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Associated PressApril 30, 2015

Republicans are bringing something unique to the 2016 presidential campaign: an ability to speak to Americans in both of their main mother tongues, Spanish as well as English. Democrats can’t match it. Previous GOP candidates couldn’t. But now, paradoxically, the party that’s on the outs with many Hispanic voters over immigration is the party that […]

Mitch PerryApril 29, 2015

Scott Walker has a double-digit lead over the rest of the Republican field in Iowa, according to a new poll. But Marco Rubio is ascendent. Walker is at 23 percent support in a Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday morning. Coming in second now is Rubio with 13 percent. Jeb Bush is next at 12 […]

Mitch PerryApril 28, 2015

“Banning the Box” on job applications for companies who contract with the city of Tampa was a bridge too far for the City Council to consider back in February, but it’s good enough for the Koch Brothers and other major corporations. In February, the Council declined to pass a law that would have “banned the box” […]

Mitch PerryApril 28, 2015

The Democratic National Committee’s oppo research team enjoyed poking fun at Jeb Bush Monday, sending out an email after he was quoted in one setting over the weekend as saying, “I don’t think you need to spend $1 billion to be elected president of the United States.” Another quote attributed to him Sunday night while […]

Mitch PerryApril 24, 2015

Last week it was Nashua, New Hampshire. Tomorrow, Waukee, Iowa. Waukee is the site of the next GOP presidential cattle call, where Marco Rubio will make his first appearance in the Hawkeye State since officially declaring his candidacy for president earlier this month. He’ll be joined by at least seven other presidential hopefuls who will speak […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 24, 2015

Surveying the crowd before his Wednesday evening speech about Jeb Bush at the Main Library in Downtown Jacksonville, Matthew Corrigan surveyed the crowd of 20 or so political junkies and brought up former Florida Gov. Reubin Askew. When Askew got to New Hampshire to give the first speech of his doomed presidential bid in 1984, there […]

Mitch PerryApril 24, 2015

Running for president means sometimes having to alter your brand, and sometimes your integrity. Case in point: Rand Paul. Nobody has been more prominent in U.S. politics being critical of drone strikes, particularly against American citizens, such as Anwar al-Awlaki, an Al Qaeda operative killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2011. In […]

Mitch PerryApril 23, 2015

The Senate voted 56-43 Thursday to approve the nomination of Loretta Lynch as U.S. attorney general, ending a more than five-month-long political impasse that had stalled her bid to become the first black woman to lead the Justice Department. Three Republicans senators running for president next year — Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz […]

Mitch PerryApril 22, 2015

This past weekend, Nashua, N.H., was the center of the political universe. About 20 announced presidential candidates, probable candidates, and long-shot possibilities were offered 30 minutes each by the New Hampshire Republican Party to present themselves and answer questions from 600 Republicans at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit. In addition to reporting […]

Mitch PerryApril 20, 2015

Although he’s hardly breaking away, Jeb Bush leads the GOP 2016 presidential field in a new CNN/ORC International Poll released Monday morning. And Marco Rubio appears to finally be gaining traction. However, both would be crushed by Hillary Clinton if the election were to be held now. Bush tops the GOP field with 17 percent, followed by […]

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Look who’s speaking Spanish: GOP 2016 contenders bring bilingual abilities

New Iowa poll shows Marco Rubio moving up to 2nd place

Koch Brothers latest to seize on “ban the box” movement; is Tampa next?

Mitch Perry Report for 4.28.15 — Jeb Bush. And his money.

Marco Rubio returns to Iowa for the first time as a declared presidential candidate

Matt Corrigan talks “Conservative Hurricane,” Jeb Bush 2016

Mitch Perry Report for 4.24.15 — The politics of convenience

Loretta Lynch loses Marco Rubio’s AG vote over civil forfeiture stance

The voice (of a few) New Hampshire voters at GOP confab

Jeb Bush tops new GOP poll, trails Hillary Clinton by 17 points