September 22, 2011 - 6:00pm
P5 Video: Javier Manjarres from the 'Shark Tank'
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 23, 2011 - 12:52pm
Conservative blogger Javier Manjarres of The Shark Tank sat down to talk with Sunshine State News at the Presidency 5 event in Orlando. Manjarres focused on the 2012 elections and the growth of conservative media outlets.
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P5 Video: Rick Scott Weighs in on Florida's Role in 2012 Elections
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 23, 2011 - 12:40pm
On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott talked to Sunshine State News at the Presidency 5 event held by the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) in Orlando. Scott talked about Floridas role in the 2012 election cycle since the Sunshine State appears to be one of the chief battlegrounds in the presidential election. The governor also weighed in on the U.S. Senate race as Republicans ponder who to back to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012.
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Hobnobbing at P5: Overflow Crowds of 'Suite Tea' Hospitality
Submitted by Anonymous on September 23, 2011 - 12:01pm
It's wall-to-wall revelry at the tea party "Suite Tea" hospitality rooms at the Peabody Hotel.
As the picture here shows, overflow crowds spilled outside the suite as presidential candidates and assorted other politicos drop by to visit.
The suite -- located in the Challenger 38-39 breakout rooms on the second level of the Peabody -- remains open until 10 p.m. Friday.
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Florida Delays Setting Primary Date; It's South Carolina's Move Now
Submitted by Anonymous on September 23, 2011 - 11:41am
Florida Republican and Democratic lawmakers agreed Friday that the state should schedule its presidential primary to be the fifth in the nation.
By national party rules, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina hold the first four positions in 2012.
But other states -- notably Arizona, Missouri and Michigan -- are crowding in, and Florida wants to conduct its primary before the scheduled March 6 multistate Super Tuesday.
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Newt Gingrich's Busy Saturday: Breakfast in Miami, Straw Poll in Orlando
Submitted by Anonymous on September 23, 2011 - 10:41am
GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will be traversing Florida Saturday morning.
He will speak to a breakfast gathering of the tea party group, South Florida Conservatives, at Miami's famed Versailles restaurant, 3555 SW 8th St. The event starts at 7:30 a.m., said organizer Marcos Sendon.
Gingrich will then head back to Orlando to compete in the Presidency 5 Straw Poll that afternoon. Speeches are scheduled to start at 1:35 p.m. at the Orange County Convention Center, with balloting beginning at 4:30 p.m.
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Newt Gingrich Working on a Second 'Contract With America'
Submitted by Anonymous on September 23, 2011 - 10:31am
Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich will release his second "Contract With America" next Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa.
"It's going to be bigger, deeper and more profound," than the "Contract With America" he helped author in 1994, Gingrich said during Thursday night's debate at the Orange County Convention Center.
The 1994 contract called for shrinking the size of government, promoted lower taxes and greater entrepreneurial activity, and advocated tort and welfare reforms.
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Who Owns the Florida Economy? Barack Obama or Rick Scott?
Submitted by Anonymous on September 23, 2011 - 10:15am
Vice President Joe Biden is in South Florida Friday, touting the administration's latest plans for government spending.
But Biden's promises for jobs and economic recovery have a queasy deja-vu ring to them.
Since the first Obama stimulus program was passed, Florida has lost 99,600 construction jobs and 31,600 manufacturing jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Yet Biden & Co. claim a second stimulus package could support 20,500 new jobs in Florida.
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Bachmann Calls Stimulus I "Greed, Graft and Corruption."
Submitted by Anonymous on September 23, 2011 - 9:40am
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says the growing Solyndra scandal is emblematic of what was wrong with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and why a second round of stimulus isn't needed.
"Vice President Joe Biden said the stimulus program and Solyndra is exactly what the stimulus program was all about: greed, graft and corruption." said Bachmann Friday morning."And now President Obama is proposing a 'son of stimulus.' We don't need the sequel."
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At CPAC, Jon Huntsman Reaches Out on Science, Civil Unions, Immigration
Submitted by Anonymous on September 23, 2011 - 9:00am
Jon Huntsman headed into the lion's den of CPAC Friday, and challenged orthodox conservatism.
In prepared remarks, the former Utah governor said:
"I believe in science -- including as it relates to evolution and climate change.
"I believe in civil unions, though I also support traditional marriage.
"I believe immigration is a human as well as an economic issue, and that children of illegal immigrants shouldnt be punished for the sins of their parents."
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