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Mitch Perry Report for 7.16.15 — Jeb Bush goes to Uber

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Jeb Bush is in San Francisco today, where he plans on hailing an Uber to show his support for the ride-sharing company. His appearance comes a day after California regulators required the company to pay a $7.3 million fine and hand over required information about safety and accessibility — or be shut down in their home state. The California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates taxis and shuttle companies, asked Uber, Lyft and Sidecar to report the number of customers requesting rides in vehicles that can…

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Jeb Bush slams Donald Trump for ‘rhetoric of divisiveness’

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Jeb Bush took aim at fellow Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Tuesday, criticizing his “rhetoric of divisiveness.” Speaking to more than 100 people at a restaurant in Council Bluffs, the former Florida governor said the Republican Party should focus on bringing people together. “Whether it is Donald Trump or Barack Obama, their rhetoric of divisiveness is wrong. A Republican will never win by striking fear in people’s hearts,” Bush said. Trump, the outspoken reality television star, has been critical…

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Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush nationally in USA Today poll, 17-14%

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With Scott Walker’s official entry into the GOP presidential contest on Monday, there are now 15 Republicans vying for the highest office in the land. But if you were to just follow the polls in the past week, there are now two men that matter in the mid-summer of 2015: Donald Trump and Jeb Bush. A new Suffolk University/USA Today poll published on Tuesday shows the bombastic New York City businessman leading Bush in a new poll, 17-14 percent. Walker is third in…

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Jeb Bush at 15%, Donald Trump at 13% in new Monmouth University national poll

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The second national poll of the GOP presidential race in three days once again shows Jeb Bush on top, with Donald Trump nipping at his heels. But a deeper look shows Bush is in much better shape moving forward. The Monmouth University Poll released Monday afternoon shows Bush at 15 percent, Trump at 13 percent, and Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz at 9 percent. The next group of candidates includes Scott Walker (7 percent) – who is formally announcing his candidacy tonight – Mike Huckabee (7…

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Donald Trump in virtual tie with Jeb Bush in new Reuters poll

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While commentators on the Sunday talk shows continued to deride his candidacy, apparently enough Republican primary voters like what Donald Trump is talking about on the campaign trail. A Reuters-Ipsos poll released on Saturday shows that The Donald trails only Jeb Bush in a survey of national GOP presidential voters. Bush is at 16.1 percent, Trump 15.8 percent. Trump’s controversial (if not downright racist) comments regarding Mexicans coming to America has made him the number one story on political cable news…

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Today on Context Florida: Confederate flags, Hillsborough County and thank goodness for Alan Grayson

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Today on Context Florida: With all due respect to serious prayer, Peter Schorsch says what is on the mind of every political pundit in the state or anyone who loves reading about Florida politics. As U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson (D-No Filter Whatsoever) enters the race for U.S. Senate, we are thrilled. Yes, we are all bowing our heads and doing a Tim Tebow at our respective desks: “Dear Lord, thank you! Thank you!” When Catherine Durkin Robinson taught high school, several…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.8.15 — Could Francisco Sanchez become the Willie Horton of 2016?

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The furor over Donald Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants shows no sign of diminishing as ESPN decided to pull its charity golf tournament from his Southern California course yesterday. It’s been a very rough week for the celebrity/businessman/GOP presidential candidate, with major corporations like Macy’s, NBC and Univision cutting ties with him in the wake of his disparaging comments last month, when he said, “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists,” adding, “and some, I assume, are good people.’” But Trump is doubling…

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