Conservative group defends David Rivera, Allen West, others targeted by Dems
The Washington Post reports: "The conservative group Crossroads GPS is going up with radio ads in 19 districts to defend Republicans against a new attack from Democrats." Crossroads confirms Miami's...
View ArticleMitt's money's on Mack
Mitt Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC today announced a first wave of 2011 contributions, totaling $129,500, to U.S. Senate and House members. In Florida, the only member getting the love: Fort...
View ArticleAmendment backers sue Gov. Scott, demanding he send redistricting to feds
The war over Florida’s political maps returned to court as a group of Monroe County voters, joined by three advocacy organizations, sued Gov. Rick Scott in Miami Thursday demanding that he follow...
View ArticleAs he begins to raise money for U.S. Senate race, Haridopolos hit with...
Liberal activists showed up this morning at an Orlando fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Mike Haridopolos and tried to pass out hand sanitizer. Their point: Haridopolos is "dirty." The stunt was...
View ArticleArlene DiBenigno heading to FL Senate
Former Jeb Bush/Charlie Crist/Rick Scott campaign aide Arlene DiBenigno is scheduled to start work Monday in the Florida Senate as the chamber's director of minority outreach, a new position. DiBenigno...
View ArticleRick Scott on regulations, baseball (part of a team)
ST. PETERSBURG -- Gov. Rick Scott just wrapped up a 17-minute speech to the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce where he hit on all his regular themes -- getting rid of "job-killing" regulations,...
View ArticleThe House 'transformational change' committee
From: Cannon, Dean The 2011 Legislative Session is an opportunity for transformational change. We should thoughtfully and systematically pursue true reform and avoid the temptation to make changes...
View ArticleFirst Lady Ann Scott welcomes back Crist appointees to the mansion commission
Jane Aurell, daughter of former Gov. LeRoy Collins, said she received a call this morning from First Lady Ann Scott, who said she'll remain on the Governor's Mansion Commission. Gov. Rick Scott on...
View ArticleJeff Miller apology for mangling names: "I'm from the South"
From the White House pool report on today's 59th annual National Prayer Breakfast, held in the Hilton ballroom. "Potus and Flotus walked down the pathway behind the head table, where Vice President...
View ArticlePam Bondi unveils pill mill crackdown strategy
Attorney General Pam Bondi today announced a multi-pronged strategy to address so-called pill mills, including legislative recommendations. "We are the epicenter for the country in prescription drug...
View ArticleFlorida rejects another $1 million health care reform grant
Florida officials are rejecting a second $1 million federal grant intended to help with abiding by the new federal health care law. This one, awarded to the Agency for Health Care Administration in...
View ArticleMiami Dolphins represented at the White House for the Superbowl
Marc Anthony, one of the Dolphins celebrity minority partners, and his wife, Jennifer Lopez, are among those scoring invites to the White House to watch Sunday's Super Bowl. A White House spokesman...
View ArticleScott tells Crist's PSC picks to re-apply to stay on utility board
The calm that has overtaken the once-embattled Public Service Commission in recent months ended abruptly Wednesday when Gov. Rick Scott withdrew from confirmation four of the five members of the...
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National Review stroking Jeb with new cover story: 'by far the best'
National Review plants Jeb Bush on its forthcoming cover, looking at his productivity since leaving Florida's governor's mansion and, implicitly, fantasizing about another President Bush: ...Pundits...
View ArticleTrey Stapleton named new Florida Republican mouthpiece
Trey Stapleton takes over communcation director duties from Dan Conston, who left the party headquarters for a gig in Congress. Stapleton was heading the Florida Secretary of State's press shop for...
View ArticleEthics Commission chairman urges legislators, again, to tighten ethics rules
After proposing a package of reforms to tighten the state's loose ethics laws four years in a row, and having legislators drop it every year, the chairman of the Florida Commission on Ethics said today...
View ArticleEthics Commission urges legislators to take on ethics reform
After proposing a package of reforms to tighten the state's loose ethics laws four years in a row, and having legislators drop it every year, the chairman of the Florida Commission on Ethics said today...
View ArticleBlocking Cuban oil drilling becomes priority for Fla congressmen
With Cuba poised to drill for oil off its coast as early as this spring, Florida lawmakers are renewing efforts to block it, citing fears about damage to the state's beaches in the event of a major oil...
View ArticleDems attack GOP group for backing David Rivera
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is chastizing the American Crossroads -- an outside group backed by Karl Rove -- for defending embattled Miami Republican Rep. David Rivera. Crossroads...
View ArticleTea partiers abuzz about Gov. Rick Scott's budget unveiling
Tea party types are all abuzz about Gov. Rick Scott's planned budget unveiling in Eustis on Monday. From a news release from Tampa 9/12 Project organizer Don Hensarling: Over sixty grassroots...
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