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Mitch PerryJanuary 12, 2015

With the publication of his new book, American Dreams coming out tomorrow, expect to see and hear a lot of Marco Rubio this week. On CBS’ This Morning, the Florida Senator made appearances in both hours of the morning news show, with a longer hit in the 8 a.m. Eastern time zone block to discuss […]

Associated PressJanuary 12, 2015

Jeb Bush called himself a “head-banging conservative” back in 1994 when he ran for governor of Florida on a promise to “club this government into submission.” He lost. Four years later, the Republican returned as a compassionate voice for education reform and society’s have-nots. He won. It’s a lesson that still shapes Bush’s approach to […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 12, 2015

It’s only the second Monday of the new year, but the jockeying for position amongst potential GOP presidential candidates for 2016 is in full flower. The big news in this saga was Mitt Romney’s meeting on Friday in Manhattan with around 30 former supporters, where Mittens made sure to let them know that he is […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 11, 2015

The first full week of January brought lawmakers and politicos to Tallahassee for a round of legislative committee meetings and the inauguration of Governor Rick Scott. This provided quite a clash of cultures at the local institutions where the natives mix with the out-of-towners. On one side were the legislators, lobbyists, and staffers still hungover […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 9, 2015

The Democratic Party of Florida’s nomination of former Republican Charlie Crist as its gubernatorial candidate last year was seen by most observers as a glaring example of the weakness of the party overall If U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio were to declare sometime this year that he wasn’t running for re-election for the U.S. Senate next year, […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 8, 2015

As the rumbles of a Jeb Bush presidential campaign grow louder, Ben White of POLITICO reports the former Florida governor is contemplating a preemptive disclosure of a decade’s worth of personal tax returns. The move could help eliminate comparisons to Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee who held off until September 2012 – releasing only […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 7, 2015

With convening of the 114th Congress and the swearing in this week of new governors and state representatives, the GOP on paper is sitting very pretty in the Capitol and the nation’s statehouses. Republicans now hold majorities in both the U.S. House and the Senate. They also hold 32 governorships (that included winning 4 new […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 7, 2015

Although the phrase may have originated with Occupy Wall Street, it seems like several GOP candidates for president next year will be talking about economic inequality. At least Jeb Bush will be, according to the platform he laid out with the unveiling of his new PAC, The Right to Rise, on Tuesday. “We believe the income gap […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 7, 2015

Although the phrase may have originated with Occupy Wall Street, it seems like several GOP candidates for president next year will be talking about economic inequality. At least Jeb Bush will be, according to the platform he laid out with the unveiling of his new PAC, The Right to Rise, on Tuesday. “We believe the income gap […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 6, 2015

Several days before the White House announced the U.S. would be normalizing relations with Cuba, a high school sophomore from Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood gave a speech that wowed a bipartisan group of state legislators and education advocates at a conference sponsored by the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (HCREO). In his speech, […]

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