Veteran Republican political operative Fred Karger took a large step toward announcing a presidential campaign on Tuesday, unveiling a television commercial and hiring staff in Iowa for a possible longshot bid at the White House. If he runs, Karger will be the first openly gay candidate for a major partys nomination in American history.
Veteran Republican political operative Fred Karger took a large step to announcing a presidential campaign on Tuesday, unveiling a television commercial and hiring staff in Iowa for a possible longshot bid at the White House. If he runs, Karger will be the first openly gay candidate for a major partys nomination in American history.
A political operative who served as an adviser to presidential candidates John Connally, Bob Dole and Paul Laxalt, Karger also worked with the presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
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Incoming Gov. Rick Scotts transition team announced on Tuesday that they were soliciting ideas on how to streamline state government at their website through Florida 2.0
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While Thanksgiving conjures up images of Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims sharing turkey and corn with Native Americans, Florida had its own role in Americas earliest thanksgiving celebrations.
The staff of the National Journal released their list of the 10 worst commercials of the 2010 election cycle -- and outgoing Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson made the list twice. Grayson won the dubious honor of having the worst commercial of the year with his ad featuring little children chanting Alan Grayson saved our schools. Graysons shot at Republican opponent Dan Webster -- who beat Grayson on Election Day -- where he called his foe Taliban Dan also was on the list, coming in seventh.
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Department of Community Affairs Secretary Tom Pelham is getting out while the getting is good.
According to a terse statement issued by the DCA's Public Affairs Office on Tuesday morning:
"Secretary Tom Pelham of the Florida Department of Community Affairs has announced that he will be leaving the department at the end of Governor Crist's term of office. His resignation is effective at the close of business January 3, 2011."
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On Tuesday, Tallahassee Mayor John Marks and Mayor Vladimir Evlanov of Krasnodar, the Russian town that is Tallahassees sister city, wrote to outgoing Republican U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, urging him to vote for the START Treaty currently before Congress.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee came out swinging at the controversial new TSA search procedures and the use of full-body scanners to inspect airline passengers -- and took aim at President Barack Obama for backing them.
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Gov. Charlie Crist gave Floridians one last notice about Tuesdays deadline to submit damage claims that resulted from the Gulf oil spill.
With the deadline to submit a claim for Emergency Advance Payments approaching tomorrow, I encourage all individuals and business owners to quickly finalize and submit their applications, said Crist. These emergency payments can help Floridians economically hurt by this summers oil spill, as well as boost our statewide economy.
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On Monday, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson called for money saved from a ban on congressional earmarks to go to restoring the homebuyers' tax credit.
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