As the federal shutdown drags on, Democrats and Republicans alike who are thinking about running for the presidency in 2016 would do well to hit the books and study up on the political fallout from the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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In the showdown over the shutdown of the U.S. government, the Obama-ites tipped their hand yesterday as what their strategy is.
Taking a page out of Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals," the plan is to maximize the people's pain -- to maximize the political damage to the enemy, the Republican Party.
WASHINGTON -- "If Reince Priebus from Kenosha, Wis., is the Republican 'establishment,' God help us," says the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus. His physical presence is almost as unprepossessing as James Madison's was, and his demeanor is self-deprecating. But with meticulous -- Madisonian, actually -- subtlety, he is working to ameliorate a difficulty that has existed for two centuries and in 2012 wounded the GOP.
It was very concerning to read Nancy Smith's Monday column in Sunshine State News, "Florida's Medical Records Copy Charges Don't Need to Go Higher."
WASHINGTON -- In life, context is everything; in Washington, leverage is everything else.
Both are essential to understanding what just happened.
"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies," said Winston Churchill.
What is the truth behind the Beltway lies about these crazy Republicans crashing our government?
It is astonishing how admittance to the ruling class can change someone.
WASHINGTON -- Ask most people on Capitol Hill and they'll say: 50-50. Those are the odds they give for a government shutdown.
The Republican Party has experienced a calamity -- the re-election of Barack Obama -- and some parts of the party are behaving like an animal in a trap, chewing off a foot in an effort to cope with it.
After his narrow defeat by Gerald Ford at the Kansas City convention in 1976, Ronald Reagan was seen as a has-been.
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Rep. Dane Eagle, R-Cape Coral, was arrested Monday morning for driving under the influence, according to the Tallahassee Police Department.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Eagle was pulled over around 1:50 a.m. after driving south across the westbound lanes of Tennessee St. The affidavit says Eagle struck a raised median while turning left and then turned back.
By Kevin Derby
On Tuesday, the James Madison Institute (JMI) released a study entitled Florida Retirement System Reform: Why Now?which argues that the current pension reforms in the Legislature are needed.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kansas, is not a fan of some of the leading Republican presidential possibilities in 2016. The Huffington Post is reporting that Dole thinks the likes of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who Dole called that extreme-right-wing guy," dont have enough experience to go toe-to-toe with former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016.
By Kevin Derby
Former Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico, who was the Libertarian Partys presidential nominee in 2012, is looking ahead to 2016, calling for more inclusion for third party candidates in presidential campaigns, including being included in the debates.
By Nancy Smith
With an overwhelming 15-3 vote Monday, the House Judiciary Committee kept the CBD medical marijuana ball rolling -- despite the "no" vote of Chairman Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala.
Eric Eisnaugle, R-Orlando, began the discussion of CS/HB 843 by successfully adding an eleventh-hour "friendly amendment" to the bill that would make it a criminal misdemeanor for any doctor or patient to misrepresent the patient's condition.
By Kevin Derby
The Coalition for Medicare Choices, which represents more than 121,000 Floridians, honored more than 20 members of Floridas congressional delegation for opposing President Barack Obamas call to take funds from Medicare Advantage to fund his health-care law.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., offered his thoughts on public funding for All Aboard Florida (AAF) on Friday. While Posey said he did not back federal funding of All Aboard Florida, he said the U.S. Department of Transportation was ready to give them the green light and did not need additional congressional authorization.
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On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott announced the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has received a $2.1 million supplemental National Emergency Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide training and other re-employment services to approximately 94 oystermen to prepare for careers in other industries.
Workers eligible for these services must have participated in the temporary jobs component of this emergency grant, which was provided in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debby in June 2012.
By Kevin Derby
Florida will mark Taypayer Independence Day on Tuesday according to Florida TaxWatch. This means every cent Florida workers earned until Tuesday, on average, goes to pay taxes.
"This symbolic day puts taxpayers' responsibility in perspective, showing us how much of a presence government, at different levels, has in our lives." said Dominic Calabro, the president and CEO of Florida TaxWatch. "It has taken Florida taxpayers 111 days, or more than three and a half months, to finally stop paying off their 2014 tax burden."
By Kevin Derby
On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott announced that DaVita Labs is expanding in DeLand, bringing 100 jobs and adding almost $32 million to Volusia County over the next five years.
This expansion will create 100 new jobs, which is important to families in DeLand, Scott said. "By cutting taxes and empowering job creators, Floridas statewide unemployment rate has been below the national unemployment rate since August 2013, and 540,700 private-sector jobs have been added since December 2010. Lets keep working to make Florida the best state in the nation for business.
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