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Mitch PerryJuly 26, 2015

A week-and-half before the first major Republican presidential debate takes place, Donald Trump continues to be the biggest phenomenon in the race. A new CNN/ORC national poll has Trump leading the field with 18% support. Jeb Bush is just behind at 15%, within the poll’s margin of error. They’re joined at the top by Wisconsin Governor Scott […]

Mitch PerryJuly 24, 2015

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Florida is one of only three states that require a governor’s order to restore civil rights to ex-felons. As the law stands, men and women released from the prison system must wait five years before applying for full citizenship rights. Then they must petition the governor and Cabinet for clemency, a process that can take 10 […]

Mitch PerryJuly 24, 2015

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Admittedly it’s early on, but there’s been little discussion about the environment from the candidates in this presidential campaign. Tom Steyer wants to change that. Steyer heads the San Francisco-based NextGen Climate environmental group, whose political action committee spent tens of millions of dollars against Republican candidates last year who opposed efforts to combat climate change, including […]

Mitch PerryJuly 24, 2015

A new survey of a newly reconfigured Florida 13th Congressional District map shows a hypothetical Charlie Crist versus Rick Baker matchup could be a cliffhanger. The survey from St. Pete Polls shows Crist leading with 46.2 percent of the vote, to Baker’s 42.2 percent. The remaining 11.6 percent are undecided. Baker leads the only declared Democrat in the CD 13 race, Eric Lynn, […]

Mitch PerryJuly 24, 2015

Happy Friday, everyone. I was going to write about another subject for today, but it feels a bit trivial compared to the big headline of the morning. I know that the overwhelming majority of gun owners in America are responsible. But even if there’s only a tiny, tiny percentage of people who are irresponsible with […]

Mitch PerryJuly 23, 2015

The years-long “Fight for $15” for fast-food workers received a huge boost this week when New York officials recommended increasing the pay of thousands of fast-food workers throughout the state. Meanwhile in Florida, Miami Democratic state Sen. Dwight Bullard filed a bill (SB 6) this week that would raise Florida’s minimum wage to $15 an […]

Mitch PerryJuly 23, 2015

The California-based Tea Party Express, which bills itself as the nation’s largest Tea Party political action committee, is endorsing Jacksonville area U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis for U.S. Senate in Florida. “Complacency with the status quo is one of the most dangerous diseases in Washington, D.C., but it’s a disease the Tea Party activists throughout America […]

Mitch PerryJuly 23, 2015

Evangelicals are the Republican Party’s, “biggest, most reliable voting bloc,” according to Republican National Committee faith engagement director Chad Connelly. But there has been grumbling for years that they’ve received a raw deal from the party. The New York Times reported in March that evangelical leaders and other socially conservative groups said they didn’t believe Jeb […]

Mitch PerryJuly 23, 2015

Attitudes regarding fostering a relationship with Cuba is only of several differences between Bob Buckhorn and Rick Kriseman. Kameel Stanley in today’s Times writes about how Kriseman is hot to trot to Havana sometime this year. That’s in contrast to Buckhorn, who has been steadfast in his lack of enthusiasm for hosting a Cuban consulate in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 22, 2015

In the wake of the latest controversy involving Planned Parenthood, Marco Rubio has joined 49 of his Senate colleagues in urging Department of Health and Human Services Secretary (DHHS) Sylvia Burwell to cooperate with ongoing and future investigations into the “legal, ethical, and policy issues” raised by recent footage unearthed by an anti-abortion group. The […]

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Golf ball and golf club in bag on green grass

New poll has Donald Trump leading nationally – another has him up in NH and close in Iowa

Bid for constitutional amendment to restore ex-felons’ rights not looking good for 2016 ballot

NextGen Climate calls on candidates to aspire to 50% clean energy economy by 2030

Charlie Crist 46%, Rick Baker 42% in new survey of proposed CD 13 map

Mitch Perry Report for 7.24.15 – Scary movies

Dwight Dudley leads call for $15 minimum wage in Florida at St. Pete rally

Tea Party Express endorses Ron DeSantis for U.S. Senate

Jeb Bush to address evangelical conference in Nashville next month

Mitch Perry Report for 7.23.15 – Cuba not only difference between Buckhorn and Kriseman

Marco Rubio joins GOP senators in call for HHS aid in Planned Parenthood probe