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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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Ready to debate: A guide to the Democratic 2016 candidates

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The Republican presidential contest has been aflutter for months, but now it’s time for the Democrats to spread their wings before a big national audience. Their first debate is Tuesday night on CNN. Grab your binoculars and bring along this field guide to the candidates. ___ HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON Key features: Nearly everybody recognizes her. She’s the only candidate who’s lived in the White House already, as first lady. A quick sketch: — Daughter of a fabric store owner and…

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Democratic debate a breakout chance for Martin O’Malley, others

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Stuck far behind Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Martin O’Malley needs a breakout moment in the party’s first debate to catch up to the front-runners. And he knows it. “This will really be the first time that nationally voters see that there’s more than one alternative to this year’s inevitable front-runner, Secretary Clinton,” O’Malley said. “It’s a very, very important opportunity for me to not only present my vision for where…

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Mitch Perry Report for 10.13.15 — Martin O’Malley’s moment?

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So, after the Republicans (led by Donald Trump) have seized the country’s attention with their presidential contest so far in 2015, the five Democrats (sans Joe Biden) running for president get their shot in a two-hour debate from Las Vegas on CNN at 9 p.m. Eastern. There will be some intriguing things to watch for — such as how Bernie Sanders will make his pitch for the black vote. A CNN/ORC poll in South Carolina released yesterday  was very troubling for…

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Hillary Clinton up big in new polls from South Carolina and Nevada

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Although Bernie Sanders is giving Hillary Clinton a run for her money in polls in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, two new CNN/ORC polls released on Monday show that Clinton is dominating the Vermont independent in Nevada and South Carolina, the next two states in the Democratic presidential primary contest. Clinton has the support of 50 percent of those who say they are likely to attend the Democratic caucus scheduled for February 20 in Nevada. Sanders follows at…

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Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley to headline Southern forum

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Three Democratic presidential candidates are scheduled to attend a Nov. 6 forum in South Carolina. The nationally televised event at Winthrop University isn’t a debate. Instead, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow will conduct separate conversations with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The forum is sponsored by 12 state Democratic parties stretching from Virginia to Texas, along with the Democratic National Committee and South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn. The South…

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Mitch Perry Report for 10.5.15 — O’Malley and Clinton unveil plans to address gun violence

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Welcome to the first Monday in October, where in Tampa the temperatures began this morning in the upper 60s… Lots going on in pop culture and sports this past weekend, but let’s stick with hard news and talk about the issue of gun violence in America in the wake of the latest mass shooting in Oregon last week. When it comes to addressing this problem, Republican presidential candidates are responding by throwing up their arms and saying, essentially, “whatever.” “Stuff…

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