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Mitch Perry Report for 7.17.15 — In N.H., Scott Walker boldly declares, ‘I’m an American’

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“I love America.” Those were the first words out of Scott Walker’s mouth on Monday night when he announced from Waukesha, Wis., that he is now the 15th official candidate in the GOP 2016 presidential sweepstakes. Since the campaign began in earnest earlier this year, Walker has been considered in the top tier of candidates who could win the nomination, and I’ve said for months that the nominee would probably be Walker, Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio. But Walker is beginning…

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Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush nationally in USA Today poll, 17-14%

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With Scott Walker’s official entry into the GOP presidential contest on Monday, there are now 15 Republicans vying for the highest office in the land. But if you were to just follow the polls in the past week, there are now two men that matter in the mid-summer of 2015: Donald Trump and Jeb Bush. A new Suffolk University/USA Today poll published on Tuesday shows the bombastic New York City businessman leading Bush in a new poll, 17-14 percent. Walker is third in…

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Jeb Bush at 15%, Donald Trump at 13% in new Monmouth University national poll

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The second national poll of the GOP presidential race in three days once again shows Jeb Bush on top, with Donald Trump nipping at his heels. But a deeper look shows Bush is in much better shape moving forward. The Monmouth University Poll released Monday afternoon shows Bush at 15 percent, Trump at 13 percent, and Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz at 9 percent. The next group of candidates includes Scott Walker (7 percent) – who is formally announcing his candidacy tonight – Mike Huckabee (7…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.29.15 — Some GOP candidates aren’t ready to ‘move on’ on gay marriage

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In this column on Friday, we wrote that Republican lawmakers (especially in Florida) should be relieved that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Obama Administration in King v. Burwell, since it took the pressure off the party and the candidates running for president to actually have to offer a legitimate alternative if millions of people all of a sudden lost their health care because of the decision. Although not at the same level, you could argue the…

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Fox News: Jeb Bush leads, Donald Trump enters top tier in post announcement polling

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With businessman Donald Trump entering the race for the GOP presidential nomination, a new Fox News poll found a shift in the leader board, with both Trump and Jeb Bush receiving bumps after their formal announcements. On the list of Republican contenders, Bush leads with his best showing yet, getting 15 percent support among primary voters. That’s a jump from 12 percent last month. Bush launched his campaign June 15. Since announcing on June 16 – one day after Bush…

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New NH Poll shows Jeb Bush as the early leader, with Donald Trump right behind him

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Although it should go without saying that polls conducted as the summer of 2015 commences may not have anything to do with what happens in the winter of 2016, nevertheless they are the “snapshot in time,” as the proverbial phrase goes regarding where the electorate stands. That should be good news for Jeb Bush in the new Suffolk University poll that was published earlier on Tuesday. The newly minted “official” 2016 GOP presidential candidate leads the field, but that only means he gets 14…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.22.15 — South Carolina’s Confederate flag — and Tampa’s

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Current events can change the trajectory of a presidential race, and all of the men and women running for the nation’s highest office in the land are being tested in terms of how they react to the racist killings in Charleston last week. While Democrats are willing to bring up the issue of guns, Republicans are being asked what they think of South Carolina continuing to raise the Confederate flag. Photographs of the racist killer waving the flag and burning…

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