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Judithanne McLauchlin on the real Hillary Clinton she knows

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On Wednesday afternoon at the American Jewish History Museum in Philadelphia, a host of Clinton alumni — officials who worked on Bill Clinton’s two presidential election campaigns in the 90s as well as former White House staffers, assembled for a reunion lunch and a call to arms about telling the public about who is the real Hillary Clinton. Among those in attendance were officials like former NATO Supreme Commander Wesley Clark, former chief-of-staff John Podesta, former Agriculture head Dan Glickman, and a…

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Kathy Castor, other Democratic activists call on GOP Senate to give Merrick Garland a vote

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Tampa-St. Petersburg Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor and three other Democratic activists stood in front of the steps of the U.S. Federal Courthouse on Tuesday with a simple message for Marco Rubio and the rest of the Republican Senate regarding Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. “We are here to ask Senator Marco Rubio to please do his job – it’s his constitutional requirement to fill these vacancies, and we ask that they do so,” said Susan McGrath from the Florida Consumer…

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Darden Rice will not challenge Jeff Brandes in SD 24

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Despite the wooing of state Democrats, St. Petersburg City Council member Darden Rice says she will not leave her seat to challenge Republican Jeff Brandes in the state Senate District 24 race this fall. “I really like what I’m doing right now, and I really don’t have any interest in the job,” Rice said on Tuesday. After two previously unsuccessful attempts to serve in public office, Rice broke through to win the District 4 council seat in the fall of…

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USFSP students working for the presidential candidates in New Hampshire

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Among the thousands of out of state visitors who are descending upon New Hampshire for next week’s first-in-the-nation primary election are 23 students from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. USFSP political science professor Judithanne McLauchlan is taking her class to the Granite State to see American democracy in all of its glories – and excesses. SPB met up with the professor and her students late Sunday morning at Tampa International Airport, where they would soon be departing on a Southwest flight…

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Dwight Dudley leading Darryl Rouson in potential Democratic SD 22 primary contest

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When the Florida Legislature begins redrawing up all 40 state Senate districts during its next scheduled special session (October 26-November 6), the Senate District 22 seat is expected to change dramatically and become much more Democratic Party friendly. If that scenario plays out, current GOP incumbent Jeff Brandes is expected to bail out of that race and find another Pinellas County seat to run in. So who might run in the newly formed SD 22 seat? A new survey by St. Pete Polls released…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.24.15 — The politics of convenience

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Running for president means sometimes having to alter your brand, and  sometimes your integrity. Case in point — Rand Paul. Nobody has been more prominent in American politics in being critical of drone strikes, particularly against American citizens, such as Anwar al-Awlaki, an Al Qaeda operative killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2011. In 2013, Paul arguably kicked off his presidential campaign with his dramatic, 13-hour filibuster against such strikes. But now he’s running for the GOP…

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Judithanne McLauchlan thinking seriously of running in HD 69 next year

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USFSP Political Science professor Judithanne McLauchlan endured a rough and tumble campaign in her first bid for political office in 2014, but the Madeira Beach-based Democrat says her continued frustration with the Florida Legislature is prompting her to seriously consider a run for the Legislature in 2016. She’s considering a run in House District 69, currently occupied by Pasadena Republican Kathleen Peters. The district encompasses southern Pinellas County, stretching from Redington Shores to St. Pete Beach. “I’m thinking about it,”…

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