September 13, 2010 - 6:00pm
John Thrasher is entering the final stretch in his year-long run as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Likely to Run for President in 2012
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 14, 2010 - 12:17pm
While the leading potential Republican candidates converge on Washington this week to take part in the Values Voters straw poll being backed by the Family Research Council, Jonathan Martin over at Politico offers a look at a dark horse who is increasingly being buzzed about as a possible presidential candidate -- Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana. Martin looks at the large number of Republican leaders who have been heading to Indiana to meet with Daniels -- including a prominent Floridian.
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FOP Backs Adam Putnam in Agriculture Race
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 14, 2010 - 11:44am
On Tuesday, Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Putnams staff announced that the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Florida State Lodge was backing its candidate to be Floridas next commissioner of agriculture and consumer services. While the FOP backed Putnam for the Republican nomination and former Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox for the Democratic nod, the group --which represents more than 20,000 members in Florida -- chose to rally behind Putnam in the general election.
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Attacking Obamacare, Pam Bondi Vows to be a Fiscal Conservative
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 14, 2010 - 11:18am
Former Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi, the Republican nominee for attorney general, pledged to fight for conservative values if elected, vowing to continue Attorney General Bill McCollums legal challenge to new federal health-care laws backed by President Barack Obama.
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Still Waiting for That Times/Herald 'Scoop' on Rubio to Develop
Submitted by Anonymous on September 14, 2010 - 11:06am
Thanks to an astute (and politically unaffiliated) West Coast reader, we're reminded about the dubious origins of the supposed "investigation" of Marco Rubio in l'affair Jim Greer. I quote:
"We have seen this Rubio-under-'preliminary'-investigation-by-IRS story linger ever since the St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald put it out there.They put it out in the same story announcing that Greer was being investigated.
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Rick Scott Runs New Commercial Attacking Alex Sink for Backing Obama
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 14, 2010 - 10:05am
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott has been linking state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic nominee in the race, to President Barack Obama, saying that she has backed the White House on economic policies and supported new health-care laws. The Scott campaign released a new commercial on Tuesday continuing that line of attack, showing Sink praising Obama.
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More Doubts Arise Over Grayson's '40 Percent' in CD8 Poll
Submitted by Anonymous on September 14, 2010 - 9:55am
The five-way race in Central Florida's 8th Congressional District gets more and more interesting.
Republican Daniel Webster's camp tells me that Rep. Alan Grayson's internal poll showing the Democrat with 40 percent of the vote bore no resemblance to reality. The poll showed Webster with 27 percent and the remaining 33 percent "other" or undecided.
Yesterday, NPA candidate George Metcalfe added his skepticism.
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Rick Scott Makes Nice to Bill McCollum, But Still No Endorsement
September 13, 2010 - 6:00pm
While the Republican Party of Florida wined and dined this past weekend to rally the party faithful behind the GOP nominees, the bitter primary battle between victor Rick Scott and Attorney General Bill McCollum continues to linger -- with McCollum continuing to refuse to endorse Scott.
Rick Scott Offers Olive Branch to McCollum on ObamaCare
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 14, 2010 - 9:11am
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rick Scott offered high praise on Tuesday morning for the man he defeated in the Republican primary--Attorney General Bill McCollum. Scott praised McCollum for filing a legal challenge against new federal health-care laws backed by President Barack Obama.
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Rubio Team: Does Charlie Crist Still Want to Repeal ObamaCare?
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 14, 2010 - 9:05am
With the legal challenge launched by Attorney General Bill McCollum against new federal health-care laws backed by President Barack Obama being heard Tuesday in a federal court in Pensacola, the campaign team of former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate race, is demanding to know if Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation, still wants to repeal those measures.
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