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Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

It would be more than two-and-a-half hours before Donald Trump would appear, yet there were already hundreds of people standing in the pit area in front of the stage at the Robarts Arena in Sarasota, making sure they had a good spot last Saturday morning to see the man who has dominated American politics in 2015. Among those […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

Lisa Montelione said it was “excruciatingly hard” to decide to give up her Tampa City Council seat next year, but that’s what will happen now that she’s decided to run for the Florida Legislature in 2016. She’ll take on fellow Democrat Mike Reedy in the House District 63 primary next August, with the winner to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

President Obama hinted last week that he still may try to close the Guantánamo Bay prison through executive action when he signed an updated national defense authorization bill last week, he had no issue with a provision that maintains that the naval station at GITMO will not be closed or abandoned. The Obama administration has emphasized from […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

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Conservative Solutions PAC, the pro-Marco Rubio super PAC which has not previously aired any television ads to date, is releasing its first television ad of the campaign in the early voting states beginning Monday. The ad is called, “Marco.” “He took on the Republican establishment, and won,” a narrator says as images of the U.S. senator from […]

Mitch PerryNovember 30, 2015

Welcome back to the working world, folks. I hope you all had a glorious Thanksgiving weekend holiday. I enjoyed the time off by seeing some really good films (“Brooklyn” and a very surprisingly good “Creed“), some good football (highlighted by Stanford’s last second victory over Notre Dame, although it’s always nice to see Tom Brady […]

Mitch PerryNovember 29, 2015

Chris Christie has received of the biggest boosts to his struggling presidential aspirations this weekend, capturing the endorsement of the New Hampshire Union-Leader, the state’s biggest newspaper and an important voice in the state’s first in the nation primary. “Chris Christie is a solid, anti-abortion conservative who has managed to govern in liberal New Jersey, face down […]

Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2015

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump helicoptered into Sarasota on Saturday afternoon for his first campaign appearance since Thanksgiving, and protesters were ready for him. Two times within the first 15 minutes of his speech to an overflow crowd at Robarts arena, protesters were led out by security, causing a delay as Trump waited for the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 25, 2015

Last week, Jupiter U.S. Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Murphy joined 46 other House Democrats in voting for the SAFE Act, which requires new screening requirements for refugees from Syria and Iraq before they can enter the United States. That vote came despite a vow by President Barack Obama to veto the legislation should it […]

Mitch PerryNovember 25, 2015

Outgoing Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed an executive order Tuesday immediately restoring voting rights to more than 100,000 ex-felons convicted of nonviolent offenses. “This disenfranchisement makes no sense,” Beshear, a Democrat, said in his announcement. “It makes no sense because it dilutes the energy of democracy, which functions only if all classes and categories of people have a […]

Mitch PerryNovember 25, 2015

Marco Rubio‘s basic stump speech always features him speaking movingly about his father working hard as a bartender when he first moved to America to provide for his children, in an ode to the American dream. The Rubio campaign is now releasing a television ad featuring Rubio speaking about his father, called, “Bartender.” It’s scheduled […]

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Donald Trump supporters in Sarasota speak out

Lisa Montelione feels confident in HD 63 Democratic primary versus Mike Reedy

David Jolly boasts about his proposal on maintaining GITMO as U.S. military base signed by President Obama in NDAA

Marco Rubio super PAC releases first TV ad

Mitch Perry Report for 11.30.15 – Accuracy on the campaign trail

In endorsing Chris Christie, NH paper slams Marco Rubio

In Sarasota, Donald Trump blasts Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and especially the NY Times

Patrick Murphy’s defense of Syrian refugee vote pummeled on Facebook

Mitch Perry Report for 11.25.15 — Florida now one of 2 states withholding vote from ex-felons

Marco Rubio new TV ad focuses on his father and the American dream