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Mitch PerryNovember 13, 2015

Marco Rubio says he and Ted Cruz have similar stances on immigration, which is why the Texas senator’s shots at his record on that volatile subject the past few days have surprised him. “I’m puzzled and quite frankly surprised by Ted’s attacks, since Ted’s position on immigration is not that much different than mine,” Rubio told […]

Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2015

The Marco Rubio campaign is making the most out of the blockbuster story in Tuesday’s New York Times about the Jeb Bush campaign about to go nuclear on Rubio. Specifically, Right to Rise, Bush’s super PAC, is apparently ready to spend $20 million in attacking Rubio. “Part of running for president is you have to put your big […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2015

St. Joseph’s Hospitals, part of the BayCare Health System and a Pediatric and Level II Trauma hospital, is the only hospital campus in the Tampa Bay area with a co-generator plant. That plant consists of a natural gas-fired combustion engine that powers a 1.7 megawatt generator to produce electricity throughout the hospital campus. And for […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2015

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is applauding President Barack Obama‘s rejection of the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL pipeline. “It was all politics,” the Florida Democrat said at a press conference in his Tampa district office on Friday regarding the years-long battle between environmentalists and those who thought the pipeline would be a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015

In recent weeks, Democrats (and even some opposing Republican presidential candidates) have relished attacking Marco Rubio‘s for missing votes in the Senate as he campaigns for president. But on Tuesday, three members of the Democratic Progressive Caucus were attacking the Florida Senator for a bill that he actually voted on (his first since Sept. 24) – […]

Associated PressOctober 20, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio pitched himself as a fresh face in his party’s crowded primary contest during a Monday night campaign stop in Utah. The 44-year-old Rubio spoke about outdated government policies that haven’t kept up with disruptive technologies such as ride-hailing company Uber. He called the 2016 election “a generational choice” – a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 16, 2015

Jeb Bush bashed Donald Trump for a lack of substance on CBS’ This Morning program on Friday, accusing the GOP presidential front-runner of having simplistic responses to some of the world’s biggest crises. “I have no clue,” Bush told host Charlie Rose when asked if he’d be concerned whether Trump could keep America safe if he was […]

Mitch PerryOctober 15, 2015

It doesn’t happen very often, but nobody can accuse of Marco Rubio opposing everything that Barack Obama does on the foreign policy front. The Florida Republican Senator and presidential candidate said today that he welcomes Obama’s announcement that the U.S. will maintain much of its current level of 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through the end of […]

Mitch PerryOctober 14, 2015

In his short year-and-a-half stint serving as a Congressman in Washington, David Jolly has on occasion voted against the majority of his party because of what he says is typical Washington dishonesty. While that attitude works in representing his moderate Pinellas County district, it’s a danger in running in a Republican primary election for Senate, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 7, 2015

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Draft Biden, the super PAC formed to encourage Joe Biden to run for President, released its first national television ad Wednesday morning. Titled “My Redemption,” it features Biden speaking during a commencement address at Yale University, while displaying still photos of him and his family as he discusses learning about the car accident that killed […]

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Ted Cruz’ attacks on immigration puzzle Marco Rubio

Mitch Perry Report for 11.10.15 – Right to Rise ready to go nuclear on Rubio?

In Tampa, Democratic U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor and Frank Pallone extol St. Joseph’s Hospital energy efficiencies

Bill Nelson applauds Obama’s rejection of the Keystone Pipeline: “It was all politics”

House Dems slam Marco Rubio for immigration vote – his first since Sept. 24

Marco Rubio rallies GOP faithful in conservative stronghold Utah

Jeb Bush says Donald Trump would send Syrian refugees “to their slaughter”

Marco Rubio applauds part of Obama’s decision to keep more boots on the ground in Afghanistan

David Jolly says he’s willing to lose Senate race to change Washington

Draft Biden releases first national TV ad