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Mike Murphy says there’s a ‘cynicism’ behind Marco Rubio campaign that will catch up with him

Published on October 21, 2015 in 2017/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Mike Murphy says there is a “cynicism” behind the Marco Rubio campaign that he says will ultimately doom the Florida senator’s presidential candidacy. “It’s cynical to run as the creature of new, fresh, while it’s all secret dark money, ” Murphy tells reporter Sasha Issenberg in the second part of a lengthy interview in Bloomberg Politics posted on Wednesday. Murphy, who heads Jeb Bush‘s super PAC Right to Rise, is referring to the fact that the ads that aired this summer calling on viewers…

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Martin Dyckman: Winner-take-all winner could be Donald Trump

Published on August 12, 2015 in 2017/Top Headlines by Martin Dyckman

Our next president may well owe the office to arrogant billionaires or be one himself. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that fewer than 400 families account for nearly half the $388 million already invested in that election still more than a year away. Did America shed blood to be rid of monarchy only to have it come to this? And yet the vast moral and political corruption unleashed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s confusion of free spending with free…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.4.15 — Hillary Clinton to rally the base on voting issues

Published on June 4, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Good morning, everybody. Props to the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald for their world exclusive giving us the date when Jeb Bush finally ends his “exploring the waters” phase and officially enters the GOP presidential race — Monday, June 15. Meanwhile, Lincoln Chafee announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination yesterday and Rick Perry will later today, if you’re scoring at home. Meanwhile, for those critics who say Hillary Clinton is doing a whole bunch of nothing in these early months (and by…

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Midterm elections will cost at least $3.7 billion, Center for Responsive Politics estimates

Published on March 2, 2010 in Uncategorized by Peter Schorsch

With Democrats battling to keep control of both chambers of Congress and Republicans eager to make gains, the money race is fast underway for 2010’s federal midterm elections. By the time that every dollar is spent and every check is cashed, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics estimates the cost of the Nov. 2 contests will be more than $3.7 billion. “With so much on the line, the outpouring of big money into federal campaigns looks likely to continue at…

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