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Rick Santorum Wins Close Battles in Alabama and Mississippi

March 12, 2012 - 7:00pm

Earlier: Close Battles Loom in Alabama, Mississippi.

As the Republican presidential race turned to Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday, two states almost assured to rally behind whoever emerges with the GOP nomination in November, Rick Santorum won both states by small margins over Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.

With 79 percent of the votes counted, Santorum won Alabama, which had 50 delegates on the line, with 35 percent, followed by Gingrich with 30 percent and Romney with 28 percent. Ron Paul trailed with 5 percent.

Rick Santorum Beats Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in Alabama

Submitted by Kevin Derby on March 13, 2012 - 10:19pm

The Republican presidential race turned to Alabama and Mississippi, two states almost assured to rally behind whoever emerges with the GOP nomination in November, and Rick Santorum won Alabama by a small margin over Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.

With 53 percent of the votes counted, Santorum won Alabama, which had 50 delegates on the line, with 35 percent, followed by Gingrich with 30 percent and Romney with 28 percent. Ron Paul trailed with 5 percent.

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Voters Don't Give a Toss Who Uses a Teleprompter

Nancy Smith

March 13, 2012 - 7:00pm

Try to stay on the page, candidates. Who uses a teleprompter and who doesn't is not a campaign issue. America doesn't care.

Federal Officials Pepper State's Medicaid Plan with Questions

Jim Saunders News Service of Florida

March 12, 2012 - 7:00pm

Trying to transform Medicaid into a statewide managed-care program, Florida health officials face dozens of questions from the federal government about how the plan would work.

The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent a list of questions in January, more than five months after Florida submitted proposals to shift hundreds of thousands of beneficiaries into HMOs and other managed-care plans.

End Taxpayer Funding of Union Salaries

George Will

March 13, 2012 - 7:00pm

PHOENIX -- Sal DiCiccio says hes sorry. It is, he says, no excuse that the complex labor contracts that he, as a member of the city council, voted to ratify for city employees were presented to the council less than a week before the vote.

Florida Supreme Court on Redistricting: Don’t Call Us

Submitted by Anonymous on March 13, 2012 - 5:32pm

Dont call the Florida Supreme Court if you have a question about redistricting.

The court posted a document Tuesday on its website advising anyone with a question about last Fridays ruling on House and Senate redistricting maps to write the court in Tallahassee

The Code of Judicial Conduct governing behavior by judges forbids the justices of the Florida Supreme Court to discuss pending cases with the public, the document states. Please do not call the court to speak with a justice about the redistricting case.

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'No Budget, No Pay' Bill Pushes to Make Congress Work

Kenric Ward

March 12, 2012 - 7:00pm

Amid growing public disgust with partisan gridlock in Congress, a "No Budget, No Pay" bill will be heard by a Senate committee Wednesday.

The measure would withhold congressional pay if members fail to pass spending bills and the budget on time, say sponsors Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn.

This is an historic moment for Congress, said Bill Galston, co-founder of the bipartisan group, No Labels.

Democrats May Challenge House Redistricting Maps

Jim Turner

March 12, 2012 - 7:00pm

Florida Democrats may use the coming redrawing of state Senate districts to renew their court challenge to the proposed House redistricting map -- even though the state Supreme Court last week ruled the House plan valid.

Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith told reporters in a teleconference call Tuesday that the party is waiting for direction from their attorneys, as well as input from other opposition groups regarding the House map.

Herman Cain Goes to Bat for Craig Miller

Submitted by Kevin Derby on March 13, 2012 - 4:42pm

Businessman Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate who won the Presidency 5 straw poll in Orlando in September, is backing a host of Republicans running for Senate and for the U.S. House all across the nation -- including one congressional hopeful in Florida.

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Contraception 'Controversy' No Boon to Obama's Re-Election

Submitted by Anonymous on March 13, 2012 - 4:19pm

Americans who follow politics through the mainstream media could be forgiven for thinking the recent controversy over contraception is playing right into the Obama administrations re-election effort among women voters.

Doesnt this prove that Republicans really are engaged in a war on women, determined to drag them back to the days of chattel status? Wont this non-story guarantee Democrats -- including our president -- will be able to seize the high ground and sweep women voters in November?

Well, in a word, no.

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