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Mitch PerryMay 11, 2016

Marco Rubio appears to be in free fall in Florida when it comes to how the voters feel about him, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. Less than two months after registered Republicans repudiated his presidential candidacy in the state’s presidential primary, 49 percent of all Floridians disapprove of his performance in the Senate, […]

Mitch PerryApril 8, 2016

Florida’s Congressional District 13 seat based in Pinellas County has received a lot of attention in recent years. The special election to replace the late C.W. “Bill” Young in 2014 was one of the most expensive congressional elections in U.S. history. After the Florida Supreme Court ordered the state Legislature to redraw the district last year which […]

Associated PressApril 3, 2016

Congress increasingly is being defined by what it’s not doing this election year. The Senate returns this week with a strong majority of Republicans saying no to any consideration of President Barack Obama‘s nominee to the Supreme Court. No hearings, no vote and, for some lawmakers, not even a meeting with federal appeals court Judge […]

Mitch PerryMarch 29, 2016

Tampa-St. Petersburg Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor and three other Democratic activists stood in front of the steps of the U.S. Federal Courthouse on Tuesday with a simple message for Marco Rubio and the rest of the Republican Senate regarding Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. “We are here to ask Senator Marco Rubio to please do […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 23, 2016

In 1789, as the new United States of America was just taking root, Thomas Jefferson wrote to a friend that “If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.” The quotation is making one of its frequent rounds on the Internet. The remark was ironic, if […]

Associated PressMarch 20, 2016

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Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” — White House chief of staff Denis McDonough; Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Republican presidential candidate John Kasich; Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Kasich, McConnell; Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Kasich; Democratic presidential […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 17, 2016

The passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb. 3, has created an opportunity for both the executive and legislative branches to work together. If they can’t, American politics will face a crisis of enormous magnitude. That is how serious the situation has become. Whether liberal or conservative, most agree that Scalia was a […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 17, 2016

Mitch McConnell couldn’t even wait until Justice Antonin Scalia‘s corpse was cold before exploiting his death for partisan politics. The oleaginous majority leader means to keep the seat empty, no matter the likelihood of that paralyzing the sharply divided Supreme Court for a year, on the chance that voters might elect a Republican president to […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 16, 2016

Mitch McConnell couldn’t even wait until Justice Antonin Scalia’s corpse was cold before exploiting his death for partisan politics. The oleaginous majority leader means to keep the seat empty, no matter the likelihood of that paralyzing the sharply divided Supreme Court for a year, on the chance that voters might elect a Republican president to […]

Darryl PaulsonFebruary 16, 2016

The passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb. 3, has created an opportunity for both the executive and legislative branches to work together. If they can’t, American politics will face a crisis of enormous magnitude. That is how serious the situation has become. Whether liberal or conservative, most agree that Scalia was a […]

Tag: Mitch McConnell

49% of Floridians disapprove of Marco Rubio’s Senate performance

Mark Bircher: I wouldn’t run if I couldn’t win CD 13

GOP Congress’ incomplete: Stalled bills, no court nominee

Kathy Castor, other Democratic activists call on GOP Senate to give Merrick Garland a vote

Martin Dyckman: Smart Republicans need to start thinking, acting on their own

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Darryl Paulson: The Antonin Scalia battle: The stakes have seldom been as high

Martin Dyckman: Refusing to approve Obama nominee could hurt the Party of No in November

Martin Dyckman: Refusing to approve Obama nominee could hurt the Party of No in November

Darryl Paulson: The Antonin Scalia battle: The stakes have seldom been as high