February 24, 2012 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- Let me be blunt: If Republicans nominate Rick Santorum, they will lose.
Atlas Speeds U.S. Navy's Latest Spacecraft into Orbit
Submitted by Anonymous on February 24, 2012 - 5:22pm
The third time was the charm for NASA and the U.S. Navy.
After weather scrubbed two launches last week, an Atlas 5 rocket carrying the Navy's newest generation of mobile communications spacecraft -- the Mobile User Objective System-1 (MUOS-1) -- got off the ground just after 5:15 p.m. Friday.
The launch marked the 200th flight of the Centaur upper stage.
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In Post-Allen West CD 22: Lois Frankel, Kristin Jacobs Jockey for Race Against Adam Hasner
February 23, 2012 - 6:00pm
Two Democrats with similar politics but differing styles are vying for their party's nomination in the South Florida congressional district being vacated by Republican Rep. Allen West.
As redrawn, CD 22 has turned bluer and West opted this month to head north to the new 18th Congressional District on the Treasure Coast.
Koch Brothers, Liberals' Favorite Bogeymen, Target of Obama Plea
Submitted by Anonymous on February 24, 2012 - 3:39pm
There's crassness.
There's hypocrisy.
This is crass hypocrisy.
A fundraising email to Obama supporters Friday pegs its appeal to a speech Mitt Romney is giving in Troy, Mich., sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, the conservative group largely funded by David and Charles Koch, the Houston billionaires liberals probably scare their children with.
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Cannon Expects PIP Reform to be Completed in Regular Session of Legislature
February 23, 2012 - 6:00pm
Pam Bondi, Snyder Laud House Support Against Human Trafficking
Submitted by Anonymous on February 24, 2012 - 2:29pm
Advocates for tougher legislation against human trafficking, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Rep. William Snyder, R-Stuart, praised the House support for HB 7049 on Friday.
This legislation will give us the tools we need to stop the exploitative and degrading business of human trafficking, Bondi stated in a release.
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Sorry, Charlies! George LeMieux and Connie Mack Spar Over Crist and Sheen
February 23, 2012 - 6:00pm
With his battle with Congressman Connie Mack for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson intensifying, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux continued to hammer his GOP rival and looked to play a little political judo over former Gov. Charlie Crist.
Marco Rubio Plays Offense on Story of Youthful Mormonism
Submitted by Anonymous on February 24, 2012 - 2:14pm
You've got to admire it.
After the website buzzfeed.com broke the story Thursday that Florida's Sen. Marco Rubio was baptized in the Mormon church as a young boy in Nevada -- only to leave it and return to Catholicism with his family several years later before the Rubios returned to Miami -- the senator's team handled it straightforwardly, confirming the accounts Nevada relatives gave the website and explaining that the episode would be detailed in a forthcoming autobiography.
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Vern Buchanan Backs Obama's Call to Lower Corporate Tax Rate
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 24, 2012 - 1:53pm
On Friday, from his perch on the Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., offered qualified support to President Barack Obamas plan to lower the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent, but insisted that more needed to be done.
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Allen West Gets the Endorsement of Tom Rooney
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 24, 2012 - 1:39pm
U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney endorsed fellow Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West on Friday. With the congressional districts redrawn by the Legislature, Rooney represents some of the district that West is currently running for. West faces Martin County Sheriff Bob Crowder --who backed Democrat candidate Alex Sink in 2010 during the closest gubernatorial election in Floridas history --for the Republican nomination.
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