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Mitch PerryJuly 8, 2015

The furor over Donald Trump‘s comments about Mexican immigrants shows no sign of diminishing with ESPN deciding Tuesday to pull its charity golf tournament from his Southern California course . It’s been a very rough week for the celebrity/businessman/GOP presidential candidate, with major corporations such as Macy’s, NBC and Univision cutting ties with him in the wake of […]

Daniel TilsonJuly 7, 2015

Dog Days of Summer, indeed. For lots of Major League Baseball fans like me, that describes the sultry stretch of the six-month regular season when many a contending team has historically succumbed to accumulated stress, fallen into a slump and out of contention. For other folks, that phrase describes any prolonged stretch of steamy summertime […]

Mitch PerryJuly 7, 2015

Marco Rubio has branded his candidacy as being all about the “New American Century,” and how he as a 44-year-old legislator has the wisdom and the intelligence to lead us in these economically confusing and challenging times. In a major domestic speech laden with ideas on job creation in the 21st century given Tuesday morning in Chicago, […]

Associated PressJuly 6, 2015

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is suggesting Jeb Bush is out of step with Republican principles in the party’s presidential race. Bush departs from some conservative Republicans with his policies on immigration and education. The former Florida governor has said GOP presidential candidates should be willing to “lose the primary to win the general” election. Jindal […]

Mitch PerryJuly 6, 2015

Conservative Solutions Project, a nonprofit group supporting Marco Rubio, announced Monday it has raised $15.8 million, which will allow it to extend its national cable ad featuring the Florida senator slamming the U.S.-Iran nuclear nuclear negotiations. That information came via a statement made by Pat Shortridge, the president of the Conservative Solutions Project. “Due to the […]

Associated PressJuly 3, 2015

2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney will be hosting two rival Republican presidential contenders at a holiday sleepover Friday evening. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will both be staying over at Romney’s property in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, an aide to Romney confirmed. The aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity […]

Phil AmmannJuly 3, 2015

July 4 may mean a day off for most Americans, but not so for National Republicans. In a campaign memo, the Republican National Committee announced it is using the holiday as the “next phase in its ground game strategy” – with a series of events happening at the earliest time in several election cycles. On […]

Ryan RayJuly 2, 2015

Communications director for the Florida Democratic Party Joshua Karp is leaving his post to join U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy‘s Democratic campaign to replace outgoing Marco Rubio in the Senate. Karp will remain with the FDP, where press secretary and Twitter gadfly extraordinaire Max Steele is set to replace him, until the end of the month. He has worked with […]

Mitch PerryJuly 2, 2015

There’s no crying in baseball. Remember that maxim handed down to us via Tom Hanks‘ character to Madonna‘s in 1992’s A League of Their Own? But there is heartbreak. Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco came within one strike of throwing the Indians’ first no-hitter since Len Barker‘s perfect game way back […]

Mitch PerryJuly 1, 2015

Although much of the Florida Congressional delegation is critical, Tampa Bay area Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor hails President Barack Obama‘s announcement that the U.S. and Cuba are ready to reopen embassies in each other’s capitals. “Today we turn the page on 50 years of acrimony between our two countries with the intent to empower the […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.8.15 — Could Francisco Sanchez become 2016’s Willie Horton?

Dan Tilson: Courageous conjunction can help Florida Democrats through dog days

In Chicago, Marco Rubio describes vision to create jobs if elected

Bobby Jindal says Jeb Bush willing to hide GOP principles

Marco Rubio nonprofit announces it has raised $15.8 million

Marco Rubio, Chris Christie planning sleepover with the Mitt Romneys

GOP using July 4 events as national “day of action” for ground game

FDP comms director Joshua Karp signs on with Patrick Murphy’s U.S. Senate bid

Mitch Perry Report for 7.2.15 — A call to (healthy) arms

Kathy Castor hails Obama announcement on opening an embassy in Havana