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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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The consensus on Barack Obama's acceptance speech Thursday night, and in effect on the Democratic National Convention as a whole, is that it was a bust.
Teacher tenure, performance pay and standardized tests often drive the Florida public education debate, but the quietest revolution may well be the growing legion of parents who now choose their childrens schools.
WASHINGTON -- With two extravagant entertainments under way, it is instructive to note the connection between the presidential election and the college football season: Barack Obama represents progressivism, a doctrine whose many blemishes on American life include universities as football factories, which progressivism helped to create.
Nominating Barack Obama as the candidate of the liberal party for president, Bill Clinton dwelled upon the need for cooperation.
Mercifully, the political conventions have ended.
The authors of the Democratic platform have inadvertently revealed to the world the sea change that has taken place in that party we once knew.
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By Kevin Derby
Politicians looking to win in 2014 would do well to label their opponents as career politicians.
According to a Rasmussen Reports poll released on Tuesday, only 7 percent of likely voters think being called a career politician is a plus, while a majority of those surveyed -- 53 percent -- think its a negative. More than a third -- 36 percent -- classify the term somewhere in between.
By Nancy Smith
Two rulings by a Sacramento Superior Court judge Monday left the future of California's high-speed rail project hanging in the balance.
Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, who has promised to revisit high-speed rail if elected, might want to take notice.
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Black Friday is doubling as a license-free freshwater fishing day this year.
Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced Tuesday that Friday, Nov. 29, will be a license-free freshwater fishing day, and Saturday, Nov. 30, will be a saltwater license-free fishing day.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West ripped the Obama administration on Tuesday for its deal to lower economic sanctions on Iran in return for that Middle East nation freezing its nuclear program. West, a favorite of the tea party movement, has opened the door to a political comeback in 2016.
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U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., is checked into a rehab facility in Naples, but his troubles with the media aren't too far away. Radel told a group of reporters that he was being harassed as he underwent treatment in the facility.
By Kevin Derby
The Campaign for Liberty, chaired by former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, looks to mark the Federal Reserves centennial by auditing it.
John Tate, the president of the Campaign for Liberty, informed supporters on Tuesday that the group is planning to raise the stakes as they support U.S. Sen. Rand Pauls (R-Ky.) bill to audit the Federal Reserve.
By Kevin Derby
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) continues to slam former state CFO Alex Sink, looking to tie her to President Barack Obamas federal health-care law. Sink is running in the special election for the Pinellas County congressional seat left vacant by the death of former U.S. Rep. Bill Young.
The NRCC unveiled a campaign mailer hitting Sink on the law.
By Kevin Derby
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) continued to attack former Gov. Charlie Crist -- who announced earlier in the month he was running for governor again but this time as a Democrat -- for backing President Barack Obamas federal health-care law.
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More bad news for Trey Radel: Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry has joined others in urging the Fort Myers congressman to resign.
Last week, word broke out that Radel had been arrested for possession of cocaine at the end of October in Washington, D.C. Radel, who was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012, pleaded guilty to the charge last Wednesday and was sentenced to a year of probation.
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Gov. Rick Scott offered his comments on President Barack Obama's interim deal with Iran on Monday, expressing his disapproval over it.
President Obamas nuclear deal with Iran does nothing to stop the countrys pursuit of nuclear weapons," said Scott. "The deal relieves Iran from economic sanctions while allowing them to continue to enrich uranium. This could prove to be a dangerous formula for the safety of our ally Israel, the Middle East and the world.
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