2013. The president’s 50 percent weekly average exceeds the 46 percent he’s averaged […]

Peter SchorschMarch 9, 2016

Some blamed hanging chads, others confusing ballots, but the man many Democrats blame for Al Gore’s 537-vote defeat in Florida is Ralph Nader. The consumer advocate and Green Party nominee, as many Gore supporters tell it, snapped 97,488 votes out of the hands of the former vice president. Never mind those butterfly ballots that may […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 9, 2016

MSNBC reported Wednesday that Jeb Bush plans to meet with three of the four remaining GOP Presidential candidates soon, presumably with an eye toward endorsement, ahead of the GOP debate Thursday. Those three: Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich. The most reasonable interpretation of that strategy: Bush is attempting to find the right Anybody-But-Trump […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 5, 2016

Florida Governor Rick Scott loves to laugh, and jokes will be served with his dinner tonight, at the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, DC. The Gridiron Club dinner offers a cavalcade of self-deprecating jokes, and Barack Obama has been a master of the format, offering a unique meta-discourse on the gap between the public persona of his […]

Associated PressMarch 2, 2016

Here’s a look at highlights from television coverage of Super Tuesday voting in the presidential campaign: — TRUMP’S PODIUM The broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC gave the campaign an hour of prime-time coverage, and Donald Trump put pressure on them right away. Trump has dominated coverage almost since his announcement last summer, and was […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 26, 2016

Marco Rubio poses as a national security expert. Perhaps among the Republican contenders, he’s the closest thing they’ve got. In which case, God help us all. A Washington Post story over the weekend indicates that Rubio’s interest in national security was just a pose from the beginning. As a rising star in the Florida House, […]

Jac VerSteegFebruary 25, 2016

Marco Rubio poses as a national security expert. Perhaps among the Republican contenders he’s the closest thing they’ve got. In which case, God help us all. A Washington Post story over the weekend indicates that Rubio’s interest in national security was just a pose from the beginning. As a rising star in the Florida House, […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.17.16 — Can 2016 begin the decline of negative political advertising?

Will Florida continue its 50-year streak of choosing the GOP nominee?

Diane Roberts: Brits worried about Ted Cruz and Donald Trump

Gallup speculates Donald Trump boosting president’s popularity by comparison

How Bernie Sanders could be the Ralph Nader ‘spoiler’ of 2016

MSNBC says Jeb Bush to meet all remaining GOP candidates but one

Rick Scott to attend D.C.’s Gridiron Club dinner Saturday

How Super Tuesday played out on TV, cable networks

Jac VerSteeg: Marco Rubio is a national security shirker

Jac VerSteeg: Marco Rubio is a national security shirker

Florida politics had 11 questions before federal qualifying week. Here are the answers.