August 28, 2012 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- Now begins the final phase of this cognitive dissonance campaign. America's 57th presidential election is the first devoted to calling the nation's bluff.
Pam Bondi, John McCain, Rand Paul, Condi Rice, Paul Ryan Among Day 3 Convention Speakers
Submitted by Anonymous on August 28, 2012 - 8:52pm
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Az., U.S. Sen, Rand Paul, R-Ky., Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez are part of the Wednesday night warm up acts at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
The night builds to vice president nominee, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., who is to take the stage after 10 p.m.
The Republican National Committee sent out the revised schedule -- due to Hurricane Isaac -- Tuesday afternoon.
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Rick Scott to Tour South Florida Areas Flooded by Isaac
Submitted by Anonymous on August 28, 2012 - 8:27pm
Gov. Rick Scott will tour areas of Palm Beach County flooded by Isaac, which as a tropical storm dumped up to 13 inches on the South Florida county.
Scott also will be taking a tour of the media in the Palm Beach County/ Treasure Coast market on Tuesday, before heading back to Tallahassee for further updates on the hurricane's impacts along the Panhandle, according to daily schedule from the Governors Office.
6:00a.m. WPTV News Channel 5
6:30 a.m. WPEC-CBS 12
6:50 a.m. WPBF 25
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Isaac a Hurricane Now, Less Than 30 Miles from Hunkered Down Gulf Coast
Submitted by Nancy Smith on August 28, 2012 - 7:18pm
With sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, Isaac is a hurricane now, bearing down on the Gulf Coast shores of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle -- a slow-moving giant carrying violent thunderstorms along its edges and heavy rainful end to end.
Isaac arrives nearly seven years to the day after Katrina. Itbegan pounding the Gulf Coast on Tuesday afternoon with heavy rain and strong winds, gaining strength as the day wore on and prompting warnings about even more dangerous hours ahead.
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Revenge of Jim Greer? Florida's Convention Buses Leave Delegates Burning
Submitted by Nancy Smith on August 28, 2012 - 6:59pm
For a minute there, Florida delegates to the Republican National Convention thought they'd fallen victim to another party punishment:
Waiting for buses at noon that didn't show on schedule.
But the buses appointed to transport delegates those 30 miles from far-flung Innisbrook Resort to the Tampa Bay Times Forum rolled in eventually. Eager delegates left to melt in steamy 92-degree heat were not amused.
A liberal onlooker remarked wryly, "This is the revenge of Jim Greer."
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Republican Delegates make it Official: Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan in 2012
Submitted by Anonymous on August 28, 2012 - 6:39pm
The delegates to the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum have, as scheduled, overwhelmingly nominated through a state-by-state roll call former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to be the party standard-bearer for the presidential election.
The next step in the process comes two nights from now, when Romney gives his acceptance speech.
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Mitt's Stormy Path
August 28, 2012 - 6:00pm
Florida gives all 50 Delegate Votes to Mitt Romney
Submitted by Anonymous on August 28, 2012 - 5:45pm
Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll read the states delegate county during the roll call of states at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum, declaring all 50 voting delegates going for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to be the Republican Partys nominee.
Carroll asked for a moment of silence for those impacted and to be impacted by Hurricane Isaac.
Florida is the Sunshine State, well most times, Carroll said.
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Florida Judge Affirms Dismissal of Unions' Prison Privatization Suit
August 27, 2012 - 6:00pm
Judge Kevin Carroll of the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court of Florida on Monday dismissed a motion by the Florida Nurses Association and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) to rehear their suit on plans by the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to privatize prison health services.
The original suit had been dismissed by Carroll on July 2, when he found the matter moot after a provision in an appropriations bill authorizing the privatization expired on June 30.
RNC Co-Chair: 2012 is Most Important Election in “Nation’s Lifetime.”
Submitted by Anonymous on August 28, 2012 - 3:25pm
Fort Lauderdale resident Sharon Day, the Republican National Committee Co-Chair, noted that elections are often referred to as the most important of ones lifetime.
In welcoming delegates to the Tampa Bay Times Forum on Tuesday afternoon, Day declared the 2012 Presidential contest the most important election in our nations lifetime.
She called on citizen activists to fight for the restitution of values of the Founding Fathers.
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