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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 […]

Associated PressOctober 28, 2015

The Republican candidates for president will gather Wednesday for their third debate amid fresh volatility in an already chaotic race, with Ben Carson surging past Donald Trump in Iowa and one-time front-runner Jeb Bush under pressure to prove he’s still a viable candidate for the GOP nomination. The soft-spoken Carson has been a low-key presence […]

Mitch PerryOctober 27, 2015

For the first time this year, Ben Carson has taken the lead nationally in a new CBS/New York Times poll. Carson is at 26 percent with Donald Trump trailing with 22 percent in the GOP Presidential primary field. From there, there’s a big drop-off. Marco Rubio is a distant third with 8 percent; Jeb Bush and […]

Associated PressOctober 26, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has picked up the backing of a Texas billionaire and the state’s lieutenant governor, his campaign said Monday. Darwin Deason, a technology entrepreneur, and his son, Doug, had given millions of dollars to the 2016 efforts of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who ended his bid for the White House […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2015

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the working week. Well, we’re 98 days until the Iowa caucuses, a political lifetime away, right? Well, yes and know. The trend there had been set, but that turned upside down last week when Ben Carson swooped over Donald Trump in two polls taken from the Hawkeye State. Now, I […]

Associated PressOctober 25, 2015

A huge majority of Republican voters prefer an outsider candidate to one with experience in Washington, and most see political rookies Donald Trump and Ben Carson as possible general election winners, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Carson tops the field as the most positively viewed candidate among Republicans, the poll shows. Some things to […]

Phil AmmannOctober 24, 2015

After a pivotal week, the presidential race has become a tale of two parties on sharply different trajectories: Hillary Rodham Clinton has tightened her grip on the Democratic nomination while Republican concern is reaching new heights. Some officials are even considering what could turn into a GOP civil war to stop Donald Trump — with […]

Mitch PerryOctober 23, 2015

Marco Rubio is far from the first U.S. Senator to miss a number of votes while he runs for president, but he seems to be getting bashed more than most. By most accounts, he’s missed up to 30 percent of his votes in the Senate this year. While that makes him worse than fellow GOP Senators/presidential […]

Mitch PerryOctober 23, 2015

One is an outlier, two a trend. Donald Trump’s hegemony in the GOP presidential polls has been cracked this week in the socially conservative state of Iowa. A day after Dr. Ben Carson took an eight-point lead over Donald Trump in a Quinnipiac survey, a Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll out on Friday has Carson up […]

Mitch PerryOctober 22, 2015

Donald Trump, the solid front-runner in Florida and nationally in the GOP presidential race, will be the sixth and final candidate to speak at the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit taking place Nov. 13-14 at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando. Twelve candidates in all will participate in the event, a fundraiser for the RPOF and one that looked […]

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Ben Carson enters GOP debate with momentum; Jeb Bush seeks jumpstart

Ben Carson takes lead over Donald Trump in CBS-NY Times poll

Ted Cruz adds billionaire backer to presidential campaign

Mitch Perry Report for 10.26.15 – Iowa

AP poll: Republicans prefer an outsider candidate

GOP, Dems moving in opposite directions after a pivotal week

Lois Frankel knocks Marco Rubio’s absentee record, says Florida needs two senators

Ben Carson up by 9 points in Iowa in new Bloomberg poll

Donald Trump to close out first full day of RPOF Sunshine Summit