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Political Bits and Pieces

August 25, 2010 - 6:00pm

While he may be an icon among Florida Democrats, former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham blasted the Obama administration on Wednesday for agreeing to expand offshore drilling in March, before the oil spill in the Gulf. Currently serving as co-chairman of the National Commission on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, Graham said the president should have consulted with federal environmental officials before agreeing to expand drilling

New Video from Rubio Team Slams Crist

Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate in Novembers U.S. Senate election, took aim at Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running without party affiliation in the race. The Rubio team released a web video showing a clip of Crist responding Who cares? to a question about which party he will caucus with if he is elected to the Senate. Repeating the clip, the video contains quotes attempting to show that Crist has no principles and puts his personal ambitions above everything else.

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Rasmussen Report: Rubio 40%, Crist 30%, Meek 21%

In the first poll of the race to show how U.S. Senate candidates are faring since Tuesday's primary, Marco Rubio takes a strong lead over Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek.

Since the last poll, before the primary, Rubio has come up 2 percentage points while Crist has gone down 3. Meek stayed the same.

From Rasmussen:

"With the results of this new survey, Floridas Senate race moves from Tossup to Leans Republican in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Balance of Power summary."

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Webster Endorsement Splinters Tea Parties in Congressional District 8

Two Tea Party groups in Central Florida today endorsed Republican nominee Daniel Webster's bid to unseat Rep. Alan Grayson.

The West Orlando Tea Party and the Central Florida Tea Party Council backed Webster, who topped a field of seven GOP candidates in Tuesday's primary.

Daniel Webster is the ideal conservative candidate to run against Alan Grayson, because the contrasts could not be more striking, said WOTP founder Ron McCoy.

The groups' endorsement drew a rebuke from the rival Florida TEA Party, which has Peg Dunmire in the race.

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Bud Chiles Goes After Special Interests

Independent gubernatorial candidate Bud Chiles, looking to catch up with Democratic nominee state CFO Alex Sink and Republican candidate Rick Scott, ripped into interest groups on Thursday morning as the campaign trail took him to Tampa. Standing in front of an office which is the address of more than 60 current or defunct political organizations, Chiles called for more transparency for PACs, CCEs and 527 groups.

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Is Bill McCollum Still Campaigning?

In comments to the press after a Cabinet meeting today, Bill McCollum continued with his campaign-style negative remarks against the Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott.

"I still have serious questions ... about issues with his character, his integrity, his honesty, things that go back to Columbia/HCA and I have not had the occasion to really actually even get acquainted with him," McCollum told the Miami Herald. "As other voters will do, I will judge him throughout this campaign."

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Police Chiefs Back Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate

On Thursday morning, the Chiefs for Quality Law Enforcement Committee of Continuous Existence endorsed former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate in the race for the U.S. Senate election.

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Cabinet Honors Dominic Calabro of Florida TaxWatch

The Cabinet passed a resolution honoring Florida TaxWatch CEO Dominic Calabro for his three decades of leading that organization.

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Jerry Holbert Cartoon

August 25, 2010 - 6:00pm

Florida GOP Seeking a Foothold With Scott

August 25, 2010 - 6:00pm

The Florida Republican establishment began digging out from the wreckage of the Bill McCollum campaign Wednesday, searching for a political foothold after being rocked by maverick, self-funder Rick Scotts victory in the GOP primary for governor.

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