Small-business owners lean toward favoring the gambling bill, but say there are bigger issues to tackle in the upcoming legislative session, said Bill Herrle, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Business/Florida.
First, legislators when they begin the 60-day regular session next week need to focus on workers compensation, unemployment compensation, tort reform and tangible personal property tax relief, Herrle said.
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Bay Buchanan, former treasurer of the United States, guided her brother Pat to two big showings in the New Hampshire primary when she was the campaign manager for his presidential bids. Pat Buchanan upset Bob Dole to win the Granite State in 1996 and came very close to beating then-President George H.W. Bush in 1992. On Friday, Bay Buchanan announced that she was backing former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts is crushing the Republican field in New Hampshire, which holds its primary on Tuesday, according to two polls released Friday.
Romney is leading in New Hampshire, according to a Suffolk University/7News poll released on Friday, while former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who was only eight votes behind Romney in Tuesday nights Iowa caucus, continues to move up in the Granite State.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney is leading in New Hampshire according to a Suffolk University/7News poll released on Friday while former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum continues to move up in the Granite State. New Hampshire will hold its primary on Tuesday.
Romney takes 40 percent in the poll with U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas in second with 17 percent. Santorum takes third with 11 percent in the poll, ahead of former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 9 percent and former Jon Huntsman of Utah with 8 percent. Gov. Rick Perry of Texas lags far behind with 1 percent.
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With the primary looming on Tuesday, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts is routing the Republican field in New Hampshire according to a poll released on Friday from Rasmussen Reports.
Romney leads the field with 42 percent followed by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul with 18 percent, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania with 13 percent and former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah with 12 percent. Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich takes 8 percent and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas pulls 1 percent.
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Former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner has called for a series of 10 debates with the other Republican candidates looking to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012. Hasner called for each debate to be 90 minutes in length in a letter sent out to the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) and two of his main rivals -- former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux and U.S. Rep. Connie Mack.
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Gov. Rick Scott says the Florida primary should decide the GOP primary, with the winner going to the candidate with the best plan to grow employment.
Thats how I won my race and thats what Ive been doing for the [last] 12 months, Scott said during an interview with WOKV 690-AM in Jacksonville on Friday morning. Thats whats going to be most important in this presidential race.
Scott hasnt endorsed a candidate in the primary.
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Responding to buzz that President Barack Obama will seek to raise the federal debt ceiling yet again, on Friday Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio --after vaulting into national prominence during the 2010 campaign cycle and being a leading vice presidential possibility for the 2012 Republican ticket --called out the Democrat incumbent in a strongly worded letter challenging the president's competence.
Rubio sent a letter to Obama on Friday, asking about reports that the administration plans to ask Congress to raise the debt ceiling to more than $16 trillion.
After finishing in fifth place in the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night and flopping badly in a series of debates, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is bypassing New Hampshire -- which holds its primary this coming Tuesday -- to lay it all on the line on South Carolina, which hosts its primary on Jan. 21.
Perry surprised most pundits on Wednesday when he announced that he is staying in the race. The Texas governor sent out a Tweet in which he revealed he was headed to South Carolina to campaign there.
A Rasmussen Reports poll of likely South Carolina Republican primary voters released on Friday finds that former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts leads in the Palmetto State but hes hearing the footsteps of former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. South Carolina will hold its primary on Jan. 21.
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