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Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Jeb Bush confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he won’t participate in the Iowa Straw Poll in August. The news dominated the U.S. political scene Tuesday, obscuring to a degree the controversy accompanying Bush’s response to a question asked Sunday by Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly regarding the invasion of Iraq. Bush told Kelly that even knowing […]

Phil AmmannApril 21, 2015

In order to adjourn on time, all 160 members of the Florida Legislature must have a budget on their desks sometime on April 28. Florida law requires legislators have at least 72 hours to look over the budget before voting on it just before sine die on May 1. The odds of completing a budget […]

Bob SparksApril 21, 2015

In order to adjourn on time, all 160 members of the Florida Legislature must have a budget on their desks sometime on April 28. Florida law requires legislators have at least 72 hours to look over the budget before voting on it just before sine die on May 1. The odds of completing a budget […]

Mitch PerryApril 12, 2015

The political media world was abuzz about Hillary Clinton’s expected announcement on Sunday that she would be declaring her candidacy for president. CNN even had foreign policy maven Fareed Zakaria broadcast live on his Fareed Zakaria GPS program, with a graphic on the side of the screen with the words, “Awaiting Hilary Clinton announcement.” But the […]

Bob SparksMarch 3, 2015

Florida’s most conservative Republican governor in history was about to speak before last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, MD. Despite a record few Republicans in any state could match, his appearance before a room full of conservatives was considered a road game. Between 2007 and 2015, he fell from grace among […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 27, 2015

In what appeared to be the most anticipated moment at CPAC 2015, Jeb Bush went into the lion’s den this afternoon and seemed to emerge not only unscathed, but actually stronger in the process. Although some of his responses regarding immigration garnered boos from the Conservative Political Action Conference crowd, they weren’t substantial, and were […]

Adam WeinsteinDecember 11, 2014

Ban them all. We should never again allow a livelihood in media or government or think-tanking for any politician, any general, any pundit who ever argued that the United States of America needs to torture captives in order to keep its citizenry safe. Thanks to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture released this […]

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A snippet of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party fundraising email Finance Chair Sue Whitman-Helfgot sent Monday.

Jeb Bush to skip Iowa Straw Poll; says he “misinterpreted” question on Iraq

Bob Sparks: So far for this Legislature, the FHIX is not in

Bob Sparks: So far for this Legislature, the FHIX is not in

Team Rubio not impressed by Hillary Clinton’s soft opening

Bob Sparks: Jeb Bush earns a respectable passing grade at CPAC

Jeb Bush dares to piss off CPAC crowd, but cheers ring too

Adam Weinstein: Don’t give a forum to defenders of torture