Anti-Sink e-mail turns out to be a forgery
A forged e-mail that attempts to show Democrat Alex Sink was linked to a ``pay to play'' scheme with convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein has emerged in the highly-contested governor's race. The...
View ArticleSink's big bend tour attempts to take Scott on in tough North Florida...
Democrat Alex Sink brought her governor's campaign to Taylor County this morning, hoping to repeat the success she had in North Florida during her 2006 race for CFO. In that race, Sink came within just...
View ArticleSecond complaint filed against mysterious Tea Party candidate in...
Marili Cancio, who ran unsuccessfully against David Rivera in the Republican primary for the 25th Congressional District, has sent the Federal Election Commission a complaint against Roly Arrojo, the...
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More anti-Crist attack ads from Washington
Check out these three mailings from Americans for Tax Reform, the tax-hating, stimulus-despising, Obama-detesting group founded by Grover Norquist that has endorsed Republican Senate nominee Marco...
View ArticleKaine says OFA facing 'huge test'
Remember all the hype when the the Democratic national party created Organizing for America in an effort to keep President Obama's massive grassroots network from the 2008 campaign in play? The idea...
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McCollum backs off gay adoption ban, pulls the appeal
Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that he has decided not to appeal the ruling that has thrown out the Florida's ban on the adoption of foster children by gay couples, putting an end to...
View ArticleJeb Bush on Sarah Palin for president: "You betcha"
From CNN: "Former Florida Republican Governor, Jeb Bush said Friday he isn't running for president, but would support Sarah Palin if she were to run. "In an interview with CNN Chief National...
View ArticleRon Klein goes on TV with Allen West's biker background
Rep. Ron Klein is up today with a new ad that highlights what he calls Republican challenger Allen West's "dangerous ties" to the Outlaws motorcycle gang. The controversy was sparked a week ago with an...
View ArticleMailer lists Joe Garcia's cell phone number
The latest spat in the oh-so-heated congressional race between Democrat Joe Garcia and Republican David Rivera has come over a flier mailed to voters by a Tallahassee-based electioneering committee....
View ArticleJust as McCollum gets ethics ok to lobby gov, he endorses Rick Scott
Call this a convenient coincidence. On the same day that Attorney General Bill McCollum received Ethics Commission approval to lobby the next governor when he leaves office in January, he broke his...
View ArticleScott leads Sink 44-41 in new Miami Herald poll
Republican Rick Scott narrowly leads Democrat Alex Sink in Florida's too-close-to-call governor's race thanks to enthusiastic conservatives and widespread dissatisfaction with the economy, according...
View ArticleThe Bill Clinton-Katy Perry connection
Seeing Bill Clinton the other day made me think of the lusty pop star Katy Perry, but not for the reason you might be thinking. Her hit Hot N Cold, really about a fickle lover, perfectly describes the...
View ArticlePortrait of Rick Scott as a young man: studious, frugal and focused
Here's an engaging profile about the Republican candidate for governor Rick Scott and his early years by St. Petersburg Times reporter Ben Montgomery. Now, we need to learn about his middle years but...
View ArticleDiverse district reflects political disenchantment
Conventional wisdom has it that little connects the people of the 25th Congressional District, a mammoth and unwieldy, gerrymandered region spanning three counties and 13 cities. It is simultaneously...
View ArticleVote for budget referendum on the ballot will be symbolic
Lost in the thicket of candidates and amendments on the Nov. 2 ballot is an opportunity for Floridians to demand a balanced budget amendment for the U. S. Constitution. But no matter how they vote,...
View ArticleRubio appears to be coasting to victory in new Miami Herald poll
Republican Marco Rubio is on the verge of delivering one of the biggest political knockouts in Florida history, as a new St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll shows him barreling into...
View ArticleJim Norman's ouster from ballot has spawned copycat suits
The disqualification last week of a Senate candidate over an item a judge said should have been on a disclosure form but wasn't has spurred a spate of similar lawsuits just a week before Election Day....
View ArticleJoe Garcia may be more mellow this time around
He has tamed his unruly mop of hair -- and, perhaps, his impetuous nature. Call it Joe Garcia, version 2010. He's still the brash Democrat who ran for Congress two years ago and lost to Rep. Mario...
View ArticleAmid controversy, David Rivera lives for politics
Of this, there is little doubt: David Rivera lives and breathes politics. Less clear are other aspects of his career as a Republican state representative, powerful Florida House budget chief and, now,...
View ArticleSink and Scott join the faithful on Sunday
It's two Sunday's away from Election Day and do you know where your candidates are? Democrat Alex Sink and Republican Rick Scott were in church this morning, visiting congregations in Miami and...
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