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Associated PressJune 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton‘s campaign raised more than $27 million for her primary campaign in May and more than $13.5 million for the Democratic National Committee and state parties. Clinton’s campaign says it enters June with more than $42 million in the bank as it nears the end of the primaries against Democratic rival Bernie Sanders. Clinton has […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2016

Given that Hillary Clinton needs just 73 delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination for president, there is speculation she could become the de facto nominee even before Californians finish voting next Tuesday night. There is a total of six states where Democrats go to the polls next week, with the big one being the Golden […]

Associated PressJune 1, 2016

Donald Trump‘s heated war with the media reached new heights as he turned the brag-worthy feat of raising $5.6 million for veterans’ charities into a sparring match with reporters pressing him on the issue. “The press should be ashamed of themselves,” a defensive Trump railed during a Tuesday news conference at Trump Tower, called to […]

Scott PowersMay 31, 2016

A retired Air Force brigadier general and a retired Navy rear admiral both expressed strong confidence in Democrat Hillary Clinton and condemnation of Republican Donald Trump as possible presidents Tuesday. Retired Brig. Gen. John Douglass of Cocoa Beach and retired Rear Adm. Gene Kendall of Fernandina Beach aimed their opinions toward Florida voters Tuesday, in a press call organized by Clinton’s presidential campaign. They were […]

Associated PressMay 31, 2016

Donald Trump trails Hillary Clinton by months, even years, in using fast-evolving digital campaigning to win over voters, data specialists working with the GOP say. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has dismissed the science that defines 21st-century political campaigns, a tool that President Barack Obama used effectively in winning two terms and the Clinton campaign […]

Peter SchorschMay 30, 2016

While Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez enjoys a double-digit lead in his bid for re-election, a new poll finds that more than one-third of primary voters remain unsure. That represents a substantial cross-section of the electorate who could tip the balance in the Aug. 30 primary. A new survey of 600 likely voters, conducted by business […]

Associated PressMay 30, 2016

Donald Trump calls his presidential campaign a mass movement, but he must show he can coax enough support from voters who twice delivered the White House to Barack Obama. The billionaire businessman depended almost exclusively on conservative and GOP-leaning whites – a majority of them men – to secure the Republican nomination. Now he must […]

Mitch PerryMay 30, 2016

Monday may be a national holiday, but Bernie Sanders wasn’t taking the day off from critiquing his Democratic presidential opponent, slamming Hillary Clinton for her position on how to to deal with the huge financial crisis enveloping Puerto Rico. “As has happened many times before, Secretary Clinton has changed her mind and is inching closer […]

Tom JacksonMay 26, 2016

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Bernie Sanders might be the only person in America who still doesn’t “care about [Hillary Clinton’s] damn emails.” But the State Department inspector general’s withering report on the matter certainly has everyone else’s attention. And now even those buried deep for more than a year in Ready-for-Hillary denial knows, irrefutably: Everything the Democratic Party’s presidential […]

Guest AuthorMay 26, 2016

Nobody would claim that elected officials are an inherently truthful breed. Even the honest ones, of whom there are many, are required to stretch the truth, engage in hyperbole, bite their tongues, avert their eyes, and sometimes even spout little white lies in order to get elected or re-elected. This is due in no small […]

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Hillary Clinton raises $27M for primary campaign in May

Bill Nelson again calls on Bernie Sanders to drop out of presidential race

Testy Donald Trump takes his war with the press to a new level

Retired general officers urge support for Hillary Clinton, trash Donald Trump

On cutting-edge voter data, Donald Trump critically behind Hillary Clinton

New poll shows Carlos Gimenez with double-digit lead over Raquel Regalado, but is his support soft?

Donald Trump’s movement campaign needs adjustments at margins

Bernie Sanders calls Hillary Clinton’s plans for Puerto Rico, “Too little, too late”

Tom Jackson: After IG report, only Bernie Sanders doesn’t care about Hillary Clinton email treachery

Michael Richardson: When truth is the loser