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Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2015

David Kochel, Jeb Bush‘s chief strategist, was diagnosed on Saturday with “acute lymphoblastic leukemia,” and has already began treatment. “Columba‘s and my prayers are with our friend David for a very speedy recovery,” Bush said in a prepared statement. “He is an integral leader of our team, and more importantly, a great human being. I look forward to […]

Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2015

Avik Roy, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and opinion editor of Forbes, has joined the Marco Rubio presidential campaign. “@Avik Welcome to the team! Glad to have you on board,” Rubio tweeted on Monday morning. Earlier, Roy tweeted to his followers that he was now on Team Rubio. “No candidate expresses—and embodies—the American dream better […]

Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2015

Although Bernie Sanders is giving Hillary Clinton a run for her money in polls in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, two new CNN/ORC polls released on Monday shows that Clinton is dominating the Vermont independent in Nevada and South Carolina, the next two states in the Democratic presidential primary contest. Clinton […]

Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2015

Good morning….Well, it’s Columbus Day, one of those weird federal holidays which most people in the private sector don’t enjoy (similar to next months’ Veterans Day). In typical fashion, our Congress is not only taking the day off to make the holiday, but the entire week. This, despite the fact that the House GOP is supposed […]

Mitch PerryOctober 9, 2015

The activists went home unhappy Thursday night, but their goals were never the same as the majority on the Tampa City Council regarding the creation of a citizens review board to watchdog the Tampa Police Department. City Council voted 5-2 Thursday evening to a compromise proposal on who gets to select the members of the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 8, 2015

Five days before the Democrats hold their first presidential debate of the political season, the Democratic National Committee announced on Thursday night that the sixth and final officially scheduled debate will take place in Miami on March 9, six days before the March 15 presidential primary in Florida. It will be jointly sponsored by Univision […]

Mitch PerryOctober 8, 2015

North Palm Beach County-based attorney Pam Keith is having a difficult time breaking through in her long-shot candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, with the political media focused on the almost daily back and forth exchanges between Alan Grayson and Patrick Murphy. She’s frustrated that she’s not getting help from the Congressional Black […]

Mitch PerryOctober 8, 2015

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Harvard Law professor and Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig is up with his first television ad, and in it, he slams Marco Rubio‘s alliance with major corporations that are backing his candidacy for president. Lessig’s odds of capturing the nomination may be more remote than Martin O’Malley‘s, but because he began raising money this summer […]

Mitch PerryOctober 8, 2015

While Washington D.C. reels in the aftermath of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy‘s announcement that he is dropping out of the race to replace John Boehner as Speaker of the House, Democrats are sitting on the sidelines, enjoying the show. “Republican dysfunction in the House of Representatives is preventing Congress from taking action to help middle […]

Mitch PerryOctober 8, 2015

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In the past week, it was learned that two major Hollywood productions intending to film in the Tampa Bay area chose not to because the state had no tax incentives to provide. The Tampa Tribune‘s Paul Guzzo reported on Thursday that “Gifted,” a new Hollywood film starring Chris Evans and Octavia Spencer about a St. Petersburg […]

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Jeb Bush campaign strategist David Kochel diagnosed with leukemia

Avik Roy now working for Marco Rubio campaign

Hillary Clinton up big in new polls from South Carolina and Nevada

Mitch Perry Report for 10.12.15 – Does Joe Maddon have the mojo this post-season?

Mitch Perry Report for 10.9.15 – First chapter in Tampa citizens review board saga ends

Democrats to hold last debate in Miami next March

Pam Keith says Patrick Murphy “bought” endorsements from Alcee Hastings and Frederica Wilson

Lawrence Lessig pounds Marco Rubio in first TV ad

Democrats relishing GOP House dysfunction

AFP prepares sequel to fight film subsidy bills in 2016