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Mitch Perry Report for 10.26.15 – Iowa

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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 know this is anecdotal, but check out this New York Times story by Trip Gabriel about why Iowans like the retired pediatric neurosurgeon. “He is kind…

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Mitch Perry Report for 10.19.15 — Jeb pushes the nuclear option in trying to bring down Trump

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It’s not surprising that Donald Trump has touched upon the third rail of 9/11 politics by mentioning the inconvenient fact that George W. Bush was president when America was hit by its worst terrorist attack in the lower 48. No, what’s surprising is that Trump didn’t go there when the occasion came up during the last GOP presidential debate. You remember, the one where Jeb Bush said that his brother “kept America safe”? After Trump brought up the issue with…

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Dennis Ross lacerates Republican House leadership

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If you want to hear some good trash talking about how ineffective the Republican-led House conference has been since taking power back from the Democrats in 2010, you don’t need to listen to Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid or Hillary Clinton. Just listen to any Republican running to serve in Washington next year. On Friday afternoon at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club’s monthly meeting, Polk County-based GOP U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross was the latest Republican member of Congress to blast the Republican…

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Ready to debate: A guide to the Democratic 2016 candidates

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The Republican presidential contest has been aflutter for months, but now it’s time for the Democrats to spread their wings before a big national audience. Their first debate is Tuesday night on CNN. Grab your binoculars and bring along this field guide to the candidates. ___ HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON Key features: Nearly everybody recognizes her. She’s the only candidate who’s lived in the White House already, as first lady. A quick sketch: — Daughter of a fabric store owner and…

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News that Ben Carson only became Republican a year ago isn’t really news

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Dr. Ben Carson has been getting hammered in recent days for some of his outlandish comments on the campaign trail. Both the New York Times‘ Charles Blow and the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson have slammed the GOP presidential candidate for his comments on what he would do if confronted by a mass killer who wanted to shoot him, as well as his invoking Nazi Germany when talking about gun control. Carson has dismissed such complaints, and on The O’Reilly Factor on Monday night,…

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Rick Scott takes Manhattan next week

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New York City is now in Gov. Rick Scott‘s crosshairs as the next place to plunder for jobs to bring to the Sunshine State. Scott’s office on Thursday announced the Republican governor would embark on another “domestic economic development mission” to The City So Nice They Named it Twice from Oct. 6-8. He’ll be enticing financial institutions, hedge funds and other businesses to move to or expand in Florida. The latest trip follows his tactic of visiting states with Democratic…

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In NYC, Jeff Vinik announces that his new development will be the first WELL Certified city district in the world

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At the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York City on Tuesday, Jeff Vinik’s Strategic Property Partners (SSP) announced a partnership with the Delos Corp. to create the first WELL Certified city district in Tampa. You might be asking what does that actually mean? Many people know about LEED certified buildings — those are green buildings that reduce stress on the environment by encouraging energy and resource-efficient buildings. Delos is a company that created WELL certification, a performance-based building rating that focuses…

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