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Seeds of GOP splinter in opposition to all things Barack Obama

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Republicans can blame their united stand against President Barack Obama for their party’s splintering. Conservatives’ gut-level resistance to all things Obama — the man, his authority, his policies — gave birth to the tea party movement that powered the GOP to political success in multiple states and historic congressional majorities. Yet contained in the movement and its triumphs were the seeds of destruction, evident now in the party’s fracture over presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Obama’s policies, from the ambitious 2010…

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.1.16 – Will Clinton vs. Trump be a “hate and castrate” election?

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For political reporters and everyone else who wants to keep the excitement of the 2015-2016 presidential election cycle going strong, you’ve got to be pulling for Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz to exceed expectations in the Super Tuesday contests. Otherwise, we’re staring at an eight-month slog of Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump in the general election. That matchup could likely be the most negative in U.S. history. Think otherwise? Then I suggest you dip into the reporting that The New…

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Dennis Ross glad he’s “still living in his district” after redistricting

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Republican U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross of Lakeland said he can live with the new shape of his 15th Congressional District approved by the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday even though it cuts more of his home county out of his district. Like many Florida members of Congress, Ross’ district boundaries changed when the court certified the redistricting of congressional territories. He lost the cities of Bartow and Mulberry in Polk County from his district and Temple Terrace and Lutz in…

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Gwen Graham, Dennis Ross unveil new civics education push

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U.S. Reps. Gwen Graham and Dennis Ross have unveiled a bipartisan effort in Congress to boost civics education across the nation. Graham, a freshman Democrat from Tallahassee, is teaming up with Ross, a Polk County Republican, to pursue a resolution encouraging high schools to administer a civics test to high school seniors. The questions are taken from the naturalization exams administered to new immigrants by the Department of Homeland Security. “When I speak with young people across North Florida I’m encouraged by how smart…

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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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Redistricting summons forces Tom Lee to cancel Polk Tiger Bay appearance

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Florida Senate Appropriations Chair Tom Lee missed his speaking engagement with the Polk County Tiger Bay Club on Thursday. The Brandon Republican had received a summons to Tallahassee, which Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis wouldn’t allow him to postpone. He was a witness for the judge’s hearings to decide from perhaps as many as seven maps of redistricting for Florida’s congressional districts. Tiger Bay members had their own questions on redistricting on which they had hoped to hear answers from Lee, particularly…

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Judge gives redistricting parties extra time for maps

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Circuit Judge Terry Lewis has given parties in the ongoing congressional redistricting case until Monday to submit their final versions of how to draw boundary lines for those districts. At a brief hearing on Friday, Lewis set the date for all competing maps to be submitted. A final hearing on the matter still is set for Sept. 24, court dockets show. Time is of the essence: Candidate qualifying for congressional office is set for next June 20-24, according to the state’s elections website. Just…

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