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Associated PressDecember 28, 2015

‘Tis the season — no, not THAT season. It’s that point in the presidential election cycle when speculation starts swirling that the primaries won’t produce a clear winner and one of the parties’ big nominating conventions will dissolve in chaos. This time, it’s the Republican side of the race that’s looking particularly unsettled. After a […]

Marc YachtDecember 20, 2015

Any politician or campaign manager understands that any “NYEWS” for a candidate is good “NYEWS.” That being the case, Donald Trump proves the argument. In spite of complaints about Trump’s position on most issues, the “mouth with the do” tops the polls of Republican contenders – by a large margin. One cannot imagine his camp […]

Mitch PerryDecember 7, 2015

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Once upon a time, Florida’s 11th Congressional District – which now encompasses Hernando, Citrus, Sumter and Marion counties – was held by a Democrat. Her name was Karen Thurman. Thurman lost to Republican Ginny Brown-Waite in 2002, and since that time, the seat has remained safely in GOP control, and that scenario doesn’t appear to be changing […]

Associated PressDecember 1, 2015

Jeb Bush and his allies are spending circles around his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. Yet for all the money they’ve invested — $26 million on television ads alone — they’ve yet to see a substantial return. Having fallen from summer front-runner to autumn afterthought, the former Florida governor made deep spending cuts to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 23, 2015

A good (and finally, chilly) Monday morning to you all. Over the weekend I saw Spotlight, the superb new film that depicts The Boston Globe‘s investigation regarding allegations of sexual abuse by hundreds of clergy in the Boston archdiocese (Special props to actor Mark Ruffalo, sporting the best bowl haircut seen in a premium film in years). The […]

Mitch PerryNovember 20, 2015

As Jeb Bush struggles to win the Republican nomination for president, it’s a reminder that he’s sadly following a string of other successful Florida governors who came up far short of capturing the party’s brass ring. Every Florida governor from 1967 to 1979 ran for president, but none of their candidacies went anywhere. Claude Kirk, […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 17, 2015

Prepare for disaster. I’m not saying America can’t win the war against Islamic extremism – embodied at this point in history by the Islamic State. But war is not a series of inspiring victories. War is a series of dispiriting calamities. Think Black Hawk down in Somalia. Think the USS Stark off the coast of […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 16, 2015

Prepare for disaster. I’m not saying America can’t win the war against Islamic extremism – embodied at this point in history by the Islamic State. But war is not a series of inspiring victories. War is a series of dispiriting calamities. Think Black Hawk down in Somalia. Think the USS Stark off the coast of […]

Diane RobertsNovember 16, 2015

For reasons that do us no credit, Americans find it easy to insult the French. Perhaps we hate their freedoms – their freedom to live for something other than money, their freedom to enjoy food and sex minus 400 years of Protestant guilt. We call the French “cheese-eating surrender monkeys;” we sneer at John Kerry […]

Martin DyckmanNovember 16, 2015

Remember “freedom fries?” That was how some Americans expressed their spite toward France when that nation, with vastly more experience than ours in the Middle East, wisely declined the opportunity to participate in George W. Bush‘s ego-driven war on Iraq. There was a congresswoman from Florida who called for exhuming our military graves and bringing […]

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Justin Grabelle about to be challenged in CD 11 race?

Jeb Bush spends millions on TV but has yet to rise in GOP race

Mitch Perry Report for 11.23.15 — “Spotlight” sparkles

Jeb Bush’s ill-starred campaign follows track set by earlier Florida governors

Jac VerSteeg: To win war against ISIS, prepare for disaster

Jac VerSteeg: To win war against ISIS, prepare for disaster

Diane Roberts: Stop the French-bashing; we owe them

Martin Dyckman: The road to Middle East stability isn’t through war