Packed room watches as House panel passes three antiabortion measures
A House panel advanced a trio of antiabortion bills -- including one that would prevent a woman from terminating her pregnancy based on race or gender preferences -- past their first obstacles to...
View ArticlePro-Gingrich SuperPac announces $6m FL ad buy tying Mitt Romney to ObamaCare
Flush with $5 million in new cash from the family of gambling czar Sheldon Adelson, the pro-Newt Gingrich SuperPac, Winning Our Future, has announced it's buying $6 million in air time in Florida....
View ArticleChamber poll: Gingrich, Romney tied at 33 percent
A Jan. 22-23 poll Cherry Communications poll of Florida Republicans (MoE +/- 4.4%) finds Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich tied with one week before Florida's primary. “Following the South Carolina...
View ArticleMarco Rubio: "Mitt Romney is no Charlie Crist."
Newt Gingrich's decision today to bash Mitt Romney for hiring former Charlie Crist loyalists and employees doesn't seem to be sitting well with Sen. Marco Rubio, who drove Crist out of the Republican...
View ArticleSOTU reaction from South Florida's congressional delegation
Reaction to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address is rolling in from South Florida's congressional delegation: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. "I'm actually very disturbed by the speech...
View ArticleSex talk at the PIP hearing
There was an awkwardly funny exchange Wednesday during a House subcommittee's hearing on PIP reform legislation. It happened during public comment at the Civil Justice Subcommittee during debate on...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich attacks Mitt Romney on immigration, fights off infidelity...
Newt Gingrich was in the Univisión hot seat Wednesday morning, sitting for a feisty-yet-friendly interview that centered on immigration but also ran the gamut of buzz issues for Miami's influential...
View ArticleRomney's Hispanic leadership team: Newt, pull down your ad. Gingrich: I will
In the wake of Sen. Marco Rubio's denunciation of Newt Gingrich's ad calling Mitt Romney 'anti-immigrant,' the Romney campaign's Hispanic leadership team -- headlined by former Sen. Mel Martinez -- is...
View ArticleLawmakers kill "Ag-Gag" proposals
Animal rights activists who take secret pictures or videos to expose cruelty on farms will still legally be able to do so after lawmakers slashed “Ag-Gag” proposals in the House and Senate this week....
View ArticleIn Miami, Mitt Romney slams Newt Gingrich on Spanish-language radio: 'I don't...
As part of the ongoing South Florida presidential primary battle for Hispanic voters, Mitt Romney has a new spot airing in Spanish-language radio in Miami that slams Newt Gingrich's repeated mentions...
View ArticleBroward County descends on Tallahassee
Broward County is in the house. Scores of local officials, business leaders and community advocates are in Tallahassee this week for Broward Days. The group will take a tour of the Capitol and...
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Scott endorses House version of PIP reform
Gov. Rick Scott has long pushed for the Legislature to overhaul the state's no-fault auto insurance program, but until today he hadn't indicated which specific legislation he supports. Scott is in...
View ArticleIn Broward, Newt Gingrich focuses on Barack Obama, fends off Freddie Mac heckler
Newt Gingrich spoke today in the parking lot in front of Wings Plus in Coral Springs, a popular hot spot for Republican candidates visiting West Broward. He was introduced by a local tea party...
View ArticleMitt Romney's Freddie Mac-attack on Newt Gingrich has some blowback
As he tries to tie Newt Gingrich to the housing crisis in Florida, Mitt Romney’s criticisms of Freddie Mac are drawing attention to his own campaign and background, which are full of ties to the...
View ArticleDid Newt Gingrich once favor 'self-deportation' he now criticizes?
In a pair of Miami campaign stops Wednesday, Newt Gingrich derided Mitt Romney for suggesting people who are in the United States illegally would "self-deport" to their home countries given tough...
View ArticleMitt Romney: Gingrich's radio ad 'outrageous;' everybody shouldn't own a...
We caught up with Mitt Romney for a few moments this morning to talk housing and about the now-struck Newt Gingrich ad that blasted him for being "anti-immigrant." What do you think of the ad? Romney:...
View ArticleMitt Romney: I'd love to convince people I'm Latino, 'particularly in a...
Mitt Romney fielded questions from Univision anchor Jorge Ramos at the Spanish-language network's "Meet The Candidates" forum at Miami-Dade College. Later he took a handful of questions from the...
View ArticleCNN-Time Florida poll: Mitt Romney 36%, Gingrich 34%
CNN: Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are locked in a virtual dead heat just days before Florida’s pivotal Jan. 31 primary, according to a new TIME/CNN/ORC poll. Romney earns the backing of 36% of the...
View ArticleVoice of FIU football joins team Newt Gingrich
The Newt Gingrich camp announced its "Florida Faith Leaders Coalition" Wednesday, and among the list a local is a well-known voice -- literally. Longtime conservative Spanish-language radio talk show...
View ArticleChamber launches new anti-gambling ad, mocking pro-casino's Ben Stein
Pivoting off the pro-casino ad featuring actor and businessman Ben Stein, the Florida Chamber-backed Coalition to Stop the Bad Bet for Florida unveiled a new television ad today casting doubts on the...
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