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Mark Bircher sticks to conservative script during CD 13 campaign launch

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To say Mark Bircher is conservative may be a bit of an understatement. He’s about as far right as a serious American politician gets. The retired Marine Corps Reserve brigadier general and commercial pilot made sure to highlight those conservative views of his during his campaign kick-off last night. He’s running for Pinellas County’s 13th Congressional District seat in 2016. “My platform is [based] on our Republican principals,” said Bircher from a banquet room at Quaker Steak and Lube, in Clearwater — the Republican debate…

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Mitch Perry Report for 12.16.15 – Fear and loathing in Las Vegas

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With all the Republican candidates gathering at the Venetian in Las Vegas for the last GOP presidential debate in 2015, the question I ask you today is – will the Republican nominee be anyone other than Donald Trump or Ted Cruz? Trump was his classic self last night, but finally had somebody take it to him in the person of Jeb Bush, who had several well-rehearsed put-down lines that had the Donald mumbling to himself and making absurd faces. Bush condemned…

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Charlie Crist goes after Mark Bircher in fundraising note

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Congressional District 13 Democratic hopeful Charlie Crist is coming out swinging against Republican Mark Bircher, in advance of Bircher’s formal kickoff campaign announcement Tuesday night. As this website reported Monday, Bircher, the retired Marine Corps Reserve brigadier general who finished third in the Republican race for Pinellas County’s 13th Congressional District race in January 2014, will hold his first event as a candidate for the 2016 CD 13 race Tuesday night in Clearwater. That prompted Crist, who announced in October that he would enter the Pinellas County congressional race,…

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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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Mark Bircher to formally kick off CD 13 campaign Tuesday night in Clearwater

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Mark Bircher, the retired Marine Corps Reserve brigadier general who finished third in the Republican race for Pinellas County’s 13th Congressional District race in January 2014, will hold his first event as a candidate for the 2016 CD 13 race on Tuesday night in Clearwater. The 62-year-old Bircher, currently a commercial pilot, will appear at 6 p.m. at the Quaker Steak and Lube in Clearwater at 10400 49th St N. (The facility will later be hosting a party to watch…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

Mitch Perry Report for 12.3.15 — Rahm Emanuel and Chicago are stuck with each other

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While the news is all about the latest gun shooting in San Bernadino today, let’s focus here on another death that’s been in the news a lot in the past couple of weeks: that being of Laquan McDonald, the black teenager killed by a white Chicago police officer a year ago. In between her campaign and fundraising efforts here in Florida yesterday, Hillary Clinton said she wants a federal investigation about McDonald’s death, putting her directly at odds with Chicago…

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Mark Bircher becomes the first Republican to enter CD 13 contest

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Mark Bircher has filed paperwork to run for the 13th Congressional District seat in 2016, becoming the first Republican to do so. He’s the retired Marine Corps Reserve brigadier general who finished third in the district’s Republican primary in early 2014 to succeed the late Bill Young. The 62-year-old Seminole resident and commercial airline pilot had never run for political office until he entered the special primary election in late 2013. He lost to David Jolly with about 25 percent…

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