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Dennis Ross: 'We Welcome Anyone from EPA to Florida – as a Tourist'

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross said on Tuesday that he was pleased that the federal EPA was putting off -- for the moment -- adding new criteria for water in Florida.

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Conservatives Target 'Playboy Club' Show on NBC

June 13, 2011 - 6:00pm

The conservative Florida Family Association (FFA) is planning to target companies planning to run ads on The Playboy Club, a new television series that debuts this fall on NBC.

David Caten, FFA executive director, said Tuesday, The show is about Hugh Hefners pioneering of the porn industry with his Playboy Enterprises.

Caten pointed to a release from NBC. It read as follows: This provocative new series captures a time and place that challenged the social mores, where a visionary created an empire, and an icon changed American culture.

Like LeBron James, Barack Obama is Mired in a Miami Funk

The Obama campaign, a supposedly well-oiled machine, sputtered Monday night in Miami.

Violating a cardinal rule of stage management, the campaign rented a 2,200-seat concert hall for a fund-raiser and couldn't even fill half the seats.

A spinning party official told Politico that 900 people had been expected, and 980 showed up. Oh.

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GOP Debate Consensus: Big Night for Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney

A Sunshine State News sampling of political observers in Florida found that Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney were the big winners in the Republican presidential debate Monday night.

Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman who used the CNN stage to announce that she had filed papers earlier that day to seek the GOP nomination, stood out from the crowd, despite her diminutive stature.

"Michele Bachmann could be a huge pain for other Republican candidates in Florida's 2012 presidential primary," said Brian Crowley of the Crowley Political Report.

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Romney, Bachmann Lead Republicans' Obama Bash

June 12, 2011 - 6:00pm

In a nationally televised debate where most of the candidates agreed on most of the issues, Rep. Michele Bachmann's announcement that she had filed papers to run for president and Mitt Romney's news flash that the Boston Bruins were up 4-0 in the Stanley Cup Finals drew the biggest cheers Monday night.

From the economy and bailouts to Obamacare and immigration, the seven GOP hopefuls talked up free markets and bashed President Barack Obama's performance.

Bachmann and Romney dominated portions of the two-hour CNNdebate from Manchester, N.H.

Why Weiner's Going Under the Bus

June 13, 2011 - 6:00pm

Is there any redeeming social value to the tawdry tale of Anthony Weiner?

Jeff Stahler Cartoon

June 12, 2011 - 6:00pm

Eyes Still on 2012, Democrats Sizing Up 2014 Contenders

June 13, 2011 - 6:00pm

Even as Democrats pledged at their annual Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinner this past weekend to fight for President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelsons re-elections in 2012, some were already beginning to size up contenders for the partys gubernatorial nod in 2014.

Gov. Rick Scotts popularity has sagged to 29 percent. And some Democrats are already looking at a rematch of the 2010 election a few months after a Democratic-leaning polling firm found former Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink would win the election by 19 points if it had been held in March.

Jeb Bush Education Report Card Flunks Florida Dems on Reform

June 12, 2011 - 6:00pm

Applauding Gov. Rick Scott and most Republican legislators, former Gov. Jeb Bush said Monday that Florida's "culture of reform" ensures future educational gains in the state.

Bush's Foundation for Florida's Future issued grades for lawmakers based on their support for school choice, competition and accountability measures at the 2011 Legislature.

"Reforms enacted this year reorganize schools around the success of every student in the Sunshine State," Bush said in unveiling this year's report card.

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