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Guest AuthorOctober 25, 2016

If you ask most Americans, they will tell you they can’t wait for this year’s presidential election to be over. The 2016 presidential campaign has been one with no decorum or class — a very dirty, vicious political race. It has exasperated an already overblown antipathy toward American politics and those who govern us. Americans […]

Mitch PerryOctober 25, 2016

Attention political junkies: not every voter pays attention to politics until right before the election, which is why that ad by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee “dramatizing” David Jolly standing with Donald Trump was so egregious. The ad — one of the most controversial of any produced this season in American politics — was immediately denounced by the Jolly campaign, who […]

Mitch PerryOctober 24, 2016

Although Donald Trump’s campaign manager admitted on Sunday that her candidate is trailing to Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, that wasn’t the sentiment of some of his 15,000 fans who filled the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater in Tampa Monday night. “I think he’s going to win in a landslide,” said Clearwater resident Joe Kotow, who said […]

Associated PressOctober 24, 2016

A defiant Donald Trump blamed his campaign struggles on “phony polls” from the “disgusting” media on Monday, fighting to energize his most loyal supporters as his path to the presidency shrinks. With just 14 days until the election, the Republican nominee campaigned in battleground Florida as his team conceded publicly as well as privately that […]

Staff ReportsOctober 24, 2016

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Hillary Clinton is hoping to reach out to the African-American community in a new TV ad. The Clinton campaign released a new advertisement Monday. Shot in barber shops and beauty salons, the 30-second spot features voters explaining why they are voting for Clinton in November. “I don’t want someone running the country as a business,” […]

Mitch PerryOctober 24, 2016

Marco Rubio has been making the case that Patrick Murphy hasn’t accomplished much of anything during his four years in the House of Representatives. Now, with the polls tightening, he’s saying the voting record of his Democratic rival in the U.S. Senate race is also too liberal. “Why does someone lie about their background, about things that […]

Joe HendersonOctober 24, 2016

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One of the themes of Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the presidency has been her opposition to Citizens United. From the podium, she preaches that she doesn’t like the idea of the wealthy few using their money to buy influence over policies that determine the future for the rest of us. She says he wants to […]

Staff ReportsOctober 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is up with a new advertisement, this time featuring the father of a deceased Muslim American solider. The 60-second spot, called “Captain Khan,” features Khizr Khan, the father of Humayun Khan, a Muslim American soldier killed in Iraq in 2004. In the advertisement, Khan tells the story of what happened on the […]

Staff ReportsOctober 24, 2016

Grab your checkbook, it’s last call to attend a Hillary Clinton fundraiser. Clinton is scheduled to hold her final fundraiser in Florida this week. The event is scheduled for Tuesday at the Pinecrest home of Chris Korge, a top Democratic fundraiser. “This is going to be the largest fundraising event in Florida history with your help,” […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 24, 2016

She might be one of the most disliked presidential candidates in modern memory, but Floridians appear to support Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump for president. A new poll by the Florida Chamber Political Institute shows Clinton leads Trump, 46 percent to 42 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson received 5 percent support, while Green Party candidate Jill […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 10.25.16 — DCCC ad linking Trump to Jolly goes away, but has the damage been done?

At Donald Trump rally in Tampa, supporters remain confident about his chances

Donald Trump rejects ‘phony’ polls, insists ‘we are winning’

African-American voters make case for Hillary Clinton in new ad

At Sun City Center, Marco Rubio derides Patrick Murphy as an ‘old-fashioned liberal’

Joe Henderson: Hillary Clinton, Citizens United and ‘never-ending’ thirst for cash

Khizr Khan featured in new Hillary Clinton ad airing in Florida

Final fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in Florida scheduled for Tuesday

Florida Chamber poll: Hillary 46%, Donald Trump 42%