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Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016

Seizing on an issue he believes could help him in his primary election later this month, Florida Congressional District 23 candidate Tim Canova is again attacking Debbie Wasserman Schultz for her support of the Iranian nuclear deal finalized in 2015 — and now he’s bringing up a controversial interview made by an Obama Defense Department official to further […]

Phil AmmannJune 6, 2016

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Three top staffers in Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign are opening a new consulting firm in response to the Donald Trump phenomenon. Jim Rutenberg of The New York Times reports Terry Sullivan, along with former Rubio communications adviser Alex Conant and Rubio lawyer Will Holley launched Firehouse Strategies, based on the idea that Trump has “rewritten the […]

Associated PressMay 23, 2016

Democrat Alan Grayson has been dubbed “Angry Alan” by his Senate opponent, compared to Republican Donald Trump for his penchant for earning headlines with his mouth and has become the whipping post for some in the Washington party establishment who hope he loses Florida’s primary. But he said things could be worse. “At least they’re […]

Peter SchorschMay 22, 2016

Paul Tash, the chairman and CEO of The Tampa Bay Times, comes away as just another cold-hearted executive in a New York Times story about the sale and shuttering of the Tampa Tribune. “Bad things have to happen for good things to happen,” Tash says in response to criticism that the Poynter Institute-owned newspaper was “avaricious” regarding its […]

Peter SchorschApril 21, 2016

A former Washington law firm and one of its top partners did not violate Florida’s lobbying laws when appealing to the state attorney general, Pam Bondi, and her staff on behalf of corporate clients, the Florida Commission on Ethics has concluded after a 16-month investigation, reports the New York Times. The finding came even though an outside lawyer […]

Mitch PerryApril 7, 2016

Gay Talese is one of the great American reporters of our time. Now 84, Talese was considered part of the New Journalism that took the country by storm in the 1960s. I’m going to write about his new book in a moment, but I confess that I’m a little late to the party regarding the […]

Mitch PerryMarch 16, 2016

We’ll save you our post-mortems about Marco Rubio‘s failed candidacy for the presidency, since you can find them all over the web this morning. We wrote last week how startled we were about the lack of support in his own state, and that was before Alex Leary‘s devastating portrayal in Sunday’s Tampa Bay Times. A notable […]

Darryl PaulsonMarch 2, 2016

In a recent interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Donald Trump was asked if he would disavow David Duke, the KKK and other white supremacist groups. The week before, former Klansman and white supremacist Duke urged his supporters to back Trump, saying that voting for anyone but Trump “is really treason […]

Scott PowersFebruary 24, 2016

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Another ethics question against U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson made the rounds in the U.S. Office of Congressional Ethics, this time inquiring whether the Orlando congressman used his official office for campaign statements, according to a tweet from a New York Times reporter. Grayson’s staff contends that there is no new ethics concern, nothing new that the Office […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 19, 2016

Marco Rubio has a message for South Carolina voters: Watch out for dirty tricks come Election Day. The Rubio campaign said Friday it was telling South Carolina voters to be on high alert for funny business from supporters of Ted Cruz. In an email, Alex Conant, a spokesman for the Rubio campaign, said they won’t […]

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Tim Canova goes after Debbie Wasserman Schultz again on her support for Iranian nuclear deal

Former Marco Rubio staffers Terry Sullivan, Alex Conant launch consulting firm

Alan Grayson: At least they’re not calling me Hitler

Paul Tash is one cold-hearted dude and other thoughts on the New York Times story about the Tampa Trib sale

Pam Bondi would not talk to Florida ethics investigators

Mitch Perry Report 4.7.16 — Gay Talese, meet Twitter

Mitch Perry Report for 3.16.16 – How does Bernie Sanders move on from here?

Darryl Paulson: Donald Trump, David Duke and the KKK

Twitter report: New ethics questions alleging Alan Grayson campaigning from official office

Email Insights: Marco Rubio campaign tells SC voters to be on lookout for dirty tricks