KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- The libretto of this operatic election season, understandably promoted by Democrats and unsurprisingly sung by many in the media, is that Republicans have sown the seeds of November disappointments by nominating candidates other than those the party's supposedly wiser establishment prefers. This theory is inconvenienced by two facts: South Carolina's Nikki Haley and Tim Scott.
The midterm elections this fall will feature young people born in 1992 -- in other words, four years after Ronald Reagan left office. What do they know about this man?
Twenty-six leaders from more than a dozen tea parties and "patriot" groups across the state on Thursday endorsed Rick Scott for governor.
The endorsements aren't a huge surprise, given the tea/patriot leanings toward Scott's conservative agenda. But it's significant since at least some of the endorsers had previously supported Scott's primary rival, Attorney General Bill McCollum.
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Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a former RNC chairman and a possible presidential candidate in 2012, will be attending the RPOFs dinner on Friday night. Barbour, who is currently chairman of the Republican Governors Association, will be there with GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott -- who Barbour ripped into during the Republican primary
A Sunshine State News Poll to be released Friday reports on the tightly contested Florida governor's race between Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Alex Sink.
The survey of likely voters conducted after Scott's selection of state Rep. Jennifer Carroll as his lieutenant governor running mate contains surprising results -- and a possible roadmap to victory for each candidate.
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Coming off a bruising primary fight, Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott trails Democrat Alex Sink 44-42, a new Sunshine State News Poll shows.
Based on the premise that figuring out the new health-care laws can be difficult for anyone, especially those who don't speak English, the federal government has launched a new Spanish-language website to overcome the language obstacle.
Cuidadodesalude.gov was designed to help Latinos find answers to information on the Affordable Health Care Act passed about six months ago.
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Looking to get back into the U.S. Senate race, the campaign team of U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, who is mired in third place in every poll behind Republican candidate Marco Rubio and Gov. Charlie Crist who is running without party affiliation, took aim at Crist on the environment.
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Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate election, launched a new television ad on Thursday, highlighting his family and calling them members of the most important generation in American history. Rubio, who reminded viewers that he was the son of exiles, hinted that the size of government could spiral even more out of control. Despite that warning, Rubio is positive in the commercial and does not hit his two main rivals -- Democratic candidate U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek and Gov. Charlie Crist who is running without party affiliation.
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Who's more pathetic: a small-time reverend burning copies of the Quran to mark 9/11, or craven state politicians who won't speak out until someone else does?
Gainesville pastor Terry Jones has everyone's attention now. But it wasn't that way early on. When Sunshine State News contacted an array of Florida political leaders Monday morning to get their comment on Saturday's plannedbonfire, only Republican attorney general candidate Pam Bondi responded.
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