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Mitch Perry Report for 12.15.15 – Vegas, baby, Vegas!

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After the third GOP presidential debate in late October, I wrote in this space after Marco Rubio received plaudits for his effort if it would translate into votes. A couple of weeks later, after the fourth debate in Milwaukee, the conventional wisdom from pundits was that it was time that Rubio and Ted Cruz were going to take off. As we’ve seen in the past week, Cruz has finally jump started his campaign, and now leads in several polls in Iowa, the…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.4.15 – Figuring out Ben Carson

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A friend of mine asked me Tuesday night whether Ben Carson is doing any fundraising in Tampa. It would certainly make sense if he were since the GOP presidential front-runner (in some polls) is spending this week in Florida on a book-selling tour. There’s no indication, though, that such an event is planned. Carson is running a campaign doing not what you’d expect him to be doing, yet it’s all working right now for the 63-year-old retired pediatric neurosurgeon. A crowd estimated at more…

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Today on Context Florida: High-functioning Democrats, Escambia ZIP Codes and identity theft

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Today on Context Florida: According to Daniel Tilson, the 99 percent of us who haven’t benefited from — and in many cases have been harmed or held back by — almost 20 years of increasingly conservative Republican domination of Florida government and public policy, deserve and desperately need a high-functioning opposition party with a specific plan and timeframe for restoring political and legislative balance to our state. After all, independent and Republican 99-percenters benefit just as much as Democrats do from…

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Today on Context Florida: Long hot Florida summer, fix-it plans, semester goodbyes and the truth

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Today on Context Florida: With the special session imminently upon us, it is only a warm-up to what Peter Schorsch says will be a hot political summer in Florida. He ponders 10 questions that will shape the immediate future for the state and – in some cases – the nation, including: What does Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign roll-out look like? Can Marco Rubio remain in the top-tier of presidential candidates? Is Florida ready for Hillary? Daniel Tilson says it’s time to…

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Florida Dems create new website blasting Ron DeSantis

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That didn’t take long. Shortly after Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis announced he is an official candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in 2016, the Florida Democratic Party responded immediately with a website, RonDeSantis2016.com, that features a large picture of the 36-year-old representative with the words, “Ron DeSantis: For the Tea Party.” “The last Tea Party Congressman to run for U.S. Senate in Florida suffered a resounding defeat because of just how out of touch he was with the values of Florida’s…

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Wayne Garcia — the PoHo — screwed up

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If he was still in the political consulting business, Wayne Garcia would probably be the busiest guy in town right now. He was at the top of his game before he left the business to write for The Weekly Planet and teach at UF. Of all the pros in the local political scene, I respect Wayne’s opinion probably the most because he’s independent enough to not snowjob every story. That said, Wayne Garcia, the self-titled Political Whore or PoHo, screwed…

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