September 2, 2010 - 6:00pm
Jeff Stahler Cartoon
September 2, 2010 - 6:00pm
Godzilla in the Mirror
September 6, 2010 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- The collapsing crusade for legislation to combat climate change raises a question: Has ever a political movement made so little of so many advantages? Its implosion has continued since "the Cluster of Copenhagen, when world leaders assembled for the single most unproductive and chaotic global gathering ever held." So says Walter Russell Mead, who has an explanation: Bambi became Godzilla.
It's Beck's Rally, but Hannity's War
September 2, 2010 - 6:00pm
Mainstream media were taken aback when television and radio talk-show host Glenn Beck recently hosted a rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The throng of people assembled to celebrate and hear more about religious and civic values than about partisan politics.
Rocky Mountain Showdown
September 2, 2010 - 6:00pm
DENVER -- Put away the pitchfork metaphors that are prevalent in this season of populist ferment: Colorado's Senate contest is a duel of distinguished diplomas. Tea partiers toiled mightily to nominate Ken Buck as the Republican candidate to run against Sen. Michael Bennet, who is a direct descendant of a Mayflower passenger, grandson of an economic adviser to Franklin Roosevelt and son of an official in the Carter and Clinton administrations. He attended tony St. Alban's school in Washington, D.C., and Yale Law School. Buck is a Princetonian.
Meek Team Hammers Crist for Praising Jennifer Carroll
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 2, 2010 - 1:57pm
With Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running for the U.S. Senate without party affiliation, having kind words for Rep. Jennifer Carroll, R-Jacksonville, who Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott selected as his running mate, the team of U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the Democratic candidate in the Senate race, is firing away at the governor.
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RPOF Head Thrasher: 'Carroll has truly lived the American Dream'
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 2, 2010 - 1:52pm
Sen. John Thrasher of Jacksonville, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, chimed in on GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott selecting Rep. Jennifer Carroll, R-Jacksonville, for his running mate.
Jennifer Carroll will make a tremendous lieutenant governor, said Thrasher. From her decorated service in the United States Navy, to her service in the Florida Legislature, to owning and operating a small business, Jennifer Carroll has truly lived the American Dream.
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Dean Cannon: Rick Scott Picks 'Committed Conservative' in Jennifer Carroll
Submitted by Kevin Derby on September 2, 2010 - 12:54pm
Incoming Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, praised Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott for selecting a member of his caucus, Rep. Jennifer Carroll of Jacksonville, as his running mate for lieutenant governor.
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Three Florida Democratic Congressional Districts Now Rated 'Tossups'
Submitted by Anonymous on September 2, 2010 - 12:14pm
With U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd's squeaker of a primary win, the Cook Political Report has moved his 2nd Congressional District from "Leaning Democratic" to the "Tossup" column.
The Tallahassee Democrat now joins U.S. Reps. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, and Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach, in races that Cook says are too close to call.
If all three of these incumbents were to lose in November, and Republicans hold serve in their districts, there will only be one Democratic member of Congress north of Orlando: Corrine Brown, D-Jacksonville.
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Florida Libertarian Chairman Tabbed as Lieutenant Governor Candidate
Submitted by Anonymous on September 2, 2010 - 11:59am
Florida Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate John Wayne Smith has named J.J. McCurry as his choice for lieutenant governor.
McCurry, of Winter Park, is chairman of the state party, the third largest political party in Florida, with a reported 18,000 members.
McCurry, a 31-year-old native Floridian, received a BS/BA in business administration from Webber College in Lake Wales. He works as a bread delivery man.
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