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Mitch PerrySeptember 24, 2015

It’s no longer summer, but the Republican Party electorate shows no signs of losing their enthusiasm for the Donald Trump candidacy, as the New York City real estate magnate continues to lead in two big national polls released on Thursday. A Quinnipiac survey shows Trump leading the Republican primary pack with 25 percent, followed by 17 […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, once considered among the front-runners for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, will announce he’s quitting the race at 6 p.m. Eastern time, according to an initial report from The New York Times confirmed by the other sources. “The short answer is money,” an anonymous supporter of Walker tells the Times. “He’s made […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 11, 2015

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio continue to struggle in the polls – this time in a new Quinnipiac survey of voters in Iowa, the site of the first election in the Republican race for president. As has been the case in recent polls, Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson lead the field. Trump is at […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 2, 2015

In a major victory for President Barack Obama on Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland announced her support for the Iran nuclear deal, providing the White House the votes it needs to prevent Republicans from scuttling the agreement. That hardly means the move is popular with the public, at least here in Florida. According […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2015

The four Republican candidates attempting to succeed Marco Rubio as the next Senator from Florida convened together for the first time on Saturday morning in Tampa. The four men – Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Congressmen David Jolly and Ron DeSantis, and former military veteran and CIA officer Todd Wilcox – are so little known that […]

Mitch PerryAugust 28, 2015

While the nation’s media will focus quite correctly this weekend on the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans, anyone remember Hurricane Isaac? (Let’s not even talk about Erika). That was the storm that forced the cancellation of the first day of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa three years ago, making today the third […]

Mitch PerryAugust 27, 2015

Hundreds of members of the Republican Party of Florida will convene this Friday and Saturday in Tampa for the party’s summer quarterly meeting. “We are looking forward to our next quarterly meeting, and our next chance to bring Republicans from all over the state together,” Republican Party of Florida Chairman Blaise Ingoglia said. “We have planned […]

Mitch PerryAugust 26, 2015

A Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday shows that none of the Democratic or Republicans running for the U.S. Senate next year in Florida are well known enough to ask voters who they would vote for next year. That seems hard to believe when one of those candidates is Alan Grayson, but so be it. With more than […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2015

Rick Scott has been governor of Florida for over 5 1/2 years now, but other than his two election-day victories, he’s been more down than up when it comes to his personal approval ratings throughout his controversial tenure. That’s why the governor and his supporters have to be giddy this morning, after a Quinnipiac poll […]

Mitch PerryAugust 24, 2015

A new Quinnpiac poll of Floridians shows that despite the increasingly harsh rhetoric about immigration in the GOP presidential primary, a majority of Floridians (53 percent) support allowing most undocumented immigrants to stay in the country and eventually apply for U.S. citizenship. An additional 12 percent say the undocumented should be allowed to stay in the U.S., […]

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Donald Trump continues to lead GOP field in new Quinnipiac and Bloomberg polls

Scott Walker to bow out of GOP presidential race

New Iowa poll has Jeb Bush in 4th place, Marco Rubio tied for 5th place

David Jolly chides Patrick Murphy for supporting Iran nuclear deal

Four GOP U.S. Senate candidates make their cases at Florida GOP meeting in Tampa

Mitch Perry Report for 8.28.15 – GOP convention memories

Florida GOP to convene in Tampa this weekend

Mitch Perry Report for 8.26.15 — Alan Grayson thriving with small-dollar donations

Rick Scott right side up in new Q poll, 45-44 percent

Poll shows most Floridians favor path to citizenship, oppose Planned Parenthood funding cut