February 14, 2011 - 6:00pm
During a visit to Palm Beach Monday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio discussed challenges and opportunities facing small-business leaders.
Fuzzy Math Clouds Florida Tobacco Tax 'Windfall'
February 13, 2011 - 6:00pm
Rocky and Republicans
February 14, 2011 - 6:00pm
Rocky Marciano was the only heavyweight champion who never lost a single fight in his whole career -- and, at the time, he seemed the least likely fighter to do that. In many a boxing match, he was battered, bruised and bleeding.
Rush Limbaugh Has Explanation for Jeb Bush's Poor Poll Showing
Submitted by Anonymous on February 14, 2011 - 4:24pm
Rush Limbaugh may have the most plausible explanation for Jeb Bush's dismal showing in a hypothetical race against President Barack Obama.
A new poll from Fox News shows Obama routing the former Florida governor 54-34 in a 2012 matchup. The results puzzled those who assume Bush the Younger could be a strong GOP contender ... if he would only run.
But conservative radio talk-show host Limbaugh dissed Bush on Monday, saying the former governor's squishiness on immigration and social issues doesn't inspire the Republican base.
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Ron Saunders Calls House Budget Exercises 'Premature'
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 14, 2011 - 4:18pm
House Democratic Leader Ron Saunders of Key West sent a memo to his caucus on Monday, arguing that budgetary exercises being launched this week in subcommittees by the Republican majority were premature.
This week, Republican House appropriation subcommittees will call on individual members to identify 15 percent across-the-board spending cuts throughout state agencies. While I urge you to remain active in committee debate, I am skeptical of the exercises and I do not encourage your participation, wrote Saunders.
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Eyes on 2012, Conservatives Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum Hammer Obama Budget
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 14, 2011 - 4:07pm
Two conservatives who are both weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 took aim at the budget proposed by President Barack Obama on Monday.
The White House finally produced its proposal for the 2012 budget, noted former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday. The White Houses plans are more about raising taxes and growing more government than reducing budget shortfalls.
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RPOF Looks to Connect Bill Nelson to Obama's Budget
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 14, 2011 - 3:48pm
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson ranks as one of the GOPs top targets come 2012 and the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is looking to link him to the $3.7 trillion federal budget that President Barack Obama proposed on Monday.
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Tom Rooney: Obama Budget Will Help Bankrupt U.S.A.
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 14, 2011 - 3:13pm
Florida Republican U.S. Tom Rooney took aim at the federal budget proposed by Barack Obama for FY 2012.
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Steve Southerland on Obama's Budget: 'The President Does Not Get It'
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 14, 2011 - 3:04pm
On Monday afternoon, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland ripped into the budget proposed by President Barack Obama.
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Regulators Consider State Farm Rate Hike
Submitted by Kevin Derby on February 14, 2011 - 2:52pm
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a public hearing Tuesday in Tallahassee to hear State Farm's case for raising homeowners' insurance rates nearly 28 percent and commercial multi-peril residential rates nearly 96 percent.
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