
WASHINGTON -- Recently, Barack Obama -- a Demosthenes determined to elevate our politics from coarseness to elegance; a Pericles sent to ameliorate our rhetorical impoverishment -- spoke at the University of Michigan. He came to that very friendly venue -- in 2012, he received 67 percent of the vote in Ann Arbor's county -- after visiting a local sandwich shop, where a muse must have whispered in the presidential ear. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., had recently released his budget, so Obama expressed his disapproval by calling it, for the benefit of his academic audience, a "meanwich" and a "stinkburger."
WASHINGTON -- The word is out that Chelsea Clinton is with child, making the favorite Democratic presidential nominee a soon-to-be grandmother.
The headlines were inevitable -- "Grandma Hillary" -- followed by the similarly crucial question: Will being a grandmother help or hurt Hillary Clinton's chances in the 2016 election?
All of a sudden Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist has the ideal occasion and opportunity to debate his primary opponent, Nan Rich. Will he do it?
Rich said she accepted an invitation from the Florida Society of News Editors and the Florida Press Association to appear at a July 10 candidate forum co-hosted by the two organizations.
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The Republican Party of Florida is going after former Gov. Charlie Crist over changing his mind on offering in-state tuition rates for the children of undocumented immigrants.
In 2006, Crist praised state lawmakers for rejecting a bill to offer in-state tuition rates to all Florida students. Now, running as a Democrat, Crist has switched his position on the issue and now supports legislation offering in-state tuition rates for Dreamers.
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On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., announced he was backing a challenge from U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Fla., against the Office of Personnel Management exempting members of Congress from being included in President Barack Obamas federal health-care law.
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