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Peter SchorschSeptember 8, 2015

If you’re keeping track of time, there is B.T. and A.T.: Before Trump and After Trump. At the beginning of summer, there were (at least) 10 big questions facing Florida politics. But those questions, particularly the ones involving the myriad of presidential candidates hailing from the Sunshine State, are so B.T. On June 16, Donald Trump entered the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 4, 2015

Marco Rubio opposes giving Puerto Rico the same type of bankruptcy protection available to U.S. towns and cities mired in fiscal crisis, he writes in an op-ed published in both Spanish and English today in El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico’s largest daily newspaper. “While some have suggested Washington can deliver a silver bullet solution to […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 3, 2015

Marco Rubio likes to say he’s representing the future of the Grand Old Party. (An oxymoron, no?) He’s a new face, he’s young, he’s definitely not “low-energy” or overly familiar (Jeb Bush; Hillary Clinton), he’s sane (not Rand Paul), he has charisma (not Scott Walker), he’s unflappable (not Chris Christie), he’s not brash and false […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 3, 2015

In an oped in Conservative Review, current United States Representative and Senate candidate Ron DeSantis minces no words regarding the National Security concerns created by Hillary Clinton‘s well-documented email issues. “This is a serious test of the republican character of our system of government,” DeSantis writes. DeSantis takes issue with the whole process, but focuses in on […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 3, 2015

There’s excitement in some quarters this week as it now appears that Carly Fiorina will appear in the second Republican Presidential debate taking place in 13 days in Los Angeles (Okay, Simi Valley, officially). Meanwhile, we’re still more than five weeks away before the first Democratic Presidential debate. And why is that? While some may say […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 2, 2015

For the past three years in the Florida Legislature, attempts to enact a pilot needle exchange program in Miami-Dade County have been unsuccessful. Plantation House Democrat Katie Edwards , though, is going to give it another shot next year. Edwards has filed legislation that aims to alleviate transmission of the HIV and Hepatitis viruses among intravenous drug […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 2, 2015

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For the second straight day, Jeb Bush is taking on Donald Trump directly regarding ideology. Tuesday, the Bush camp posted a web ad featuring Trump parroting liberal positions over the years. On Wednesday, the former Florida governor, who trails Trump everywhere in the polls (including Florida) has posted a quiz on his website asking, “Which candidate are you?” It’s […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 1, 2015

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Jeb Bush has been pounded by Donald Trump for weeks, and the former Florida governor is finally showing signs of life by returning fire. In a new Web ad, Trump is featured speaking in video clips going back to 1999 (on “Meet the Press” with the late Tim Russert) talking about liberal positions he’s held […]

Guest AuthorAugust 31, 2015

That Donald Trump leads national polls in the Republican race for president is interesting – but hardly a predictor of the outcome of the election. In fact, based on the recent history of presidential elections it’s not likely that Trump will be the Republican nominee. In the last presidential election without an incumbent, front-runners in […]

Mitch PerryAugust 31, 2015

Call it the Donald Trump/Ted Cruz effect, but the Florida Republicans running for Senate next year seem to be as determined to run as much against “Washington” as they do their ultimate Democratic opponent. At the Republican Party of Florida’s summer quarterly meeting this weekend in Tampa, David Jolly, Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Ron DeSantis all […]

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Peter Schorsch: Answers to top 10 big questions in Florida politics lurch into view

In op-ed, Marco Rubio disdains bankruptcy protection for Puerto Rico

Chris Timmons: The future is Marco Rubio's for the taking

Ron DeSantis: Hillary Clinton emails are a National Security disaster

Mitch Perry Report for 9.3.15 – The DNC’s nondebate strategy

Katie Edwards introduces needle exchange bill in Legislature

Jeb Bush attacks Donald Trump’s conservative bona fides via quiz

Jeb Bush brings back Donald Trump’s liberal past in new web ad

Jeff Kottkamp: History says Donald Trump unlikely to win nomination

Kathy Castor shares Florida GOP Senate candidates’ frustration with Congress