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Mitch PerryMarch 31, 2015

It’s been nearly two months since Quinnipiac University last polled Floridians about the 2016 presidential contest, and the headline out of the new survey released Tuesday morning is how the recent email controversy has negatively affected Hillary Clinton‘s approval rankings. “The good news for Hillary Clinton is that the e-mail controversy has not done huge violence […]

Mitch PerryMarch 28, 2015

As one of the major counties along the I-4 corridor, Pinellas County will be a contested piece of real estate in choosing the next U.S. president. Ensuring it goes for the GOP nominee is in 2016 is the No. 1 goal for Pinellas Republicans for the next 18 months, recently elected party Chairman Nick DiCeglie said […]

Mitch PerryMarch 20, 2015

It’s the first full weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament, the time when some writers wax absurd about “brackets” and “the insanity of March Madness.” And yes, there were a couple of thrilling upsets and buzzard-beaters Thursday to begin the first full day of the 68-team championship. As a basketball aficionado, however, I’ve been calling […]

Phil AmmannMarch 17, 2015

When it comes to personal emails for public business, Jeb Bush is nothing short of a hypocrite, says the left-leaning American Bridge 21st Century. As the controversy lingers over Hillary Clinton’s emails, a new American Bridge video reminds the public of correspondence problems of Bush, another high-profile potential presidential candidate. Recently, Bush attacked Clinton for […]

Phil AmmannMarch 17, 2015

When it comes to personal emails for public business, Jeb Bush is nothing short of a hypocrite, says the left-leaning American Bridge 21st Century. As the controversy lingers over Hillary Clinton’s emails, a new American Bridge video reminds the public of correspondence problems of Bush, another high-profile potential presidential candidate. Recently, Bush attacked Clinton for […]

Mitch PerryMarch 13, 2015

According to a new poll taken just as the story about her private email account was breaking, Hillary Clinton remains one of the few 2016 presidential candidates to have a significantly higher favorable (50%) than unfavorable (39%) rating among the American public. And 89%have enough knowledge of her to form an opinion, by far the […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 24, 2015

There are a couple of fundraisers in Tampa Tuesday night supporting what some hope (and others fear) will the presidential matchup in 2016: Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. You’ll have to shell out a minimum of $1,000 to get in the door tonight for the fundraiser for Right to Rise at the Grand Hyatt. That’s […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 24, 2015

There are a couple of fundraisers in Tampa Tuesday night supporting what some hope (and others fear) will the presidential matchup in 2016: Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton. You’ll have to shell out a minimum of $1,000 to get in the door tonight for the fundraiser for Right to Rise at the Grand Hyatt. That’s […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 19, 2015

In the past year, states such as Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, Louisiana, and Arizona have passed laws to give critically ill patients the right to try medications that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Jeff Brandes wants Florida to be the next such state to pass what are known as “Right to Try” […]

Florence SnyderFebruary 18, 2015

Like all addicts, David Carr had a drug of choice. His was journalism. He craved the constant rush that the news business provides. The endorphins unleashed in the newsrooms where he worked in Minnesota and Washington and New York made for a better high than “the frantic kind of boring” that Carr described in his memoir about […]

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New Quinnipiac poll shows email controversy hurts Hillary Clinton in Florida

Jeff Atwater, David Jolly star at Pinellas GOP Lincoln Day Dinner

Mitch Perry Report for 3.20.15 — March sadness

American Bridge: Jeb Bush "hypocrite" over Hillary Clinton email criticism

American Bridge: Jeb Bush “hypocrite” over Hillary Clinton email criticism

Fresh Gallup poll puts Marco Rubio best among top-tier GOP hopefuls

Mitch Perry Report for 2.24.15 — It's Bush and Clinton in Tampa (fundraisers, that is)

Mitch Perry Report for 2.24.15 — It’s Bush and Clinton in Tampa (fundraisers, that is)

Jeff Brandes files bill to allow dying patients to try unapproved medications

Florence Snyder: Why journalism should be addicted to David Carr