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Peter SchorschOctober 6, 2015

The third quarter of 2015 closed Sept. 30, meaning campaign finance reports from congressional, legislative and local candidates have begun rolling in. State and local candidates’ reports are due by October 10th, federal candidates’ numbers by the 15th. Here are 10 fundraising reports I’ll be keeping an eye on this week and next. • Obviously, the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

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In a new 90-second video called, “Why I’m Running, “Jeb Bush displays fire in his belly during clips from a town hall meeting where he touts his success in Florida’s governor, and blasts Washington D.C. and Barack Obama directly. “The source of optimism I have is because I know the American people and its ability […]

Jac VerSteegOctober 5, 2015

Let’s discuss Jeb Bush’s “Stuff happens” comment and his campaign’s reaction to the reaction. Jeb was in South Carolina, being tossed softballs by the moderator at a conservative gathering. During a discussion about Second Amendment rights, Jeb said, “We’re in a difficult time in our country,” but “I don’t think more government necessarily is the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

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Jeb Bush says that under his tax reform plan, the average American will save nearly $2,000 in after-tax income. In an op-ed in USA Today last week, Bush wrote that that translate, “Two thousand dollars is four mortgage payments for the median American household; or eight months of gas; or six months of utilities; or about three months of groceries. Better […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

Blaise Ingoglia and the Republican Party of Florida’s big Sunshine Summit is looking a lot better than it was a couple of weeks ago. That’s when only native sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio had committed to the mid-November fundraising event for the RPOF, creating the possible scenario of the majority of Republican presidential candidates […]

Brendan FarringtonOctober 5, 2015

Jeb Bush follows Donald Trump on Twitter but that’s a one-way street: Trump mainly follows people with a connection to himself. Ted Cruz‘s follow list is a big tea party, though he keeps an eye on President Barack Obama, too. Marco Rubio seems open to following everyone under the sun — Democrats, fellow Republicans, insiders […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

Welcome to the first Monday in October, where in Tampa the temperatures began this morning in the upper 60’s… Lots going on in pop culture and sports this past weekend, but let’s stick with hard news and talk about the issue of gun violence in America in the wake of the latest mass shooting in […]

Peter SchorschOctober 4, 2015

Earlier this week, POLITICO ran “5 Reasons to Bet $5 on Marco Rubio” and tried to make the case for a path to the presidency for Florida’s talented junior senator. Rubio has had very good showings in the first two debates — the same in which Jeb Bush had performed at what charitably might be called a workmanlike […]

Guest AuthorOctober 4, 2015

So again, Jeb Bush belittles black people. After a decade of uniform disdain for black life, Bush’s view amounts to the pejorative “free-stuff” argument — food stamps, Head Start, unemployment (not necessarily free), which black people tend to take advantage of “disproportionately,” as a Washington Post article put it. That, Bush says, is the cause […]

Mitch PerryOctober 4, 2015

Florida’s two presidential candidates – Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio- remain in the middle of the pack in two new polls taken in Iowa and New Hampshire and released on Sunday. Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican field in both states, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist surveys. In New Hampshire, Trump now holds a […]

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3rd-quarter fundraising reports to keep an eye on

Jeb Bush calls Washington culture “incompetent,” “corrupt” in new ad

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: When Jeb opens his mouth, 'stuff happens'

Jeb Bush ad asks: What will you do with that extra $2,000 my tax cut will bring you?

Chris Christie and Rand Paul added to RPOF Sunshine Summit

The Twitter follow lists of the 2016 candidates

Mitch Perry Report for 10.5.15 – O’Malley and Clinton unveil plans to address gun violence

Peter Schorsch: Is it time to bet on Jeb Bush again?

Chris Timmons: It's time the GOP realizes the human complexity of black experience

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio still in middle of the pack in new Iowa, NH polls