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Mitch PerryAugust 18, 2015

Four years ago, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty was considered a strong challenger to Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination. Then the Iowa Straw Poll happened. Pawlenty fared poorly, and on August 11, 2011, he was stunningly out of the race. Flash forward four years later: Is Scott Walker this year’s version of Tim Pawlenty? Walker has […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

Maybe the presidential race will be what some fantasize/dread has always been the inevitable challenge – a Jeb Bush v. Hillary Clinton throwback contest of dueling 60-somethings. But it doesn’t look like it in early August of 2015. Forget about Jeb’s misstatements, which are starting to pile up. Let’s look deeper at some of Hillary’s numbers. […]

Phil AmmannAugust 4, 2015

Seemingly every day, Marco Rubio announces another Nevada-area endorsement. As Jon Ralston notes in the Reno Gazette-Journal, many are familiar to locals: state Sen. Patty Farley, Assemblyman Erv Nelson, and ex-state Sen. Warren Hardy. Others, however, are not as well known, which leads Ralston to ask: who they are and why they are so important? […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2015

His presidential campaign may be going nowhere in New Hampshire and Iowa, but Marco Rubio can boast of something that none of the other 16 GOP contenders can say today. He’s been named one of the 50 most beautiful people in Washington, according to The Hill. Editors at the D.C.-based news site say they opened […]

Mitch PerryJuly 9, 2015

Alan Grayson is running for the U.S. Senate. “This is going to be the first real political race of the 21st Century,” the Orlando Democratic Congressman made the announcement this morning during a televised interview with WKMG-TV, the CBS affiliate in Orlando. He compared it’s national appeal to Elizabeth Warren‘s successful run for the Senate in […]

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 […]

Ryan RayJuly 2, 2015

Orange County classroom teacher Sean Ashby announced his intention to seek the House District 50 seat in east central Florida to be vacated by Rep. Tom Goodson, who is switching districts. Ashby will face current HD 49 Rep. Rene Plasencia, who has filed for the Republican-leaning seat to avoid being bounced after one term, like his […]

Mitch PerryJune 30, 2015

He may not be as rich as Carly Florina or Hillary Clinton, but Jeb Bush has done quite well for himself since leaving government nine years ago, earning $29 million in that period of time. The former Florida Governor posted the past 33 years of tax returns on his website on Tuesday afternoon, a total of […]

Diane RobertsJune 26, 2015

I am the descendant of at least 10 Confederate soldiers. A few owned slaves; most did not. One great-great-grandfather fought at the Battle of Natural Bridge. Another survived the Siege of Petersburg. So don’t throw the Y-word at me. Don’t tell me I don’t understand. I understand all too well. The Confederate battle flag is […]

Ryan RayJune 22, 2015

As ever in the term limits era, the makeup of the Republican House majority is set to shift in terms of personnel, if not necessarily in degree of dominance. As the very House-inflected Rep. Matt Gaetz seeks to take over his father Sen. Don Gaetz‘s spot in the Legislature’s upper chamber, a Walton County commissioner has […]

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