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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 21, 2016

Donald Trump continues to lead the GOP field in New Hampshire, but a new WBUR survey found a significant share of the state’s undeclared voters has yet to settle on a candidate. The New Hampshire primary is three weeks away, and candidates have been campaigning in the Granite States for weeks now. The survey found […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 20, 2016

Hillary Clinton isn’t qualified to be president. That’s the assertion Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign is making in a new television advertisement airing in New Hampshire and South Carolina. The 30-second spot — called “Disqualified” — features clips from the Fox Business debate last week. During the spot, Rubio says that Clinton is “disqualified from being […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 20, 2016

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Donald Trump has a 32-point lead over his closest competitor in Florida, a Florida Atlantic University poll reports. The New York businessman leads the pack with nearly 48 percent. His closest competitor, the survey found, is Ted Cruz at 16.3 percent. Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are neck-and-neck in Florida, with 11.1 percent and 9.5 […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 20, 2016

If one were a better person, the most likeliest general election matchup in the presidential race nine months from now would be Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton. That scenario may never happen, but based strictly on the polls, those two candidates lead their respective parties nationally. There could be an interesting debate about who might […]

Associated PressJanuary 20, 2016

Under pressure to emerge as the Republican mainstream’s presidential contender, Sen. Marco Rubio is increasingly relying on a national strategy as he lowers expectations for February’s primary contests. He’s betting big that Republican voters across the political spectrum will ultimately coalesce behind his candidacy in the state-by-state slog for delegates his team envisions for the […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 18, 2016

Last month I attended an Art Festival in the downtown area of Palm Harbor. This is a typical small town affair attracting no more than a couple of thousand people. The downtown street was closed to traffic so vendors could erect tents and displays for their wares. I volunteered to assist in the registration of […]

Scott PowersJanuary 18, 2016

It came at the very end and was only 28 words long, but Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley‘s shout-out in the Democratic Presidential Debate Sunday night caught the attention of Central Florida Puerto Ricans eager for political attention for the island. O’Malley’s comment came after debate moderator Lester Holt of NBC News asked him, essentially, “Anything […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 18, 2016

On Monday, members of Great Britain’s House of Commons are debating a striking (albeit nonbinding) proposition in the usually moribund Westminster Hall. Should GOP Presidential front runner Donald Trump be banned from the United Kingdom? For hours Monday, British parliamentarians debated it, even though no binding vote would happen on this day. Still, such a debate […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 18, 2016

Very rarely do I disagree with 10 News reporter Noah Pransky. On privacy rights, red light cameras, the “stadium saga” in St. Petersburg, and several other issues, Pransky and I are simpatico. But in regards to Pransky’s report that “Florida cities are burning your money to reduce voting,” I have to respectfully disagree. There’s no […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 18, 2016

Happy MLK Jr. Day, everybody. We’re 30 years into this day being a national holiday, and yet not even 40 percent of American businesses give the day off to their employees. Last night (at the very inconvenient hour of 9 p.m.) the three Democratic contenders for president debated in Charleston, South Carolina, two weeks before the […]

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Donald Trump leads New Hampshire poll, but many voters still undecided

Marco Rubio in new advertisement: Hillary Clinton is “disqualified” from being president

FAU poll: Donald Trump has big lead over opponents in Florida

Mitch Perry Report for 1.20.16 — Democratic Party establishment freaks out over Bernie Sanders

Marco Rubio betting on long-haul strategy to win nomination

Tim Bryce: Just listen to people and you can learn a lot

Martin O’Malley’s debate shout-out to Puerto Ricans catches Central Floridians’ attention

U.K. House of Commons debates Donald Trump ban on MLK Day

Just because cities hold their elections in odd-numbered years does not mean they’re “burning money to reduce voting”

Mitch Perry Report for 1.18.16 — Clinton and Sanders clash in Charleston