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Rick Scott right side up in new Q poll, 45-44 percent

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Rick Scott has been governor of Florida for over 5 1/2 years now, but other than his two election-day victories, he’s been more down than up when it comes to his personal approval ratings throughout his controversial tenure. That’s why the governor and his supporters have to be giddy this morning, after a Quinnipiac poll released early Tuesday shows Scott right side up, 45-44 percent, with 10 percent undecided. “With little attention on him these days, Gov. Rick Scott gets his best…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.19.15 — Fun with Donald Trump’s immigration plans

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All summer, we’ve heard blowhards like Joe Scarborough inform the supposedly stuffy talking heads that they just don’t get it about the phenomenon that is Donald Trump. He likes to remind viewers that his brother, an alleged sophisticated Republican voter, really loves the Donald, and thus that explains why roughly 25 percent of Republican voters say they like him too in most polls. And he says that the message is a potent one. Yes, perhaps to as much as a…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.14.15 — Cuba, China and human rights

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One of the legacies of Jimmy Carter’s administration was attempting to base a foreign policy on human rights. While in the end it resulted in mixed results, it was a central tenet of his outlook on the rest of the world. Human rights overseas is at the forefront today — or should be  — as John Kerry becomes the first secretary of state to visit Cuba since 1945. Kerry arrives in Havana to attend a flag-raising ceremony at the American Embassy and boost the…

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Local GOP leaders line up behind Rebecca Negron for Congress

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Rebecca Negron received the backing from a laundry list of local Republican leaders on Tuesday in her bid for Florida’s 18th Congressional District. Negron, who is a member of the Martin County School Board and wife of state Sen. Joe Negron, is seeking the seat currently held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy covering Martin, St. Lucie and Palm Beach counties. Citing a wide range of issues, from the economy to education, Negron’s new endorsements came from Martin County REC Past Chair…

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Ron DeSantis touts RedState, disses Alan Grayson

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The always active Ron DeSantis for Senate press shop was working again on Monday, promoting the Ponte Vedra Republican’s appearance at Erick Erickson’s Red State Gathering (where he was endorsed for Senate by the conservative commentator), then dissing Democratic Senate candidate and fellow U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson in emails. During his Red State speech, DeSantis said a number of things that his outreach operation thought noteworthy, such as his assertion that “the Democrats, really have no interest, at all, in being good stewards of our American…

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U.S. Senate tables turn against Florida Democrats

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In an ironic reversal of fortune, a tough and ideological primary process is threatening to divide Democrats as they pursue swing Senate seats like that one abdicated by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in 2016, writes Alex Roarty in National Journal. In a quartet of key battlegrounds, Democrats are bracing for bitter primaries that party leaders worry will complicate their hopes of retaking a Senate majority. The latest showdown was set Tuesday, when a former top aide to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf,…

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Hillary Clinton 55 percent, Bernie Sanders 29 percent in Florida, according to new poll

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Hillary Clinton continues her dominance in Florida in the Democratic presidential primary, according to a St. Pete Polls survey released on Thursday. The former first lady, secretary of state and New York senator leads Vermont independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, 55 percent-29 percent. No other Democrat gets more than 2 percent in the poll. That would be former Virginia U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, who is officially at 1.8 percent. Clinton and Sanders will both be in Florida on Friday, speaking at the National Urban…

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