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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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Hillary Clinton’s strong debate is general election warning for GOP

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Hillary Rodham Clinton’s polished performance in the first Democratic debate did more than send a message to her primary rivals. It was a warning to the chaotic Republican field about her likely strength in a general election. Clinton solidified her shift toward more liberal positions on trade, gun control and immigration, but still stayed largely in step with the battleground state voters she’ll need in November 2016. She also positioned herself as heir to the coalition of women, Hispanics and…

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Mitch Perry Report for 10.14.15 — HRC says she’s a progressive who can win

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Good morning from the Motel 6 on Apalachee Parkway in Tallahassee. Okay, let’s get right into discussing last night’s Democratic rumble in Las Vegas. Experience matters. Although it’s been over seven years since she last engaged in a presidential debate, Hillary Clinton did battle it out with Barack Obama, John Edwards, Joe Biden and several other Democrats more than two dozen times in 2007-2008, and that experience showed last night in the first Democratic debate of the season. Sure, there…

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Alan Grayson calls himself a ‘progressive warrior’ in first paid TV ad

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In Alan Grayson‘s first paid television ad for his U.S. Senate candidacy, the Orlando-area Democrat takes some credit for Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy‘s decision not to run for Speaker of the House last week. The 30-second ad highlights the fact that Grayson has been critical of the latest investigation into the events that led to the death of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans on September 11, 2012. Like other Democrats, Grayson has charged that it’s…

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Analysis: GOP is party desperately in search of a leader

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The GOP is a party in chaos, desperately in search of a leader. In the unruly U.S. House, Republicans enjoy a near-historic majority, yet deep divisions between ultra-conservatives and more traditional GOP lawmakers have left them at a loss over who should be in charge. In the Republican presidential primary, experienced governors and senators – long the party’s national leaders-in-waiting – are overshadowed by outsiders like Donald Trump who only seem to get stronger as they challenge the GOP establishment.…

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Overhaul of Florida’s districts hurts would-be House speaker

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A judge called Friday for a sweeping overhaul of Florida’s electoral map, including the congressional district held by a Republican seeking to become the next U.S. House speaker. Judge Terry Lewis recommended new boundaries for the state’s 27 congressional districts, some of which would make it nearly impossible for U.S. Rep. Dan Webster — one of the hard-line conservatives who pushed John Boehner to resign as speaker and then turned on Boehner’s No. 2, Kevin McCarthy — to win re-election…

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Mitch Perry Report for 10.9.15 — 1st chapter in Tampa citizens review board saga ends

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The activists went home unhappy last night, but their goals were never the same as the majority on the Tampa City Council when it came to the creation of a citizens review board to review the Tampa Police Department. The Council voted 5-2 Thursday evening for a compromise proposal on who gets to select the members of the nine-member board and two alternates; Mayor Bob Buckhorn will get five choices, the Council four, and the mayor still gets to pick the two alternates that were…

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