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Mitch PerryNovember 2, 2016

Remember when Hillary Clinton would invoke Michelle Obama‘s phrase when dealing with Donald Trump that, “When they go low, we go high?” That was so, oh, I don’t know, October-like. In Pasco County yesterday, the Democratic presidential nominee spent considerable time tearing apart Trump, invoking his greatest hits of insults as she tries to rally […]

Mitch PerryOctober 28, 2016

Michelle Obama brought her newly awakened star power to the Hillary Clinton campaign Thursday, giving a speech with the Democratic nominee yesterday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she said the Donald Trump campaign modus operandi in the final 10 days of the election was to discourage them from going to the polls. “Here’s where I want […]

Associated PressOctober 23, 2016

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Hillary Clinton bested Donald Trump in three debates. She leads in many preference polls of the most competitive states. Barring a significant shift in the next two weeks, she is in a strong position to become the first woman elected U.S. president. But Clinton will end the campaign still struggling to change the minds of […]

Associated PressOctober 15, 2016

Donald Trump acted out onstage an accuser’s allegations and suggested another wasn’t worthy of his attention the same day two more women came forward with years-old stories of unwanted sexual encounters with the Republican presidential nominee. With eight women accusing Trump of unwanted kissing, groping or more, the New York businessman maintained his innocence and […]

Associated PressOctober 10, 2016

His candidacy spiraling out of control, Donald Trump faced Hillary Clinton on the debate stage Sunday night in the most critical moment of his political career. Questions about Trump’s preparation, policy knowledge and temperament all were overshadowed by the political fallout from Friday’s release of a video that captured the Republican presidential nominee making predatory […]

Associated PressSeptember 29, 2016

Unmoved by harsh debate reviews, a defiant Donald Trump renewed his attacks against a former Miss Universe winner on Wednesday, showing no sign of making big changes to his message or debate preparation before his second face-off with Hillary Clinton. The outspoken Republican nominee instead pressed ahead with an aggressive strategy focused on speaking directly […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 29, 2016

First of all, congratulations to the uber-hip readers at Creative Loafing who, in their Best of the Bay voting for Best Reporter in 2016, selected a columnist who retired two years ago. Congratulations also to our U.S. Congress who, by voting for a budget bill last to avoid a government shutdown, now gets to skip town for […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 28, 2016

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The Hillary Clinton campaign is airing a new television commercial featuring Michelle Obama making the case for election this November. In the 30-second ad, the first lady makes the case that Clinton would be a good role model for children. “Our children watch everything we do, and the person we elect as president as the power […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

As most Democrats rally around Hillary Clinton, the lingering “Bernie or Bust” movement is stirring frustration at the party’s convention among delegates of color, who say they’re upset at the refusal of the Vermont senator’s most fervent backers to fall in line. “I am so exhausted by it,” said Danielle Adams, a black Clinton delegate […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2016

President Barack Obama acknowledged Wednesday that his hopes for a new tone in politics, embodied in the rousing Democratic convention speech he delivered 12 years ago, never materialized. Still, he says he remains undaunted. In 2004, he was the obscure Senate candidate from Illinois whose words catapulted him to the center of American political consciousness. […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.2.16 — Hillary Clinton returns to the oldie but goodies in Dade City speech

Mitch Perry Report for Friday, 10.28.16 —a FLOTUS dissects the Trump strategy

For Hillary Clinton, struggle to change public perception persists

Donald Trump belittles accusers as more turn up with sordid stories

Donald Trump aggressive, Hillary Clinton steady in tense debate

Despite harsh reviews, Donald Trump resists new debate approach

Mitch Perry Report for 9.29.16 — Congress is free to go home. Again.

Michelle Obama makes the case for Hillary Clinton in new ad

Minority Dem delegates frustrated with ‘Bernie or Bust’

Barack Obama returns to convention stage to make case for Hillary Clinton