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Associated PressAugust 2, 2016

For Donald Trump, it’s become a familiar pattern. The Republican nominee can’t let go of a perceived slight, no matter the potential damage to his presidential campaign or political reputation. Trump spent the days after winning the Republican nomination criticizing a U.S. district court judge’s Mexican heritage. The morning after accepting the Republican nomination at […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterAugust 1, 2016

A prominent Jeb Bush aide has said she might vote for Hillary Clinton come November. Sally Bradshaw told CNN Monday she has left the Republican Party to become an independent. Bradshaw, a close adviser to Bush, also said if the presidential race in Florida is close, she will vote for Clinton come Election Day. “This election […]

Associated PressAugust 1, 2016

The presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are heading to Florida next week. The campaign of the Republican nominee announced Saturday that Trump will hold an afternoon town hall meeting in Daytona Beach and an early evening rally in Jacksonville. Both events are scheduled for Wednesday. The campaign did not announce the exact […]

Associated PressJuly 31, 2016

Both the NFL and the Commission on Presidential Debates are rejecting Republican Donald Trump‘s assertions about the fall debates, which the billionaire businessman says have been rigged by his opponents to draw a smaller audience by scheduling two of them at the same time as a football game. Trump began by making an accusation in […]

Joe HendersonJuly 29, 2016

A convention two weeks that marked plagiarism from Donald Trump’s wife and a small-but-noisy insurrection by Bernie Sanders’ supporters has concluded with … what? Good question. It appears the American public is flummoxed over the choice of an obnoxious and potentially dangerous billionaire against a scandal-coated representative from the nation’s ruling class. Or, maybe it’s […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2016

Good morning, Well, I’m glad it just started raining in Philadelphia, because I didn’t set an alarm, and a plane awaits to go to whisk me to Tampa in a few hours, so not much time for any insights from this week. Let’s just say this: When Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim-American soldier slain in […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2016

PHILADELPHIA- It wasn’t as strong a speech as others gave at the Democratic National Convention, but, to paraphrase an infamous line said to her in 2008, it was good enough. Hillary Clinton gave an hour-long speech at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Thursday night, trying to make the case to the public that […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 11:35 p.m. Balloons are falling on Hillary Clinton‘s convention in Philadelphia. Red, white and blue balloons are raining down on Democrats and blanketing the stage as Clinton and vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine celebrate their nomination with their families. The convention-closing […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 11:26 p.m. Hillary Clinton is calling on voters to “stand up to bullies.” She says her mother never let her back down from a challenge, and “literally blocked the door” when a young Hillary tried to hide from a neighborhood bully. […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 1:18 p.m. Hillary Clinton is questioning whether Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has the temperament to be commander in chief. She says Trump “can’t even handle the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign.” Clinton says Trump loses his cool at the “slightest […]

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Donald Trump’s trap: GOP nominee can’t let go of perceived slights

Report: Sally Bradshaw says she may vote for Hillary Clinton

Presidential campaigns heading to battleground state Florida

Officials dismiss Donald Trump’s assertions about NFL and debates

Joe Henderson: Convention wrap up — is it November yet?

Mitch Perry Report for 7.29.16 — Goodbye from Philadelphia

Hillary Clinton makes her case to be the next President of the United States

Balloons drop, mark end of Hillary Clinton’s convention

Hillary Clinton urges voters ‘to stand up to bullies’

Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump can’t be trusted with nukes