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Associated PressSeptember 26, 2016

Everyone’s aware of the stakes for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the first presidential debate, but there’s a third person in the equation who faces a different pressure: Lester Holt. The NBC News veteran is moderating his first general election debate, making him solely responsible for the questions asked each candidate and for steering […]

Joe HendersonSeptember 26, 2016

Things we are curious about for the Trump-Clinton I: The Debate. The television audience How many people will be watching? Well, a lot – that’s for sure. Some predict the audience could exceed 100 million people. The record audience for a presidential debate is 80 million people for Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter in 1983. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 26, 2016

Everyone loves a great show; tonight, we are sure to get one. In what is the most highly awaited political event in modern history, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump square off Monday evening in the first presidential debate from Long Island’s Hofstra University hosted by Lester Holt of NBC News. However, with the bar set exceedingly high for Clinton (and low, […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 26, 2016

I’m not about to be a spoilsport and say that presidential debates are overrated, but the history shows there have been very, very few since they began being held regularly 1976 that have significantly moved voters. The first debate in 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush definitely changed some things. That’s the one, you might recall, where Gore was okay on substance […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 23, 2016

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Former lawmaker and current Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Canady now is on the final list of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump‘s “potential Supreme Court picks.” Canady, one of two conservatives on the state’s highest court, and 20 others are jurists that Trump on Friday said “he would consider as potential replacements” for the late […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 23, 2016

On Thursday evening, in front of a standing room only crowd of 300 people at Jacksonville University, Libertarian Vice-Presidential candidate William Weld expounded the message of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism. For those looking for an alternative to the two major parties, the Libertarian message – and Mr. Weld himself – provided it. Weld told […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 19, 2016

Last night in Los Angeles, one of the big winners at the Emmy Awards was the FX production of “The People vs. O.J. Simpson.” Though most of the American public was quite familiar with the O.J. saga that unfolded in 1994-1995, the series was compelling, must-see drama (too bad John Travolta’s positively weird performance as Robert Shapiro didn’t […]

Mitch PerryAugust 17, 2016

Before Barack Obama was elected, a lot of political observers said that with such a divided nation, every president could face the potential of being impeached. I’m reminded of that today on the 18th anniversary of Bill Clinton giving a prime-time address to the nation after seven months of silence on the Monica Lewinsky matter. “I know that my […]

Mitch PerryJuly 29, 2016

PHILADELPHIA- It wasn’t as strong a speech as others gave at the Democratic National Convention, but, to paraphrase an infamous line said to her in 2008, it was good enough. Hillary Clinton gave an hour-long speech at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Thursday night, trying to make the case to the public that […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2016

PHILADELPHIA – 1984 was a lousy year for Democrats. It was “Morning in America,” with Ronald Reagan annihilating Walter Mondale in the general election that fall, taking 49 states in the Electoral College. They did put on a good convention that year, for what it was worth. There were sterling speeches in San Francisco’s Moscone Center from […]

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