The Faith and Freedom Coalition, led by former Christian Coalition executive director Ralph Reed, announced late Tuesday that it will be spending more than $500,000 to beat the drums to increase voter turnout among faith-based voters.
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By Kevin Derby
Former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox, the Democratic nominee in the state agriculture and consumer services commissioner race, took aim at his Republican rival U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam at a media event in Tallahassee on Wednesday -- but also fired away at Republican gubernatorial Rick Scott.
Maddox said he watched the debate between Scott and Democratic candidate state CFO Alex Sink on Monday. It seems clear to me that Rick Scott wanted to turn his campaign and the campaigns in Florida to things in Washington, said Maddox.
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BankUnited, the Miami-based institution sold by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., is preparing a stock offering this week.
The Initial Public Offering could embarrass the Obama administration because the FDIC last year sold the bank with $13 billion in assets for dimes on the dollar to a group of private-equity sharpies.
Now that those owners are set to parlay their deal for a $500 million payday in the stock market, questions will inevitably arise about the FDIC's actions. The rich get richer, thanks to your tax dollars at work.
By Kevin Derby
While he does not face a Democrat in next weeks elections, Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns is keeping his bases covered. Stearns, who does face a challenge from independent candidate Steve Schonberg, announced on Tuesday that he won the backing of the board of the National Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans Coalition.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is considering running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, attempted to rally Republicans for the elections coming up on Tuesday.
With your votes and a mandate from the American people, the next Congress can repeal and replace Obamacare, wrote Gingrich and his wife Callista to supporters on Wednesday morning. They can make sure that cap-and-trade never sees the light of day. And they can stop the impending tax increase set for early next year.
By Kevin Derby
Politicos Maggie Haberman is reporting that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is thinking about running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Giuliani ran for the Republican presidential nod in 2008 and came up short.
By Kevin Derby
Tom Stearns, who is running for CFO without party affiliation, has been burning up the campaign trail to catch up with Republican Senate President Jeff Atwater and Democratic candidate former Rep. Loranne Ausley. Stearns, who formerly served as the president of the American Society of Public Administrators and as the assistant tax collector to both Hillsborough and Pasco counties, crossed the state in the past week to gain attention to his candidacy, hitting Tampa, Palm Beach Gardens, DeLand, New Smyrna Beach, Orlando, Dade City and Fort Myers.
By Kevin Derby
The controversial and colorful U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., endorsed Republican candidate former Rep. Dennis Ross in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam. Bachmann, a favorite of the tea party movement and the founder of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus, slammed the Florida TEA Party and Randy Wilkinson, its candidate in the race. She recorded a message for Ross which can be found here.
By Kevin Derby
While he has maintained a low profile since losing out to Pam Bondi for the Republican attorney general nomination, Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp was out front in honoring the Air Force in a ceremony at Cocoa Beach on Tuesday and was joined by Undersecretary of the Air Force Erin Conaton.
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Tea party and 9.12 leaders got together recently to do a web ad for Rick Scott. The activists, who wrote their own scripts, took a day off work to travel to Orlando and tape this spot.
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