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Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

Mike Murphy says there is a “cynicism” behind the Marco Rubio campaign that he predicts will ultimately doom the Florida U.S. senator’s presidential candidacy. “It’s cynical to run as the creature of new, fresh, while it’s all secret dark money,” Murphy tells reporter Sasha Issenberg in the second part of a lengthy interview in Bloomberg Politics posted Wednesday. Murphy, […]

Peter SchorschOctober 21, 2015

The latest edition of the 4th Floor Files talks with attorney and lobbyist Sean Pittman, one of the Top Twenty-Five Most Influential People in Tallahassee by the Tallahassee Democrat. In addition to lobbying and his legal practice, Pittman also co-hosts “The Usual Suspects,” one of North Florida’s and South Georgia’s premier weekly political talk shows. […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

David Jolly got maximum exposure on Tuesday when he crashed Charlie Crist’s announcement in St. Petersburg where he was running for the CD 13 seat that Jolly is vacating, calling the former Florida Governor a “huckster” and ” a fraud.” Appearing on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” on Wednesday morning, Jolly showed no signs of ceasing his war of words […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

Hillary Clinton is dominating the Democratic contest in Florida, and there appears to be little appetite for a Joe Biden candidacy. A new University of North Florida statewide poll of Democratic primary likely voters shows that if the primary were held today, 54.6 percent would vote for Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders is in second place with […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

Under the newly drawn Congressional District 7 seat awaiting Florida Supreme Court approval, venerable north-central area GOP U.S. Rep. John Mica appears vulnerable for the first time in his 22-year-long congressional career. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is excited by that prospect. In a memo released Tuesday by Jermaine House, DCCC’s south regional press secretary, it’s made clear […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

Donald Trump leads the GOP presidential field in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday. That’s not unusual, as he’s dominated the race since July. What is noteworthy is how many Republicans – 42 percent – believe he will be the party’s nominee at their convention next summer in Cleveland. The next best choice […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

Jim Webb announced yesterday that he is dropping his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. “I fully accept that my views on many issues are not compatible with the power structure and the nominating base of the Democratic Party,” Webb told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington. The current Democratic hierarchy, he said, “is […]

Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015

In recent weeks, Democrats (and even some opposing Republican presidential candidates) have relished attacking Marco Rubio‘s for missing votes in the Senate as he campaigns for president. But on Tuesday, three members of the Democratic Progressive Caucus were attacking the Florida Senator for a bill that he actually voted on (his first since Sept. 24) – […]

Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015

Although she’s been thwarted in the past few years, Plantation Democratic state Rep. Katie Edwards is back again to propose a needle exchange program that would help prevent transmission of HIV and hepatitis among intravenous drug users. HB 81 would create a five-year pilot program with the University of Miami to offer free, clean and unused needles and syringes […]

Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015

Although Charlie Crist has always been an ambitious pol looking forward to advance his career, most Republicans in Florida took little issue with that until they had the choice to support him or a more conservative Republican in the 2010 U.S. Senate race. Their support for Marco Rubio grew so strong in early 2010 that […]

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Mike Murphy says “dark money” ads will catch up with Marco Rubio campaign

4th Floor Files talks with Sean Pittman about end-of-session blues, an antique Mercedes and the City Of Gretna

David Jolly says Charlie Crist asked Bill Young to resign, let him run in 1997

Joe Biden distant 3rd in new Florida Democratic presidential poll

DCCC points out John Mica’s weaknesses in redistricted CD 7

New poll says 42% of Republicans expect Donald Trump to be their presidential nominee

Mitch Perry Report for 10.21.15 – Quitting Jim Webb

House Dems slam Marco Rubio for immigration vote – his first since Sept. 24

Katie Edwards hopes this year her needle exchange bill advances in Tallahassee

David Jolly crashes Charlie Crist announcement, denounces him as “huckster”