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Mitch PerryAugust 31, 2015

The biggest news on the presidential front this weekend was the Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll that shows Bernie Sanders down just seven points to Hillary Clinton in Iowa, 37-30 percent. The presumptive front-runner has lost a third of her supporters since May in first caucus state in nation. So will the mainstream media begin taking […]

Mitch PerryAugust 30, 2015

Republican Party of Florida party chairs and committee members met this weekend in Tampa. Here are some of things that we learned about the state of the party going into the fall of 2015. 1 – Blaise Ingoglia is serious about reforming the party – at least when it comes to outreach. The RPOF is getting […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2015

The four Republican candidates attempting to succeed Marco Rubio as the next Senator from Florida convened together for the first time on Saturday morning in Tampa. The four men – Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Congressmen David Jolly and Ron DeSantis, and former military veteran and CIA officer Todd Wilcox – are so little known that […]

Mitch PerryAugust 28, 2015

Although they were already scheduled to speak on Saturday morning, three of the four Republicans running for the Senate in Florida took advantage of an opportunity to ingratiate themselves with dozens of Republican Party chairs throughout the Sunshine State on Friday night at the Republican Party of Florida’s summer quarterly meeting in Tampa (David […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2015

From all accounts, former Clinton Administration member Nancy Soderberg is “ready for Hillary.” Word is that she’s going to be putting in work on the campaign. She’ll have more time to do just that in the coming months, as the Lenny Curry administration let the former Deputy National Security Advisor know this week that her services no […]

Mitch PerryAugust 28, 2015

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The perception that the youth vote has always belongs to the Democrats is not accurate, says GOP pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson. In 2000, she says, George W. Bush and Al Gore split the youth vote, as well as those voters older than 65. But that split certainly occurred in 2008 and even more so in 2012, when Barack […]

Bob SparksAugust 28, 2015

Down deep, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham may already know whether she will run for re-election next year. With the Florida House and Senate in agreement on the new look of her District 2 and Corrine Brown’s District 5, the writing (or map) appears to be on the wall. Graham is doing the right thing by […]

Bob SparksAugust 27, 2015

Down deep, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham may already know whether she will run for re-election next year. With the Florida House and Senate in agreement on the new look of her District 2 and Corrine Brown’s District 5, the writing (or map) appears to be on the wall. Graham is doing the right thing by […]

Drew WilsonAugust 27, 2015

A University of Virginia-backed political blog predicts former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will still win the Democratic presidential nomination. According to a report released Thursday, Clinton’s prospective victory would be despite lingering controversy over her use of a private email account for official business or the possibility of Vice President Joe Biden entering the […]

Mitch PerryAugust 27, 2015

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The conventional wisdom among some political observers is that whatever is happening this summer in U.S. politics, next year’s presidential contest will inevitably come down to a Jeb v. Hillary contest. Whether that will happen will be known soon enough. In the interim, Jeb Bush‘s campaign team continues to look past Donald Trump and aim […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.31.15 – Taking Bernie Sanders seriously

Five things we learned from this weekend’s Florida GOP quarterly meeting in Tampa

Four GOP U.S. Senate candidates make their cases at Florida GOP meeting in Tampa

At Florida GOP quarterly meeting, Ron DeSantis blasts Hillary Clinton as acting above the law

Nancy Soderberg, ready for Hillary, bounced from JAXPORT board

GOP pollster schools RPOF on millennial generation’s priorities, how to win their vote

Gwen Graham will soon reveal her 2016 intentions

Bob Sparks: Gwen Graham will soon reveal her 2016 intentions

Sabato’s Crystal Ball predicts Hillary Clinton will still get Democratic nod

In new Web ad Jeb Bush attacks Hillary Clinton on (his) transparency vs. (her) secrecy