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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Editor's note: State Rep. Chris Dorworth and the Orlando Sentinel have a difference of opinion over this column and why it wasn't published in the newspaper.
WASHINGTON -- It was the biggest rout since Agincourt. If you insist, since the Carter-Reagan debate.
On Nov. 6, the citizens of Florida will have an opportunity to correct an historic injustice by voting Yes on Amendment 8.
In diplomacy, always leave your adversary an honorable avenue of retreat.
Wednesday night's presidential debate in which Mitt Romney shellacked Barack Obama attracted the biggest audience since the debate between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan seven days before the 1980 election.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Contrary to conventional wisdom that debates are rarely, if ever, game-changers, the first presidential debate was a demolition derby.
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By Kevin Derby
John Phillip Sousa IV, great-grandson and namesake of the famed patriotic composer, continues to pitch Dr. Ben Carson as a possible presidential candidate in 2016. Sousa, the national chairman of the National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee, made the case for why conservatives should back his candidate.
Insisting Carson is a stalwart conservative, Sousa maintained he has the right beliefs.
By Kevin Derby
Conservatives are starting to stand against the federal budget deal crafted by Senate Democrats led by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and House Republicans led by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Late Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., like Ryan a possible Republican presidential hopeful in 2016, said he opposed the deal.
By Kevin Derby
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) continues to pile onto former Gov. Charlie Crist, the favorite for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2014 despite spending most of his career in the GOP, by linking him to President Barack Obamas federal health-care law.
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It's official: Gov. Rick Scott will be making a bid for his second term in 2014.
On Tuesday, Scott opened his official campaign account and turned in paperwork to seek a second term in office.
By Kevin Derby
On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott cheered the news that Office Depot and OfficeMax, which are murging, will base their operations in Boca Ration.
We worked hard to win this new headquarters for Florida and todays victory will no doubt be a game changer for Florida and Boca Raton, Scott insisted. With the assets of OfficeMax and Office Depot, this newly formed Fortune 300 company will add more jobs and capital investment, retain 2,000 existing jobs, and create new opportunities for Florida families.
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If Floridians thought John Morgan had enough on his plate with a medical marijuana petition and Charlie Crist's gubernatorial campaign, they could be very, very wrong, as the uber lawyer announced Tuesday that his son, Mike Morgan, is considering running for attorney general.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., came out swinging against President Barack Obama on Tuesday, encouraging conservatives to vote for the presidents biggest flub in 2013.
By Kevin Derby
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) clearly thinks that former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate in the special election for the congressional seat left vacant by the death of longtime U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., is vulnerable when it comes to Obamacare. On Tuesday, the NRCC unleashed its latest attack on Sink on the issue. The NRCC also tried to link Sink to U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
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Gray Swoope, secretary of commerce and president and CEO of Enterprise Florida,struck back at the Tampa Bay Times and the Miami Herald on Tuesday over their recent articles profiling Rick Scott's economic record in the Sunshine State.
By Kevin Derby
Lenny Curry, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), came out swinging against the mainstream media on Tuesday. Curry painted the Tampa Bay Times and the Miami Herald as in the corner of former Gov. Charlie Crist, the front-runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination despite spending most of his political career as a Republican.
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