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Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

Not that anyone was asking him, but Gov. Rick Scott has a lot of thoughts about what he wants to hear from the 17 Republican presidential candidates participating in the two debates from Cleveland on Thursday. Seven candidates will debate at 5 p.m. while the top 10 candidates in the polls engage in the prime […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

Fourteen Republican candidate for president met Monday night at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., last night. It was the equivalent of political speed-dating, (by the way, do those things happen anymore? I did it twice in the early aughts, and what I remember from the experience was how weary I was after standing up and moving to […]

Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2015

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Every part of the Sunshine State will soon feel the effects of the Florida Supreme Court’s ruling on congressional redistricting, but perhaps no region will see more upheaval than the I-4 Central Florida corridor. The Florida Legislature returns for its second Special Session of 2015 next week for one purpose: to redraw eight congressional districts […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2015

Donald Trump‘s endless summer of bliss at the polls continues to show no signs of dying out anytime soon. Last week he took the lead in a Florida poll for the first time, and a new Gravis Marketing poll released Monday night has him with a huge lead in South Carolina, the first state in the […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2015

60 Plus, the self-described conservative alternative to AARP, has endorsed one of the dueling constitutional amendments on solar power that its backers are hoping to get on the ballot next year in Florida. “We are pleased to join this effort to protect Florida seniors through the proposed constitutional amendment being sponsored by Consumers for Smart […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2015

The Florida Legislature convenes next week to redraw eight congressional districts. They were mandated to do the Florida Supreme Court ruled last month that those eight districts were created in violation of the state’s Constitution. But the League of Women Voters in Florida fears that the Legislature hasn’t gotten the message from the Court, and will […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2015

There are two issues that could prevent Republican primary voters from embracing a Jeb Bush candidacy when they begin going to the polls next year – his support of the Common Core federal education standards, and his perceived “weakness” on immigration. Hours before Bush will join 13 other GOP presidential candidates in the first debate […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2015

With her public approval ratings slipping and talk circulating in Washington that Vice President Joe Biden is contemplating contesting her bid for the Democratic primary, the Hillary Clinton campaign is getting down to business in the first two big states of Iowa and New Hampshire. On Tuesday, the campaign will begin airing two new ads […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2015

Jeb Bush told a group of elite Republicans and libertarians in a speech in Southern California on Sunday night that America is desperate for leaders, and he is the man who can fill that gap in Washington. “People are desperately looking for is a leader, and I hope you’re looking at him, ” Bush said to Politico […]

Mitch PerryAugust 2, 2015

Marco Rubio said Sunday that the government should not be shut down this fall unless Planned Parenthood is defunded, but did say that he supports a proposal to take the federal money that currently goes to that organization and instead spend it on community health care clinics across the nation. “That’s a false choice,” Rubio said […]

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Rick Scott tells GOP candidates what he wants to hear at Thursday’s debate

Mitch Perry Report for 8.4.15 — Political speed date dialing in Manchester

Central Florida congressional delegation to be much different in 2016

Donald Trump leads by 23 points in South Carolina in new poll

Debbie Dooley blasts 60 Plus endorsement of opposing solar power amendment

LWV calls on Florida Legislature to make redistricting process public

Jeb Bush unveils 6-point plan on immigration

Hillary Clinton to air first ads in Iowa, N.H.

Speaking at Koch Brothers event, Jeb Bush says he’s the leader that America needs

Marco Rubio won’t call for shutdown over Planned Parenthood