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Obama, Mitt Romney Air It Out in Barrage of Attack Ads

June 11, 2012 - 6:00pm

With five months to go until the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney took the tone of the contest down a couple of notches, hitting the airwaves and going online to rip into each other.

The Obama team Tuesday launched a new television ad in key battleground states -- including Florida -- that attacks Romneys record during his tenure as governor of Massachusetts. The ad attempts to play a little political jujitsu, taking Romneys attacks and turning them against him, slamming the Republicans record on running up government debt and on job creation.

Sen. Jim Norman Withdraws from Senate Contest

Submitted by Anonymous on June 12, 2012 - 12:21pm

Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, is now listed as "Withdrew" from the Florida Senate District 17 race.

Norman, a former Hillsborough County commissioner elected to the Senate in 2010, was rumored to be facing pressure not to complete the qualifying process before turning in all the paperwork last week.

However, on Tuesday, with speculation again growing that Norman would bow out to avoid an expensive primary battle against House Speaker Pro Tempore John Legg, R-Port Richey, the state Division of Elections website has updated Normans status.

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Rick Scott Goes On-Air to Defend Voter List Review

Jim Turner

June 11, 2012 - 6:00pm

A day after the state and federal government announced they were suing each other over Floridas attempt to clean up its voter lists, Gov. Rick Scott took the Sunshine States case to the nations electronic airwaves.

Scott spent Tuesday morning doing interviews on a Tampa TV station, cable giants Fox News and CNN, and on radio via Americas News Network and Bill Bennetts Morning in America.

Flags at Half-Staff for Specialist Gerardo Campos

Submitted by Anonymous on June 12, 2012 - 10:41am

Gov. Rick Scott ordered national and state flags at half-staff on Wednesday at thecourthouse of Miami-Dade County, Homestead, and outside Floridas Capitol in Tallahassee, for Specialist Gerardo Campos.

Campos, 23, died of wounds caused by enemy small-arms fire on June 2 in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Campos was assigned to B Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

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Obama and Romney Exchange Fire in Attack Ads

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 12, 2012 - 10:20am

While there are five months to go until the 2012 presidential election, the gloves are coming off as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney hit the airwaves and go online to rip into each other.

On Tuesday, the Obama team launched a new television ad hitting the airwaves in key battleground states -- including Florida -- that attacks Romneys record during his tenure as governor of Massachusetts. The ad attempts to play a little political jujitsu, taking Romneys attacks and turning them against him, slamming the Republicans record on running up government debt and on job creation.

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Rick Scott to Sign Human Trafficking Laws at Kristi House

Submitted by Anonymous on June 12, 2012 - 7:28am

Gov. Rick Scott will be at Kristi House in Miami this afternoon to sign a pair of bills aimed at combating human trafficking.

House Bill 99 provides short-term safe houses for sexually exploited children.

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Will Heads Roll for the Stuxnet Leak?

Pat Buchanan

June 11, 2012 - 6:00pm

Within days of SEAL Team Six's killing of Osama on that midnight mission in Pakistan, Defense Secretary Bob Gates, reading all about the raid in the press, went to the White House to tell President Obama's national security adviser pungently to "shut the (bleep) up."

Florida Sues Obama Officials for Hindering 'Fair Elections' Voter Review

Jim Turner

June 10, 2012 - 6:00pm

Florida has taken the Obama administration to court to gain access to the Homeland Security database the governors office has requested since September.

The state claims it has tried in vain to get DHS's help in finding noncitizens among Floridas registered voters.

The lawsuit comes as the U.S. Department of Justice reiterated the demand for the state to immediately cease the ongoing review of voters. The review violates federal law, being undertaken within 90 days of an election.

No Surprise Here: More Dems Than Repubs Like Mayor Bloomberg's Soda Ban

Submitted by Nancy Smith on June 11, 2012 - 5:53pm

Is anybody surprised that Democratic voters are more than twice as likely as Republicans to back New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's nanny plan to ban super-sized sugary drinks in the Big Apple? This, according to a new poll for The Hill.

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Companies Pull Plug on Kelly Clarkson 'Stronger' Video at Children's Hospital

Submitted by Anonymous on June 11, 2012 - 5:43pm

A "viral" video of cancer patients at Seattle Children's Hospital has been pulled by Sony Music and the Hearst Corp., after it became an Internet sensation.

With patients, doctors and nurses dancing and lip-syncing to Kelly Clarkson's song, "Stronger," the video drew more than 2.5 million viewers in less than a week before it was yanked.

It was hardly a professional production, according to TV station WSDK, which reported that the video was courtesy of 22-year-old Chris Rumble, a cancer patient from Kent, Wash.

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