Worlds collide between Miami mayors and Miami-Dade School Board candidates
They may not be the first races on voters' minds, what with the likes of Rick Scott and Jeff Greene to keep them entertained, but the campaigns for Miami-Dade School Board have gotten interesting this...
View ArticleTyson says he didn't do drugs on Greene's boat
Politico is reporting an interview with fomer boxing star Mike Tyson in which he says he never did drugs aboard U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene's boat when they traveled together in 2005. "I didn't...
View ArticleThe insiders are back: McCollum, Meek lead in Q poll
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has surged by 12-percentage points and now leads fellow Republican Rick Scott, leading by a 44-35 percent margin in the governor's race, according to the latest...
View ArticleHow close will Sink get to Obama today?
That's the question of the day. With President Barack Obama's poll numbers in Florida on a downward spiral, will Democratic frontrunner for governor Alex Sink want a picture of the two of them floating...
View ArticleAir war v. ground game on Tuesday's ballot
In the frenzied homestretch before the Aug. 24 primary, U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek made a brief detour into tiny Holmes County to have lunch with a single Democratic party leader. The meal was...
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GOP Whistleblower lawsuit spells trouble for Charlie Crist camp
Susan Wright, the only Republican Party of Florida staffer who repeatedly questioned lavish spending -- only to be fired -- has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against RPOF. While that's...
View ArticleCrist feeling the love from Wynmoor Democrats
Gov. Charlie Crist was feeling the love today when he spoke in front of several hundred at Wynmoor -- a retirement condo community in Coconut Creek that is predominantly Democratic. Lots of voters in...
View ArticleRick Scott's funk-attack on $pecial interests behind Bill McCollum
Attorney General Bill McCollum isn't for sale. But he can be rented, according to Rick Scott's latest ad in the Republican governor's race. The only major problem with this ad is that it contains a...
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A.G. hopeful Pam Bondi wins Palin's support
With six days to go until Florida Republicans pick a nominee for attorney general, former Hillsborough prosecutor Pam Bondi scored a significant endorsement Wednesday from Sarah Palin.(The picture...
View ArticleObama shows Sink, Meek the love
Addressing about 650 Democratic donors at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach, President Barack Obama singled out the party's frontrunners for governor and U.S. Senate, Alex Sink and Kendrick Meek....
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Obama makes unannounced stop at Miami Beach deli
En route to Miami International Airport from a Democratic fundraiser at the Fontainebleau hotel, President Barack Obama made an unannounced stop at Jerry's Famous Deli on South Beach. Here's a terrible...
View ArticleCrist gets public TV audience to jab GOP 'activists'
Facing declining poll numbers, Gov. Charlie Crist appears on the PBS Tavis Smiley Show tonight to talk about education, the oil spill and repeat his claim that the "Republican Party left me." When...
View ArticleQ poll: Sink, Crist lead November matchups
Alex Sink continues to gain ground in November's race for governor as the two Republicans wage an expensive battle to drive up each other's negatives, a new Quinnipiac University poll finds. If she...
View ArticleDavid Rivera fights off old, nasty attack
As he seeks to jump from the Legislature to Congress, Republican state Rep. David Rivera is fighting off a nasty attack from his GOP rivals -- an allegation that he was accused of domestic violence in...
View ArticleMore resign-to-run cases make it to court
All it takes is one resign-to-run case to trigger others.Daphne Campbell, a candidate for Florida House District 108, has sued her opponent, Alix Desulme, the North Miami city clerk. (Both are...
View ArticleFlorida's early voting expected to draw 1 in 3 of the primary voters
At least 200,000 Florida voters -- who have heard enough from the televised political attacks and barrage of mailbox fliers -- have gone to the polls to take advantage of the state's two-week early...
View ArticleHolly Benson gets thumbs-up from Gingrich
It's not quite Sarah Palin, but it ain't bad either. Newt Gingrich just announced he is endorsing Holly Benson in the Republican primary for the attorney general's race. Thus far, Benson has been...
View ArticleMore Q poll: LeMieux, Obamacare, Afghan war all unpopular
Here's some more tidbits from today's Quinnipiac poll that probably won't make it into our story: Sen. George LeMieux has an upside down job approval rating: 30-22, with 48 percent with no opinion....
View ArticlePSC council finishes task today of replacing Crist's appointees
The Public Service Commission Nominating Council selected many of the same line-up of candidates to send to Gov. Charlie Crist in their quest to revamp the utility board he had shaped, including his...
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Greene gets green -- but not with Obama envy
Standing in front of a compressed natural gas pump in Tallahassee, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene expressed reservations Thursday about the cap-and-trade legislation in Congress.“I think...
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