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Hillary Clinton advisers traveling to New Hampshire, Iowa

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Hillary Rodham Clinton‘s campaign manager-in-waiting is traveling to the early voting states of New Hampshire and Iowa this week for meetings with Democratic activists as the former secretary of state prepares for a likely presidential campaign. Robby Mook, who is expected to be Clinton’s campaign manager, was visiting New Hampshire on Monday and Tuesday and traveling to Iowa on Wednesday and Thursday for meetings with party officials and activists, Democrats familiar with the plans said. The people were not authorized…

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Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton favored by American voters in 2016, CBS poll shows

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Jeb Bush continues to lead the field as best-known presidential hopeful tested in a new poll of Republican voters released Monday by CBS News. Behind Bush is former Gov. Mike Huckabee, followed by U.S. Sens. Rand Paul and Marco Rubio. Respondents could choose as many names as they wanted. Showing the biggest movement in the past month is Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, who announced his candidacy during the survey. Thirty-seven percent of Republican voters would consider voting for him now, while only…

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.30.15 — Mike Pence’s big moment

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Happy Monday to y’all. If you could only watch one public affairs show on Sunday, that show was ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, where two men with possible presidential aspirations gave interesting interviews. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said several times in his live one-on-one that he was grateful to get the opportunity to explain Indiana’s extremely controversial “Religious Freedom Act.” But you have to wonder if he felt that way after the interview ended, since the big news at…

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

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Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” — Former Gov. Martin O’Malley, D-Md.; Victoria Reggie Kennedy. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Victoria Kennedy; former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and John McCain, R-Ariz.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; former Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine; former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark. ___ CNN’s “State of the Union” — House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio;…

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Jeb Bush loses some momentum in Florida in new PPP survey

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A new poll shows that a majority of Floridians would prefer that neither Jeb Bush nor Marco Rubio should run for president next year. Only 37 percent of Florida voters think Bush should run for president, to 52 percent who say they think he shouldn’t, according to the survey published today by Public Policy Polling. The numbers for Marco Rubio on that front are almost identical — 35 percent say he should run, to 51 percent who believe he should sit it out. PPP…

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Fresh Gallup poll — Hillary Clinton: Best known, and still best liked

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According to a new poll (taken just as the controversy about her private email account was breaking), Hillary Clinton remains one of the few 2016 presidential candidates to have a significantly higher favorable (50 percent) than unfavorable (39 percent) rating among the American public. And 89 percent have enough knowledge of her to form an opinion, by far the most of any person who is contemplating a run for the White House next year. However, it should be noted that…

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.13.15 — Random thoughts

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Welcome to the hottest Friday the 13th in March in Tampa Bay history. If it’s Friday in Tallahassee, it’s vacation day. Although the regular session began just 10 days ago, lawmakers are apparently burned out, and require a three-day weekend. No hearings are scheduled today in the Capitol. Then again, the House of Representatives have been off all week. Such work ethic is what prompted David Jolly to propose a bill last year that would require Congress to meet from 8…

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