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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Northern Iowans are Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings fans. This fact could be portentous 16 months from now when the Iowa caucuses occur and Minnesota's two-term governor, Tim Pawlenty, probably will be seeking the Republican presidential nomination.
One of the constant refrains of the so-called mainstream media is that tea party candidates are blithering incompetents and weird wackos. They may do well this year, the refrain goes, but when voters come to their senses, the Republican Party will pay a big price for embracing them.
WASHINGTON -- In an increasingly desperate attempt to develop a narrative for the coming Democratic collapse, the Democrats have indulged themselves in what for half a century they've habitually attributed to the American right -- the paranoid style in American politics. The talk is of dark conspiracies -- secret money, foreign influence, big corporations, with Karl Rove and, yes, Ed Gillespie lurking ominously behind the scenes. The only thing missing is the Halliburton-Cheney angle.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid finally appeared in a debate Oct. 14 in Las Vegas with his Republican opponent, Sharron Angle. The appearance might come as a surprise to consumers of the national media. While Angle has been pounded relentlessly by national media outlets as being both dangerously radical and ridiculous, Reid has been left alone and untouched.
NEW YORK -- Fair is foul, and foul is fair. There's something witchy in the air.
Seven months ago, Speaker Nancy Pelosi spent a busy week rounding up votes to pass the Senate version of the Democrats' health care legislation.
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In news that won't come as a shock to anyone, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., has endorsed Republican candidate Mike Hill of Pensacola in the Florida House District 2 special election.
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Over Memorial Day weekend, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, led a congressional delegation to Afghanistan and to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Other members of the delegation included Texas Republicans Michael Burgess and Blakem Farenthood, California Democrat Ami Bera and Massachusetts Democrat Joseph Kennedy.
The delegation met with members of the armed forces, President Hamid Karazi of Afghanistan, and State Department and Drug Enforcement Administration officials.
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A new Rasmussen Reports Poll shows most voters oppose President Obamas plan to bring Guantanamo prisoners to U.S. soil.
The poll found 53 percent of respondents opposed bringing Guantanamo inmates back to the U.S. in order to close the prison camp in Cuba. Only 27 percent said theyd support such a plan.
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According to a study from the University of Florida released Tuesday, consumer confidence rose this month in Florida and is now higher than it has been since August 2007. The study found consumer confidence rose 2 points to 81 in May.
The last time confidence was this high was August of 2007 when it was 82, shortly before the Great Recession began, said Chris McCarty, director of UFs Survey Research Center in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, on Tuesday.
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Dr. Stephen Leatherman, better known as Dr. Beach, is a professor at Florida International University who is known for ranking the top 10 beaches in America each Memorial Day. This year, Dr. Beach named two Florida state parks -- Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park and Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park -- on his list. Needless to say, the Florida State Park system is trumpeting the news.
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On Tuesday, at a ceremony in West Palm Beach, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law HB 7065, sponsored by Rep. Matt Caldwell, R-Lehigh Acres, to provide $32 million a year to fund Everglades restoration.
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Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin was in Iowa, home of the first presidential caucus, late last week to give a speech to the state GOP. Already something of a Republican folk hero for standing up to government employee unions and crushing an effort to remove him from office, Walker earned high marks from Republicans across Iowa for his speech. The Hill has the details on Walkers trip to Iowa and the reaction from state Republicans.
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With the Memorial Day weekend over, summer has begun -- and so has the 2014 gubernatorial campaign. On Monday, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) took aim at former Gov. Charlie Crist who is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. With a look at the former governors Cristory, the RPOF took Crist to task for raising taxes and fees by $2.2 billion back in 2009 in a new Web video.
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Former Congressman Allen West floated a trial balloon at the end of last week, creating buzz that he will set his sights on a political comeback in 2016.Appearing on the Tammy Bruce radio show on Friday, the Florida Republican made it clear that he was open to running for office again despite losing to Democrat Patrick Murphy in November.
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Former Rep. Scott Plakon is getting the support of the Republican leadership in Tallahassee as he looks to return to Tallahassee by defeating Rep. Mike Clelland, D-Longwood, in 2014.
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