If Bill Nelson didn't know he was in trouble before, he did when his campaign added up the depressing figures coming to light involving Hispanic voter preferences. Especially those reported this week in the National Journal.
After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton
You probably can't imagine how much fun I've had at Sunshine State News over the last 10 years. I don't think anybody could.
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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It's just a little story and I might not have felt the need to tell it if any of the mainstream media who witnessed it had written about it or filmed it -- if for no other reason than to balance their liberal-biased stories about last week's Sunshine Summit.
Democrats have a new theory for how they can win back Congress and the White House. Just like "soccer moms" helped put Bill Clinton in the Oval Office in 1996, and "NASCAR dads" helped George W. Bush win in 2004, Donald Trump, the theory goes, was elected because of "#NeverHillary" voters who didn't particularly like him but despised her. Axios reports that Democrats are targeting the "20% of Trump's voters [who] told exit pollsters they didn't like him" hoping these reluctant Trump voters will help power a "blue wave" in the 2018 midterms and defeat President Trump in 2020.
James Monroe, the Founding Father who had the most impact on Florida, died on July 4, 1831, the 55th anniversary of the country he spent decades service as a young officer in George Washington’s army until his two terms as our fifth president. A strange coincidence but one that was overshadowed by the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence they played a large role in creating.
Time and again national pollsters insist on reporting how NRA members and other gun owners feel about gun control. Don’t believe a word of it.
This past weekend Florida Democrats convened at the Hollywood Diplomat for their big-ticket fundraiser.
The Florida Democratic Party is going all-in on marginalization of its progressive wing, risking its only statewide officeholder, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, any chance of recapturing the governorship, and pickup opportunities in the Florida Legislature.
It was far too easy to assume the worst -- that the inevitable, finally, had come to pass.
For those conservatives who voted for Donald Trump because of the Supreme Court, congratulations: You've been vindicated.
Increasingly as a society, we seem to descend into the dark maelstrom of incivility. Civil discourse has coarsened to the extent we grow concerned that common understanding of complex and vexing societal issues becomes impossible.
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Gov. Rick Scott will be headed to Naples Thursday for a jobs announcement, according to a press release from the governor's office.
By Kevin Derby
With the South Carolina primary looming on Saturday, news broke of a major endorsement on Wednesday as Gov. Nikki Haley, R-SC, is backing U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
By Kevin Derby
Continuing his bid for the Republican nomination in this year’s U.S. Senate race, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera announced the support of more than 200 grassroots supporters on Wednesday.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., part of the congressional leadership as senior deputy majority whip, tore into President Barack Obama on Tuesday, insisting the White House had not released a plan to defeat Islamic State (ISIS) terrorism despite Congress passing the National Defense Authorization Act which required just that.
By Kevin Derby
Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) Florida chapter left no room for doubt that it plans to be a factor in the 2016 legislative elections across the Sunshine State.
By Kevin Derby
On Sunday, Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags across the Sunshine State to half-staff in honor of U.S. Justice Antonin Scalia who passed away over the weekend.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, the favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, had kind words for President Barack Obama’s call for $1.8 billion from Congress to fight the Zika virus and praised efforts to battle it in Florida.
By Kevin Derby
From his perch as chairman of the Citrus Caucus, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., held a meeting on Capitol Hill on Thursday over the impact of citrus greening which has devastated Florida’s orange industry.
By Nancy Smith
Gov. Rick Scott "issued orders" to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the Corps should take immediate action to relieve the flooding, slow down the discharges from Lake Okeechobee and move more water south to Everglades National Park.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s, D-Fla., efforts to ensure no drilling off the Gulf coast of Florida won him the applause of U.S. Rep. Curt Clawson, R-Fla.
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