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Mitch PerryNovember 12, 2015

Florida will become ground zero for the GOP presidential campaign this weekend in Orlando, when the Republican Party of Florida kicks off it’s three-day Sunshine Summit with a speech by former Vice President Dick Cheney, followed by two days of speeches from 13 of the 15 candidates running for the nomination. On Monday night however, […]

Mitch PerryNovember 11, 2015

The three remaining Democrats running for president debate Saturday night in Iowa, but until then, their supporters were left sitting in the peanut gallery throwing out choice comments, at least on Tuesday night during the Fox Business News GOP debate from Milwaukee. “Despite the softballs lobbed at Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and company tonight, they each […]

Associated PressNovember 10, 2015

For some Republican presidential candidates, the party’s first three primary debates have been pivotal proving grounds that have strengthened their campaigns or shaken their supporters. Ben Carson isn’t among them. The famously mild-mannered Carson has largely avoided making headlines in the widely watched televised events, often willing to cede the spotlight to more verbose rivals […]

Martin DyckmanNovember 9, 2015

It is startling to even think these words, let alone to have to write them, but I’m feeling sympathy for Jeb Bush. He may not welcome that emotion from a liberal who has rarely agreed with him about anything, but there’s a nation at stake. It seems almost unbelievable that the two most qualified of […]

Martin DyckmanNovember 9, 2015

It is startling to even think these words, let alone to have to write them, but I’m feeling sympathy for Jeb Bush. He may not welcome that emotion from a liberal who has rarely agreed with him about anything, but there’s a nation at stake. It seems almost unbelievable that the two most qualified of […]

Bob SparksNovember 7, 2015

Political opinion polls can be useful, but they can also be dangerous in a figurative sense. Those thinking the election is over because a poll says so can be in for the shock of their lives. Polls can get it wrong in a big way. We have some recent examples. Going into Tuesday night’s statewide […]

Associated PressNovember 6, 2015

There’s been a little more shouting this week from Jeb Bush, and a little more salty language, too, as the Republican candidate for president tries to reboot a campaign that’s fallen from front-running to middle of the pack. But what hasn’t changed is the message. And, Bush says, it won’t. In an interview with The […]

Bob SparksNovember 5, 2015

Political opinion polls can be useful, but they can also be dangerous in a figurative sense. Those thinking the election is over because a poll says so can be in for the shock of their lives. Polls can get it wrong in a big way. We have some recent examples. Going into Tuesday night’s statewide […]

Mitch PerryNovember 5, 2015

I received a text message Wednesday night saying that the Tampa Bay Sierra Club had embraced Hillsborough County Commission Chairwoman Sandy Murman‘s late-hour plan to fund transportation projects, which sounds like a larger-size version of what the club sought this past summer. You remember, it asked the county to began raising mobility fees and the […]

Phil AmmannNovember 4, 2015

Now it’s a Baker’s Dozen. Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson will be the 13th candidate to appear at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit, scheduled next week in Orlando. “We are excited to welcome Ben Carson to our list of presidential candidates speaking at the Sunshine Summit in Orlando,” said a statement Wednesday from […]

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Golf ball and golf club in bag on green grass

Sunshine Summit set to kick off

Democrats, others react to GOP Milwaukee debate

For Ben Carson, debates have played limited role in his rise

Martin Dyckman: Jeb Bush-Gotterdammerung, and the rise of Marco Rubio

Martin Dyckman: Jeb Bush-Gotterdammerung, and the rise of Marco Rubio

Bob Sparks: Polls have recently missed the mark; how about the GOP presidential field?

Jeb Bush: Voters will “adjust their thinking” as primaries near

Bob Sparks: Polls have recently missed the mark; how about the GOP presidential field?

Mitch Perry Report for 11.5.15 – A Hillsborough transportation plan without a sales tax?

Now it’s 13: Ben Carson latest to attend Florida GOP Sunshine Summit