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Mitch PerryMay 4, 2015

Two Republicans who have never held elected office — Ben Carson and Carly Florina — are set to officially declare their candidacy for the GOP nomination for president on Monday. Carson will do it in his hometown of Detroit; Fiorina reportedly will just issue a statement, although though she will appear in an interview with […]

Mitch PerryApril 20, 2015

All the heavyweights for the GOP presidential 2016 race were in Nashua, New Hampshire this weekend — Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. While those six men are always mentioned when it comes to “serious” contenders, more that a dozen other men — and one woman — who […]

James CallApril 14, 2015

Efforts to put the brakes on the use of red-light cameras by municipalities stalled in the Florida Senate on Tuesday, but is continuing to cruise in the House. Sen. Jeff Brandes and Rep. Brian Avila say the money the cameras raise in fines should be used for public safety programs. An OPPAGA report found that most of the […]

Mitch PerryApril 7, 2015

The big news in presidential politics Tuesday is Rand Paul‘s official entry into the campaign, making him only the second Republican to formally enter the contest, joining Ted Cruz. Marco Rubio is scheduled to join them next week by announcing his candidacy in Miami. At the same time a new poll published by Monmouth University in New Jersey […]

Mitch PerryApril 2, 2015

It’s good news and bad news for Jeb Bush and his supporters in a new Quinnipiac survey of Republican primary voters in Florida. The former governor continues to lead the field of potential 2016 candidates with 24 percent. That’s 9 percentage points more than the next candidate in Florida, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who comes […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 21, 2014

The GOP is in need of a unifier in a bad way! There seem to be Republicans who believe they have proprietary rights about who is allowed to call themselves a Republican. Let’s get one thing straight — one wing of the party cannot determine who and who is not a Republican any more than […]

Peter SchorschAugust 24, 2013

Perhaps my Twitter account had been hacked. Maybe I had bumped my head. There was even a conspiracy that I had succumbed to a political payoff. Whatever the reason, my followers on Twitter could not believe what I tweeted. That’s because this avowed progressive and Charlie Crist acolyte dared to write something positive about Republican […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.4.15 — New week, many new GOP presidential candidates

Mitch Perry: What happened in New Hampshire this weekend

Red-light camera crackdown stalls in Senate, gets green light in House

Monmouth University poll shows wide open 2016 GOP field, with Jeb Bush on top

Jeb Bush losing ground in Florida, new Quinnipiac Poll finds

Jamie Miller: Who is going to unify the GOP?

Peter Schorsch: Giving Credit to Rick Scott, If Still Not Embracing Him