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Mitch PerryJune 16, 2015

Good morning again from the Parkway Inn in Miami Springs, where the sun has yet to rise … Big late-night news out of Tallahassee, where we apparently have a budget deal. With that $80 billion budget comes the announcement of a number of local projects receiving funding. For officials in Tampa, their fears were partially […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2015

Jeb Bush‘s presidential announcement day was a finely tuned 90-minute event at Miami-Dade College’s Kendall campus, but it went off script toward the conclusion when Bush began to speak about his mother, Barbara. That’s when a group of immigration activists stood as one wearing green T-shirts that read “Legal Status is not enough,” and began shouting. […]

Associated PressJune 15, 2015

Jeb Bush launched a Republican presidential bid months in the making Monday with a vow to get Washington “out of the business of causing problems” and to stay true to his beliefs: easier said than done in a bristling primary contest where his conservative credentials will be sharply challenged. “I will campaign as I would […]

Mitch PerryJune 15, 2015

Hours before Jeb Bush was to go before thousands of supporters and formally declaring his candidacy for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and a few local progressive activists assailed Bush as nothing more than a right-wing Tea Party-following member of the Republican Party. “Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are fully embracing the entire […]

Phil AmmannJune 15, 2015

Ahead of Jeb Bush’s official entry into the 2016 presidential race, Marco Rubio took to social media Monday morning to welcome the ex-governor – and former political mentor. Last month, the 43-year-old Miami Republican entered the White House contest with a call for a new generation to take charge of America. Rubio was the third […]

Peter SchorschJune 14, 2015

More than a mere declaration on entering the race, presidential announcement speeches offer a glimpse of a candidate’s priorities, principles, and views on the state of the country. Barack Obama talked of a new generation of leadership, George W. Bush argued for “prosperity with a purpose.” Each speech sets expectations and tone for the campaign […]

Mitch PerryJune 14, 2015

When Jeb Bush tells the world why he wants to be the next president of the United States on Monday afternoon in Miami, he’s expected to dig deep into the policies and accomplishments he achieved during his eight-year reign as governor of Florida from 1999-2007. But while that will have those in attendance at Miami-Dade […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2015

More than 1,200 Florida Democratic Party activists gathered Saturday night at The Diplomat hotel in Hollywood to get fired up about an election that takes place in 541 days. It’s better for FDP members to took ahead to 2016, though, since their hopes of removing Rick Scott from the governors mansion fell agonizingly short in November. Things […]

Brendan FarringtonJune 13, 2015

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For now, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy is the only prominent Democrat in the race to replace Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, and he took advantage of that Saturday at a Florida Democratic Party fundraising event where he portrayed himself as a moderate who isn’t going to please everybody all the time. Murphy spent the day racing […]

Melissa RossJune 12, 2015

Later this month we’ll learn U.S. Supreme Court decisions on two of the highest-profile cases in years, maybe even decades: Obergefell v. Hodges, the same-sex marriage case, and King v. Burwell, the decision about whether to uphold or invalidate a provision of the Affordable Care Act. High court watchers tell FloridaPolitics.com that the odds of […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.16.15 — USF downtown medical plans get partial OK

Jeb Bush says no one deserves to be president by right of family

Jeb Bush has optimistic message, faces challenges in ’16 bid

Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Jeb Bush only looks out for himself and people like him

Marco Rubio welcomes former mentor Jeb Bush to 2016 presidential race

Presidential announcements set 2016 campaign priorities, tone

New study says 3/4 of Florida voters have never seen Jeb Bush’s name on ballot

Florida Democrats celebrate themselves in Hollywood

Patrick Murphy works Democratic Party event to build Senate campaign

SCOTUS and the ACA: “The scramble in Florida will get even more intense”