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Staff ReportsApril 14, 2017

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First-term Democratic Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez is challenging to Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for Congress in 2018. The Miami Herald reports that Gonzalez is the second Democrat to file in Florida’s 27th Congressional District, recently redrawn and now leaning Democratic. In 2016, Hilary Clinton defeated Donald Trump by 20 percentage points in CD 27. […]

Mitch PerryJuly 26, 2016

About to hit 70 next month, Bill Clinton has certainly lost a bit off his oratorical fastball in recent years. But on big occasions, such as the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, nobody made a greater case to advocate for another four years for Barack Obama than did the 42nd President of the United […]

Mitch PerryJuly 26, 2016

Day One of the #DemsinPhilly was something of a hot mess — sometimes chaotic, but ultimately rewarding. But enough of what went on with me before or after entering the Wells Fargo Center yesterday afternoon. The highlight was Michelle Obama‘s address, described by some pundits as one of the finest in recent vintage, and certainly the most […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2015

There are two issues that could prevent Republican primary voters from embracing a Jeb Bush candidacy when they begin going to the polls next year – his support of the Common Core federal education standards, and his perceived “weakness” on immigration. Hours before Bush will join 13 other GOP presidential candidates in the first debate […]

Bob SparksMay 12, 2014

Last week the U.S. House of Representatives voted to create a select committee to bore into just what happened in Benghazi, Libya before, during and after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2012. Despite previous hearings by other standing committees, the select committee, unfortunately, is necessary. Congress has oversight over the agencies of the executive […]

Tag: Hilary Clinton

Miami Beach commissioner to challenge Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in 2018

Bill Clinton makes the case of Hillary to close out Tuesday night’s DNC

Mitch Perry Report for 7.26.16 — A hot mess in Philly

Jeb Bush unveils 6-point plan on immigration

Bob Sparks: With or without Democrats, Benghazi probe will go forward