Calling herself the "consistent conservative" who can deliver a win in 2012, GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann on Monday predicted an upset at the Iowa caucuses.
"We're going person to person, mapping who will come out on caucus night. We've already identified more people than Mike Huckabee [who won the 2008 caucus]. It will be a shock," Bachmann told Sunshine State News in an exclusive interview from New York City.
Admitting defeat in their efforts to find a compromise on cutting the nation's debt, the co-chairmen of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., released the following statement:
After months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committees deadline.
A CNN/ORC International Poll released on Monday found that former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich is leading the pack of Republican presidential candidates.
Gingrich takes 24 percent in the national poll while former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts is within the margin of error at 20 percent. Last week, a CNN/ORI poll had Romney ahead 24 percent with Gingrich in second with 22 percent.
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"Alice in Wonderland" was written by a professor who also wrote a book on symbolic logic. So it is not surprising that Alice encountered not only strange behavior in Wonderland, but also strange and illogical reasoning -- of a sort too often found in the real world, and which a logician would be very much aware of.
Florida Education CommissionerGerard Robinson responded Monday to Sunshine State News' story about the delay in awarding more than $100 million in recognition to "A" schools.
His statement:
The School Recognition Program rewards high-performing schools for their efforts in raising or maintaining high student achievement.While it is true that the Florida Department of Education has delayed providing recognition funds to schools that received an A or improved a letter grade last year, I want to emphasize that the primary reason is a matter of fairness.
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Public university leaders, through thousands of pages of answers that include backup academic studies and appendixes, have replied to Gov. Rick Scotts request to outline what the schools are doing to ensure graduates meet the need of Florida employers.
The presidents of the states 11 public universities were given until last week to respond to Scotts Oct. 13 email sent to each school.And as diverse as each campus is, the schools replied using a variety of formats, from secured online pages to discs and pages of bound volumes.
A Rasmussen Reports poll released on Monday found that Gov. Rick Scott was upside down with Florida voters as his first year in office draws to a close. The poll found that 51 percent of likely voters disapproved of Scotts performance in Tallahassee while 42 percent approved of it.
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Saturdays Florida-Florida State gridiron match in Gainesville has been dubbed the Fresh From Florida Showdown by Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.
From Saturday through the end of the 2011-2012 season, every Seminole-Gator match-up -- in 18 different sports -- will be used to promote Florida's grown and harvested products, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has announced.
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Floridians dissatisfied with the major political parties will have fewer options next year.
When 2012 rolls around, there may no longer be a Real Food Party of the United States of America, Surfers Party of America or a British Reformed Sectarian Party for voters to join when they register.
Political parties in Florida with fewer than 5 percent of the states more than 11 million registered voters have been given deadlines that range through the first week in January to re-register after complying with a number of guidelines set by legislators last spring.
