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Obama-brand cancer sticks
It seems there's always a Florida angle. ABC's political punch had this pic sent to them by a Florida reader/pic-taker. More here. If this were 2009, when President Obama's numbers were sky-high and...
View ArticleA vote for Meek is a vote for Rubio, Crist says
Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday said he feels "great" about his chances in Florida's U.S. Senate race, despite a string of polls of late that show him trailing Republican Marco Rubio. Crist denied...
View ArticleObama and Klein agree on raising money, but not tax cuts
President Obama spent much of his time at a Coral Gables fundraiser decrying Republicans for not having any new ideas -- but for an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts to the wealthiest. "Their big idea...
View ArticleWasserman Schultz calls out GOP Nazi reenactor
The controversy over an Ohio Republican congressional candidate who has dressed as a Nazi in World War II reenactments -- began percolating over the weekend with a Sunday morning talk show reference by...
View ArticleClinton raising money for Sink after Meek rallies
President Bill Clinton can't be accused of doing drive-bys when it comes to Florida politics. In the homestretch before the Aug. 24 primary, he headlined three back-to-back rallies for Democratic...
View ArticleDemocrats predict they'll take Garcia-Rivera grudge match
At a briefing today on the House and Senate races, John Vogel, the executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, predicted -- against some conventional wisdom -- that Democrats...
View ArticleSink blasts DMS for 'abdicating responsibility' in Taj Mahal courthouse
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink blasted the state's Department of Management Services Tuesday when she released her audit of the extravagant expenditures at the First District Court of Appeals...
View ArticleMcCollum softens stance on Scott endorsement
Attorney General Bill McCollum -- currently the senior statewide Republican official -- said today that he just might support his party's nominee for governor. At least he's leaning that way. Asked if...
View ArticleNancy Argenziano resigns from PSC to oppose Scott and 'corrupt' legislature
Public Service Commission Chairwoman Nancy Argenziano stepped down voluntarily from the Public Service Commission Tuesday, two-and-a-half months before her term expires, so that she can work for the...
View ArticleAusley TV spot hits on mess in Tallahassee
Here's CFO candidate Loranne Ausley's TV ad, heavy on the message of cleaning up the "pay to pay" culture in Tallahassee: Jeff Atwater campaign spokesman Brian Hughes noted that his guy just pulled...
View ArticleFlorida Medical Association endorses Rick Scott
The Florida Medical Association, the state's premier doctor lobby, is about to endorse Republican Rick Scott. Quite a medical coup for the former health executive, who ruffled loads of feathers in the...
View ArticlePresident Obama lifts drilling ban -- a Democratic boost at the polls?
The Obama administration Tuesday lifted a moratorium it imposed on deepwater offshore oil drilling in July during the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, saying that new rules should make it safer....
View ArticleRick Scott's 4-day special-interest cash-haul binge
The latest numbers are up for Rick Scott's Let's Get to Work political committee, and it looks like the candidate who once decried special interest money is growing more special-interesty by the day....
View ArticleKathy Castor expresses doubt on administration's plan to lift oil drilling ban
Tampa Democrat Kathy Castor doesn't sound convinced about the administration's plan to lift the deepwater offshore oil drilling ban: "While the Obama Administration has improved safety requirements and...
View ArticleCharlie Crist pans decision to lift the drilling ban
From the governor's office: "As long as Gulf Coast residents and businesses are struggling with the claims process and being made whole, the drilling moratorium should not be lifted. Without a thorough...
View ArticleIn TV spot, Putnam stresses renewables
Agriculture Commissioner candidate Adam Putnam is up with his second TV spot (his first has run for a couple of weeks) that stresses how the agriculture industry could help get new jobs through...
View ArticlePoll shows Rubio 'running away' with Senate seat
Qunnipiac: In the Florida U.S. Senate race, Republican Marco Rubio is running away with a commanding 44 – 30 percent likely voter lead over Gov. Charlie Crist, running as an independent, with Democrat...
View ArticleSink to run her two-minute ad in second market - Jacksonville
Democrat Alex Sink holds a press conference with law enforcement today to announce she's bringing her two-minute documentary-style ad to a new market where the competition for the independent vote is...
View ArticleHerald exclusive: Rivera contradicted by USAID records
Over the past seven years, Republican state Rep. David Rivera repeatedly said in sworn documents that his main source of income, outside of his salary from the Legislature, came from consulting work...
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