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FDP Vice Chair Alan Clendenin not backing away from criticism of Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz was in Tampa last week for a fundraiser for the Florida Democratic Party, and when she confronted Alan Clendenin, things got a little chilly. It was “as good as it always goes,” says Clendenin of the strained meeting that took pace at the law offices of Swope, Rodante in Ybor City. Although the two mix like “oil and water” (in Clendenin’s words), the tension was even greater than usual because the day before Clendenin had posted a story about…

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Senate candidate Pam Keith sounds off on ‘paternalistic’ Florida Democratic Party leadership

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Last weekend in South Florida, the Florida Democratic Party released its LEAD Task Force Report, a look at what went so wrong for the party at the ballot box in 2014. Better messaging is listed as one of the recommendations. “While this message proved powerfully persuasive to many groups, it failed to connect in north and rural Florida, where Democrats fell to new lows,” the report reads. “In 2014, Democrats did not talk to Floridians clearly enough, long  enough, or specifically…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.15.15 — Hillary (sort of) takes a stand on TPP

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Good morning from the Parkway Inn Motel in Miami Springs, where I’m in place for Jeb Bush’s announcement that he’s officially a candidate for president. His announcement follows Hillary Clinton’s big speech over the weekend in New York City, which was actually her second “official announcement,” following an extremely low-key “soft opening” back in April. Clinton launched into a laundry list of policies and beliefs in her 45-minute speech on Saturday, but was criticized by many officials (and already had…

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Florida Democratic Party establishment discusses task force report

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Among the headlines of a just-released review on what happened to Florida Democrats in 2014 is a familiar woe – a lack of financial resources to compete with the Republican Party. The report, called the Leadership Expansion to Advance Democrats (LEAD) task force, is scheduled to be released to the public on Sunday, but the Florida Democratic Party released it to select reporters on Friday. “We raised more money in this last election cycle than we ever raised,” said Florida…

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Loranne Ausley to host campaign kick-off Tuesday evening

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Former state Rep. Loranne Ausley will host an event in Tallahassee tomorrow night to launch her bid to succeed state Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda in Ausley’s erstwhile District 9 House seat. Ausley — a voluminous fundraiser, particularly for a Democrat — lists several Capitol regulars on her host committee, still in formation. Longtime pol and former Florida State University President Sandy D’Alemberte will be there with his wife Patsy Palmer, as will Paul Mitchell of the heavyweight influence firm Southern Strategy Group, along with a…

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RPOF hosts spring quarterly meeting in Orlando

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The first Republican Party of Florida quarterly meeting with Blaise Ingoglia in charge kicks off Friday night in Orlando. The two-day event includes a number of seminars for party members on items such as dealing with campaign finance issues and how to deal with the media. We are hearing a lot of buzz and excitement from those attending the RPOF quarterly meeting about that media and messaging tutorial because it will be led by GOP-fabulous Sarah Bascom. Anyone who knows Bascom knows she…

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Allison Tant calls Rick Scott out for his Medicaid expansion remark

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Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant issued a statement saying “sometimes there are no words” after Gov. Rick Scott told reporters he supported Medicaid expansion in 2013 because the state had just gotten approval from the federal government to expand its mandatory managed care program for three years. “The lengths to which Rick Scott will go to mislead the public are disgusting,” she said in a release. “Shame is not a strong enough word.” In a press availability on Thursday Scott avoided…

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