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Mitch Perry Report for 9.28.16 — Our bodies, our politicians

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During the first half-hour or so of Monday night’s presidential debate, there was plenty of chatter on Twitter on what appeared to be a case of the sniffles being suffered by Donald J. Trump. Former Vermont governor and NBC News commentator Howard Dean speculated it might have to do with cocaine use. “Notice Trump sniffing all the time. Coke user?” he tweeted, which has now gotten him into a lot of hot water. Now, I’m not going to spin a few words about the…

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Howard Dean blasts Rick Scott, Donald Trump as ‘Neanderthal nincompoops’

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Howard Dean is a pivotal figure in recent American politics. Although his insurgent run for president in 2003-2004 died an ignominious death in Iowa, his campaign was influential in a number of ways to current politics. As Time magazine reported two years ago, the campaign began collecting the biggest lists of offline volunteers and online donors in the field, using bloggers, software developers and volunteers creating their own groups online and offline in communities across the country. He also was a harbinger…

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Florida Democrats to choose delegates to convention this Saturday

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On Saturday, Democrats from each of Florida’s 27 congressional districts will meet in congressional district caucuses to elect 135 district-level delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July. Later on, the district-level delegates will meet to select 27 Pledged Party Leader and Elected Official (PLEO) Delegates, 45 At-Large Delegates, and 17 At-Large Alternates to the Democratic National Convention. In the Florida Democratic primary on March 15, Hillary Clinton shellacked Bernie Sanders, beating him 64 to 33 percent. However, unlike the GOP…

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The Bernie Sanders campaign signs up more recruits in Tampa

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Zach Exley has been working for the Bernie Sanders campaign since last July as a senior adviser on digital operations. He previously worked on campaigns for Howard Dean, John Kerry, and Barack Obama‘s 2008 effort, but says they all pale in comparison to what the Sanders campaign is doing this cycle with phone volunteers. Speaking at the North University Area Community Development Center in Tampa Saturday morning, Exley said, “This calling program is literally a hundred times bigger than anything any campaign…

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Today on Context Florida: Donald Trump, getting older and colder, and naming names

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Today on Context Florida: As we rapidly approach the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, Darryl Paulson writes of the increasing speculation that Donald Trump will likely be the Republican presidential nominee. Nevertheless, he believes Trump has no better than a 20 percent chance of winning the nomination. So, why will Trump not win the Republican nomination? Because he will either suffer a Howard Dean-like fall, or because his support is concentrated among people who are not Republicans and people…

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Jeb Bush’s ill-starred campaign follows track set by earlier Florida governors

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As Jeb Bush struggles to win the Republican nomination for president, it’s a reminder that he’s sadly following a string of other successful Florida governors who came up far short of capturing the party’s brass ring. Every Florida governor from 1967 to 1979 ran for president, but none of their candidacies went anywhere. Claude Kirk, elected in 1966, was seriously considered as Richard Nixon‘s running mate in 1968 but lost out to Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew. Kirk lost the governorship…

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A year from Election Day, GOP faces chaos it hoped to avoid

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After a devastating loss in the 2012 presidential election, the Republican Party entered a period of intense self-reflection and emerged with a firm promise to learn from its mistakes. The GOP vowed to avoid a prolonged and vicious 2016 primary. It concluded it must embrace an overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws and adopt a more welcoming tone to win over women and minorities. Yet a year from Election Day 2016, the GOP primary is a rough and bumpy competition.…

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