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Mitch PerryNovember 12, 2015

Overnight returns give Fox Business Network’s prime-time GOP presidential debate an 8.9 rating among households and 13.5 million viewers in prime-time. That’s just shy of the 9.5 rating and 14 million viewers earned by CNBC’s recent coverage for the third. Although it’s not nearly as large as the gaudy ratings numbers that Fox and CNN […]

Mitch PerryNovember 12, 2015

Florida will become ground zero for the GOP presidential campaign this weekend in Orlando, when the Republican Party of Florida kicks off it’s three-day Sunshine Summit with a speech by former Vice President Dick Cheney, followed by two days of speeches from 13 of the 15 candidates running for the nomination. On Monday night however, […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2015

Former GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole is endorsing Jeb Bush for president and will serve as the 2016 GOP candidate’s chairman for veterans outreach. “I consider nearly all the Republican candidates to be my friends, but I have determined that Jeb Bush is the most qualified,” Dole said in a prepared statement issued by the Bush campaign […]

Phil AmmannNovember 11, 2015

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Relations between presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are “fine,” even as footage from the Milwaukee Republican Party debate show some tension between the two Floridians. As reported by Corrine Cathcart of ABC News, Bush appeared to brush off Rubio’s attempt to speak with him during a commercial break at the debate Tuesday night. […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2015

The odds were stacked against him last night, and there were many who were writing him off before last night’s debate. And yet he had a breakthrough performance at the GOP’s 4th presidential debate in Milwaukee. Jeb Bush? No, Rand Paul. Paul’s been down so far this election cycle that the only stories you seem […]

Associated PressNovember 11, 2015

Marco Rubio emerged unscathed. Ben Carson defended his integrity. Donald Trump flashed his dominant personality. And Jeb Bush avoided disaster. Mission accomplished. Aided by tentative questioning, the GOP’s top presidential candidates executed their strategies with little resistance in Tuesday night’s prime-time debate. Yet with no breakout moments — good or bad — the muddled status […]

Associated PressNovember 10, 2015

For some Republican presidential candidates, the party’s first three primary debates have been pivotal proving grounds that have strengthened their campaigns or shaken their supporters. Ben Carson isn’t among them. The famously mild-mannered Carson has largely avoided making headlines in the widely watched televised events, often willing to cede the spotlight to more verbose rivals […]

Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2015

According to a report in Tuesday’s New York Times, Right to Rise, the Jeb Bush-backed Super PAC, may be attacking Marco Rubio for his position on abortion rights. The newspaper reports that Mike Murphy, Right to Rise’s chief strategist, recently showed some Republicans a video portraying Rubio as too extreme on abortion. In the first GOP […]

Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2015

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According to a report in Tuesday’s New York Times, the Jeb Bush super PAC Right to Rise may spend up to $20 million in ads attacking Marco Rubio. The Rubio camp’s answer seems to be along the lines of Bring.It.On. Shortly after the story went live online Monday night, the Rubio campaign sent an e-mail to supporters, […]

Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2015

The Marco Rubio campaign is making the most out of the blockbuster story in Tuesday’s New York Times about the Jeb Bush campaign about to go nuclear on Rubio. Specifically, Right to Rise, Bush’s super PAC, is apparently ready to spend $20 million in attacking Rubio. “Part of running for president is you have to put your big […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.12.15 — Does the DNC want anyone to watch its debates?

Sunshine Summit set to kick off

Bob Dole joins Jeb Bush campaign

Despite apparent tension, Marco Rubio says things are “fine” with Jeb Bush

Mitch Perry Report for 11.11.15 – The return of Rand Paul to the GOP presidential race

Analysis: No breakouts in GOP debate; muddled status quo

For Ben Carson, debates have played limited role in his rise

NARAL Pro-Choice America revels in Jeb Bush vs. Marco Rubio abortion spat

Anticipating attacks, Marco Rubio campaign posts Web ad showing Jeb Bush praising him

Mitch Perry Report for 11.10.15 – Right to Rise ready to go nuclear on Rubio?