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Mitch PerryMay 28, 2015

I couldn’t be happier this morning, after staying up until midnight last night to see my lifelong basketball team, the Golden State Warriors, defeat the Houston Rockets, and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1975. Of course, there’s a guy by the name of LeBron James who stands in their way […]

Mitch PerryMay 27, 2015

If you’ve paid close attention to the content of much of the GOP presidential candidates’ (and soon-to-be candidates’) rhetoric this year, you hear a lot of Barack Obama bashing, mostly about his foreign policy moves, which they all say have made the world a more dangerous place. On immigration, they all read from the same […]

Ryan RayMay 23, 2015

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Sen. Marco Rubio, one half of “Jebio” if you’ll excuse the tacky neologism, is quick to tell you who he is on the campaign trail: He’s the American Dream incarnate, prophet of a bold, totally not balding New American Century. And lest you believe Rubio’s definition of his major Democratic rival — a vestige of […]

Peter SchorschMay 22, 2015

First of all, Memorial Day commemorates something completely sober that transcends the material: the brave sacrifices by countless Americans made to secure our freedoms, safety, and values. So much so, that our elective representatives have set a day aside where public institutions are closed and where people are encouraged to do the same in their own ways. […]

Guest AuthorMay 13, 2015

Jeb Bush gave a speech last week that should have received more attention that it did in the 24-7 news cycle. Bush incorporated two important tenets in his message that can unite divergent voters to vote Republican in 2016: the preservation of basic religious freedom within the traditional conservative argument against big government. The former […]

Mitch PerryMay 11, 2015

Florida’s first great cattle call of the GOP 2016 presidential candidates takes place June 2, at Rick Scott‘s Economic Growth Summit in Orlando. Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Rick Perry, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal have all given their RSVP’s to the event. Speaking to Politico in comments published Monday night, Scott […]

Phil AmmannMay 11, 2015

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A national veterans group, Concerned Veterans for America, appointed entrepreneur and public policy pro Diego Echeverri as its new Florida state director. Echeverri, who was coalitions coordinator for the Mitt Romney 2012 campaign, is an Army veteran who enlisted shortly after 9/11. After training as a paralegal specialist, he deployed to Afghanistan between 2003 and […]

Phil AmmannMay 7, 2015

On the first day of his bid for the U.S. Senate, Ron DeSantis hit the ground running by naming several veteran political pros to his campaign finance team. The Jacksonville Republican, a Tea Party favorite, announced on Wednesday that he will seek the seat held by Marco Rubio, who is skipping a re-election bid for […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Hillary Clinton is in Las Vegas Tuesday, where she will reportedly call for a path to citizenship for the about 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. That would revive the 2013 legislation co-sponsored by Marco Rubio in the Senate — before he walked away from it. She will say that the standard for a true […]

Brendan FarringtonApril 25, 2015

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had a message Saturday for Jacksonville University graduates: Get a life. The 2012 Republican presidential nominee told the nearly 900 students earning degrees that life isn’t measured in riches and professional achievement, but in friendships and family, learning and work, faith in God and service to others. “Get a life, […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.28.15 — Are you ready for a George Pataki candidacy?

Mitch Perry Report for 5.27.15 — Immigration and the GOP

Jeb Bush’s daring gambit: Be yourself

Memorial Day is brought to you by these Florida lobbyists, Publix, and a slew of political associations

Steven Kurlander: Jeb Bush erecting a big revival tent with GOP Christian message

Rick Scott wants presidential candidates at his June summit to talk only economy

Concerned Veterans for America picks Diego Echeverri as Florida director

Ron DeSantis assembles veteran Florida fundraising team for Senate bid

Mitch Perry Report for 5.5.15 — Hillary Clinton takes on Jeb and the GOP on immigration

Mitt Romney to Jacksonville University graduates: Get a life