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Mitch PerryOctober 30, 2015

The Florida Democratic Party will gather this weekend for their fall convention in Lake Buena Vista. The confab comes almost a full year before the 2016 election, where in addition to trying to keep the state blue for the third straight time at the presidential level, the party is hoping to get one of their to join […]

Mitch PerryOctober 30, 2015

Overnight, the U.S. Senate voted to approve the two-year budget deal that will increase spending limits and avert a default. The vote was 64-35, overcoming objections from among others, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. Marco Rubio also opposed it. In my quick preliminary research, I’ve been unable to find out how Marco Rubio voted. Realizing […]

Mitch PerryOctober 29, 2015

Marco Rubio played it cool throughout Thursday, as only a man who knows there is a real possibility of becoming his party’s nominee for president possibly could be. The 44-year-old Florida senator did numerous interviews throughout the day, fresh off the almost universal recognition that he was the standout in the 10-person field of candidates who […]

Mitch PerryOctober 29, 2015

The immediate reaction as most Americans hit the sack Wednesday night from the political cognoscenti was that Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz were the big winners from Wednesday night’s two-hour GOP debate from Boulder, Colorado. The big losers? Jeb Bush and CNBC. That sentiment seemed to congeal Thursday morning. “For most of this year, Rubio and Cruz have been lurking in […]

Mitch PerryOctober 29, 2015

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s editorial on Wednesday that called on Marco Rubio to resign “and not rip us off” ignited a number of others to follow suit. It came as Rubio has continued to miss votes in the upper chamber of Congress while on the campaign trail and unapologetic about it. Instead, he’s indicated he […]

Mitch PerryOctober 29, 2015

There’s lots to unpack from Wednesday night’s two-hour GOP presidential debate, but the most important thing to remember is that there still are three full months before any voter decides on anything. Unlike 2011-2012 when GOP primary voters through the polls bounced from Michele Bachmann to Rick Perry to Herman Cain to Newt Gingrich to […]

Mitch PerryOctober 28, 2015

It started overnight with an editorial in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, was followed up by the Democratic National Committee, former RPOF Chair Al Cardenas, and now Orlando-area Democratic U.S. Rep. and 2016 Senate hopeful Alan Grayson is calling on Marco Rubio to step down from his U.S. Senate seat. “If Senator Rubio does not want […]

Mitch PerryOctober 28, 2015

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The American Democracy Legal Fund (ADLF) has filed a complaint with the Senate Select Committee on Ethics against Marco Rubio for potential violations of Senate ethics rules as well as federal law. In a letter to Senate Ethics Chairman Johnny Isakson from Georgia and Vice Chairwoman Barbara Boxer from California, ADLF says that, based on […]

Mitch PerryOctober 28, 2015

Fresh off the South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s editorial calling on Marco Rubio to resign comes similar advice from former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Al Cardenas, a strong supporter of Jeb Bush‘s campaign. “If Marco has made the decision that he wants to continue to spend time with his family and run a vigorous campaign for president, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 28, 2015

Without further editorial comment, the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday sent a mass email statement that included the entire contents of Wednesday morning’s South Florida Sun-Sentinel lead editorial, “Marco Rubio should resign, not rip us off.” It comes after Rubio has continued to make reactionary remarks when asked about his poor attendance record in the […]

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