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Phil AmmannDecember 11, 2015

Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without the highly awaited holiday greetings from Southern Strategy Group, Tallahassee’s foremost lobbying house. Every year, the SSG Christmas card offers a fun take on the year’s biggest political stories, something always guaranteed to bring a buzz – not to mention a few snickers – throughout Florida’s Capitol. And […]

Guest AuthorDecember 11, 2015

True story. When we got through security at LaGuardia airport on the way home from a Thanksgiving in New York City, my kids were treated to the profane-laced diatribe of a woman who had been pulled aside for a random TSA check. She was berating the TSA officer who was politely asking her to extend […]

Associated PressDecember 5, 2015

It’s another weekend closer to the important Iowa presidential caucuses, and that’s brought lots of the Republican candidates to the state that’s first on the 2016 election calendar. Front-runner Donald Trump was at a rally in Spencer where he urged supporters to do all they can to make it to the caucuses on Feb. 1. […]

Peter SchorschNovember 28, 2015

Republican presidential candidate front-runner Donald Trump returns to Florida for a campaign rally on Saturday. Trump’s rally will be held at the Robarts Arena in Sarasota, beginning at noon. He last visited Florida last month when he made stops before large crowds in Miami and Jacksonville. The latest statewide poll shows Trump leading with 36 […]

Steve VancoreNovember 4, 2015

It was trumpeted (pun intended) as an “Exclusive Poll” for Bay News 9, and it showed Trump so far in the lead we just had to scratch our heads. Anytime you have an outlier poll with unusual findings it is vital that you turn a skeptical eye to the results – and so we did. […]

Steve VancoreNovember 4, 2015

It was trumpeted (pun intended) as an “Exclusive Poll” for Bay News 9, and it showed Trump so far in the lead we just had to scratch our heads. Anytime you have an outlier poll with unusual findings it is vital that you turn a skeptical eye to the results – and so we did. […]

Associated PressOctober 16, 2015

Jeb Bush raised $13.4 million during the summer for his Republican presidential bid — more than almost any other primary competitor, but far less than political newcomer Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who collected about $20 million during the same time period. Meanwhile, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the two leading Democrats in the […]

Associated PressSeptember 28, 2015

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday proposed eliminating income taxes for millions of Americans, and lower rates for the highest-income earners, as part of a plan he said would grow the U.S. economy at a pace not seen in years. Trump’s plan for an overhaul of the U.S. tax code would eliminate federal income […]

Mitch PerryAugust 31, 2015

The biggest news on the presidential front this weekend was the Bloomberg/Des Moines Register poll that shows Bernie Sanders down just seven points to Hillary Clinton in Iowa, 37-30 percent. The presumptive front-runner has lost a third of her supporters since May in first caucus state in nation. So will the mainstream media begin taking […]

Associated PressAugust 16, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wants more than a wall to keep out immigrants living in the country illegally. He also wants to end “birthright citizenship” for their children, he said Sunday. And he would rescind Obama administration executive orders on immigration and toughen deportation, allowing in only “the good ones.” Trump described his expanded […]

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Southern Strategy Group “trumps” the holidays with annual Christmas card

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Donald Trump: Even cheating spouse shouldn’t stop Iowa caucus-goers

Donald Trump to campaign in Sarasota on Saturday

Salt Shaker Test applied to latest Florida GOP PPP poll

Salt Shaker Test applied to latest Florida GOP PPP poll

Donald Trump ceases self-funding; Democrats top GOP

Donald Trump unveils tax plan that would lower taxes for millions

Mitch Perry Report for 8.31.15 – Taking Bernie Sanders seriously

Donald Trump: Deport children of immigrants living illegally in U.S.