Gov. Rick Scott is at Captain Andersons Restaurant & Waterfront Market in Panama City today for his fourth Lets Get to Work day.
Scott is working at the landmark waterfront restaurant from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., CDT.
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Florida Democrats over the weekend took aim at the Republican Party, arguing that the GOP -- which has dominated elections in the Sunshine State in recent years -- drew from the political fringe.
At the state party convention in Orlando, Democrat Bill Nelson, the senior U.S. senator from the Sunshine State, said Saturday he agreed with remarks Vice President Joe Biden made about the state of the Republican Party.
With the team behind President Barack Obama targeting the Sunshine State in their bid for a second term in 2012, the White House sent U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to speak to the Florida Democratic Convention on Saturday.
A day after Vice President Joe Biden told the convention at Walt Disney World that Obama needed to carry Florida to win in 2012, Solis attempted to rally Democrats for the elections and urged them to push for the Obama jobs plan which, with Republicans controlling the U.S. House, has no chance of passing Congress.
Disneys Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World opened in 1971 -- making it a fitting place for the Florida Democratic Party to meet this past weekend.
Having lost every single statewide race, four congressional seats and seats in the Legislature in 2010, theres a temptation to say the Florida Democratic Party engages in Mickey Mouse politics.
Apparently Florida Democratic Chairman Rod Smith agrees, since he brought on more than his share of Disney references on Saturday.
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The Florida Democratic Convention at Walt Disney World has featured a host of candidates running for Congress.
Former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, who lost to U.S. Rep. Dan Webster in 2010, was there with his supporters. So was former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings with her team.
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On Saturday, at the Florida Democratic Party Convention in Walt Disney World, Democrat Bill Nelson, the senior U.S. senator from the Sunshine State, said he agreed with remarks Vice President Joe Biden made about the state of the Republican Party.
In a speech to the convention on Friday night, Biden said the GOP had transformed, noting that the pack of Republican presidential hopefuls and the likes of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., did not congratulate President Barack Obama after the fall of the Gadhafi regime in Libya and the death of that strongman.
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Before being elected to Congress in 2010, South Florida U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson was a veteran of Tallahassee, serving for more than a decade in both chambers of the Florida Legislature. Speaking to the Florida Democratic Convention, Wilson -- wearing one of her many colorful hats -- tried to carry water for President Barack Obama before accusing Republicans of trying to suppress the vote.
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U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, took aim at Gov. Rick Scott in a speech at the Florida Democratic Convention at Walt Disney World on Saturday.
Wasserman Schultz attacked Scott, pointing to his low poll numbers. She called for Democrats to pink slip Rick in 2014.
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With President Barack Obama almost certainly needing to carry Florida in 2012 to stay in the White House, Vice President Joe Biden tried to rally Democrats in a speech Friday night at Walt Disney World, insisting that the presidential election came down to the Sunshine State.
Speaking at the 2011 Florida Democratic convention, Biden emphasized how high the stakes are in Florida. Biden was introduced by Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson who is running for a third term in 2012.
