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Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2015

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the working week. Well, we’re 98 days until the Iowa caucuses, a political lifetime away, right? Well, yes and know. The trend there had been set, but that turned upside down last week when Ben Carson swooped over Donald Trump in two polls taken from the Hawkeye State. Now, I […]

Associated PressOctober 25, 2015

Vice President Joe Biden says he decided against running for president because he “couldn’t win,” not because he would have had too little time to get a campaign up and running. “I’ll be very blunt. If I thought we could’ve put together the campaign … that our supporters deserve and our contributors deserved, … I […]

Associated PressOctober 25, 2015

A huge majority of Republican voters prefer an outsider candidate to one with experience in Washington, and most see political rookies Donald Trump and Ben Carson as possible general election winners, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Carson tops the field as the most positively viewed candidate among Republicans, the poll shows. Some things to […]

Drew WilsonOctober 25, 2015

US Rep. David Jolly rebuked former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton for downplaying the extent of the Veterans Administration health care scandal on a cable news show. “Mrs. Clinton’s remarks are a direct affront to every man and woman who has defended our freedom and security,” Jolly said. “Make no mistake, veterans lost their lives […]

Phil AmmannOctober 24, 2015

After a pivotal week, the presidential race has become a tale of two parties on sharply different trajectories: Hillary Rodham Clinton has tightened her grip on the Democratic nomination while Republican concern is reaching new heights. Some officials are even considering what could turn into a GOP civil war to stop Donald Trump — with […]

Associated PressOctober 23, 2015

Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Friday he’s ending his quixotic Democratic presidential campaign after failing to gain traction against Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders. “After much thought I have decided to end my campaign for president today,” Chafee said at a women’s forum held by the Democratic National Committee. “But I would […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2015

The last time the local media heard from former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown was the end of June, at a combination farewell address and employee appreciation event that sounded not a little bit like the campaign speeches of yesteryear. He said, at the time, that he was taking his children on a vacation. Presumably, the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 22, 2015

Today could be an interesting day locally and nationally, or it could just another day of unfulfilled hype: The St. Pete City Council gets together once again to decide on proposals that would allow the Tampa Bay Rays to talk to officials in Hillsborough County, a subject we’ve been down more than a few times […]

Phil AmmannOctober 21, 2015

Now that Vice President Joe Biden has bowed out of the 2016 presidential race, Republicans are lamenting the loss of what could have been a stumbling block for Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. In a prepared statement released Wednesday, Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus said Biden’s decision not to enter the 2016 race is […]

Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2015

Hillary Clinton is dominating the Democratic contest in Florida, and there appears to be little appetite for a Joe Biden candidacy. A new University of North Florida statewide poll of Democratic primary likely voters shows that if the primary were held today, 54.6 percent would vote for Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders is in second place with […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 10.26.15 – Iowa

Joe Biden opted out on 2016 Dem race because he ‘couldn’t win’

AP poll: Republicans prefer an outsider candidate

David Jolly blasts Hillary Clinton for minimizing VA health scandal

GOP, Dems moving in opposite directions after a pivotal week

Lincoln Chafee ends his presidential campaign

Where in the world is Alvin Brown?

Mitch Perry Report for 10.22.15 – Freedom Caucus hearts Paul Ryan?

RNC responds to Joe Biden announcement

Joe Biden distant 3rd in new Florida Democratic presidential poll