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Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2015

It hasn’t been a great week for Hillary Clinton. Forget all the hullabaloo regarding the emails she brought forward that have been found by the Inspector General to be classified, though she earlier claimed none were. That will or won’t be sorted out in due time. More troublesome are some of the numbers coming in from […]

Mitch PerryJuly 23, 2015

Evangelicals are the Republican Party’s, “biggest, most reliable voting bloc,” according to Republican National Committee faith engagement director Chad Connelly. But there has been grumbling for years that they’ve received a raw deal from the party. The New York Times reported in March that evangelical leaders and other socially conservative groups said they didn’t believe Jeb […]

Mitch PerryJuly 22, 2015

Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced his presidential candidacy at Ohio State University on Tuesday. When you look at his résumé and his center-right political persona, he could/should be a top-tier contender. But nobody seems to be talking about that today. Instead, the focus is on the fact that he’s entering the race some seven months […]

Mitch PerryJuly 17, 2015

“I love America.” Those were the first words out of Scott Walker’s mouth Monday night when he announced from Waukesha, Wis., that he’s now the 15th official candidate in the GOP 2016 presidential sweepstakes. Since the campaign began in earnest earlier this year, Walker has been considered in the top tier of candidates who could […]

Mitch PerryJuly 1, 2015

Envy is considered one of the seven deadly sins in Christianity. It’s something that would be ideal if we didn’t occasionally suffer from, but it’s all too human for us to do so. I don’t know if it’s something I read or heard years ago, but when it comes to money (like sex), I always […]

Mitch PerryJune 30, 2015

Outraged by media reports that U.S. workers are being displaced by employees being brought to America through H-1B visas, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida said Tuesday that unless he gets satisfactory answers, he’s prepared to call for Congress to actively reduce the number of such visas in the future. “I’m afraid that this visa program […]

Guest AuthorJune 18, 2015

Marco Rubio must be smiling. The baby-faced U.S. senator and presidential hopeful is having the best two weeks of his life. Not only did he get needlessly razed by the arch-liberal New York Times in two attack pieces, he’s also receiving the cold shoulder by everybody’s who’s somebody in Florida’s Republican establishment. According to CNN, […]

Mitch PerryJune 10, 2015

The big news in the Tampa Bay area Wednesday morning is Mike Salinero‘s exclusive in The Tampa Tribune that Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill is prepared to recommend to county commissioners and Mayor Bob Buckhorn that a half-cent sales transit tax be put on the ballot in 2016, with 60 percent of the revenue going to […]

Mitch PerryJune 9, 2015

Friends, advisors and supporters of Marco Rubio seemed to almost enjoy mocking The New York Times this past weekend, after the Times reported that he and his his wife had racked up 17 driving citations since 1997. They include incidents involving speeding, running red lights, and careless driving. The Florida Senator himself actually had only four such infractions; Jeannette Rubio 13. Now […]

Mitch PerryJune 2, 2015

Chris Christie‘s road to the White House looks rough right now. Still facing fallout from “Bridgegate,” New Jersey’s governor hasn’t officially announced he’s a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination. However, his announcement in Orlando on Tuesday that he’ll make a major speech on immigration reform this month indicates that the scandal be damned: It’s […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.28.15 — Hillary Clinton goes green

Jeb Bush to address evangelical conference in Nashville next month

Mitch Perry Report for 7.22.15 — Stop saying John Kasich needs to be in first debate

Mitch Perry Report for 7.17.15 — In N.H., Scott Walker boldly declares, “I’m an American”

Mitch Perry Report for 7.1.15 – The politics of envy and being relatable

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson threatens to cut number of H-1B visas

Chris Timmons: Marco Rubio, the insurgent

Mitch Perry Report for 6.10.15 — Game-changing developments?

Marco Rubio camp bristles after new story about his financial history surfaces

Chris Christie talks entitlement reform at Walt Disney World