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Phil AmmannJune 25, 2015

With businessman Donald Trump entering the race for the GOP presidential nomination, a new Fox News poll found a shift in the leader board, with both Trump and Jeb Bush receiving bumps after their formal announcements. On the list of Republican contenders, Bush leads with his best showing yet, getting 15 percent support among primary […]

Phil AmmannJune 25, 2015

Right to Rise, the super PAC supporting Jeb Bush’s presidential run, started its first New Hampshire ad on Wednesday. NH1.com first reported on the 30-second spot, called “Run to Win,” which broadcast online in the first-in-the-nation primary state, as well as Iowa, the first caucus state in the presidential primary. A spokesperson said the ad, […]

Phil AmmannJune 25, 2015

Jeb Bush expressed dissatisfaction with the U.S. Supreme Court decision that tax subsidies are still available to all those enrolled in an Obamacare plan, through either a state or the federal health insurance exchange. In a 6-3 ruling Thursday, the court affirmed the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in King v. Burwell. The decision […]

Mitch PerryJune 25, 2015

Since being elected in 2010, Rick Scott has never been shy about traveling across the country aiming to recruit companies to do business in the Sunshine State, regardless of whether he’s been invited. Already this year he went cold-calling CEOs in California and Pennsylvania, and Thursday he visits another blue state: Connecticut. In advance of […]

Mitch PerryJune 25, 2015

On the first day of December last year, Jeb Bush made a comment at the Wall Street CEO Council meeting that reverberates more than half a year later. Arguing for a more centrist GOP, Bush said a nominee should “lose the primary to win the general without violating your principles.” It was a bold statement, indicating that […]

Mitch PerryJune 25, 2015

It’s been widely assumed that Jacksonville area Congressman Ron DeSantis won’t be the only Republican running for the Senate seat being vacated by Marco Rubio next year, but he’s the only official candidate as of Thursday morning, some 14 months before Republicans will make that choice. Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera made an announcement Saturday that […]

Mitch PerryJune 24, 2015

Most agricultural producers in the U.S. do not receive subsidies, as they compete in the open market on the basis of efficiency. Sugar producers, on the other hand, would probably be hard pressed to operate without the high prices guaranteed by government limitations on imports. The result is that the American consumer pays two to three times […]

Phil AmmannJune 24, 2015

Jeb Bush tapped two major Republican fundraisers to lead his national finance team: billionaire New York Jets owner Woody Johnson as chair, with Jack Oliver as co-chair. Johnson has been spending much time helping out the former Florida governor in the lead up to his presidential campaign, reports the Miami Herald, such as lending his […]

Mitch PerryJune 24, 2015

Jeb Bush likes to boast on the campaign trail that he used to be called “Veto Corleone,” so paramount was his mission to stamp out what he considered excessive and unnecessary government spending from the annual state budget while he was Florida’s governor. Bush has nothing on Rick Scott. The current Florida governor on Tuesday […]

Mitch PerryJune 23, 2015

Although it should go without saying that polls conducted as the summer of 2015 commence may not have anything to do with what happens in the winter of 2016, nevertheless they are the “snapshot in time,” as the proverbial phrase goes regarding where the electorate stands. That should be good news for Jeb Bush in […]

Tag: Jeb Bush

Fox News: Jeb Bush leads, Donald Trump enters top tier in post-announcement polling

Jeb Bush super PAC launches first New Hampshire ad

Responding to King v. Burwell decision, Jeb Bush calls to “repeal and replace” ACA

Rick Scott tells Morning Joe audience that “Florida is on fire” as he attempts to woo Connecticut CEO’s

Bobby Jindal’s jab at Jeb Bush not first at comment on “losing the primary to win the general”

Mitch Perry Report 6.25.15 — Jeff Miller now in for GOP Senate bid?

Are Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio out of step with GOP on maintaining sugar subsidies?

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson tapped as Jeb Bush campaign finance chair

Mitch Perry Report for 6.24.15 — Rick Scott wins again

New NH poll shows Jeb Bush as the early leader, with Donald Trump right behind him