August 17, 2010 - 6:00pm
A tea party group downgraded Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum on its conservative report card for failing to sign a pledge opposing the "bailout" of U.S. Sugar Corp.
Rick Scott Campaign Team Hits Alex Sink on Obama Event
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 18, 2010 - 4:48pm
The campaign team of Rick Scott, currently in a bitter battle with Attorney General Bill McCollum for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, used the opportunity of President Barack Obama visiting Miami Beach on Wednesday night to fire away at state CFO Alex Sink, the likely Democratic nominee in the race.
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Political Bits and Pieces
August 17, 2010 - 6:00pm
Reports are out that former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who now lives in Florida and has become increasingly active in Sunshine State politics despite placing fourth here in the 2008 Republican presidential primary, is expected to endorse Attorney General Bill McCollum in the GOP gubernatorial contest this weekend
Odd Story on David Rivera Hitting a Truck Full of Campaign Literature Back in 2002
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 18, 2010 - 4:01pm
There is a strange story from CBS 4 WFOR in Miami on Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, who is a candidate for the U.S. House seat that Mario Diaz-Balart is vacating. The story covers a car accident back in 2002 when Rivera hit a truck delivering campaign pieces for his opponent. The campaign team of former Obama administration official Joe Garcia, who is running in the Democratic primary, wasted no time in putting the CBS 4 report up on the Internet.
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Sarah Palin Backs Pam Bondi
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 18, 2010 - 3:46pm
Marking the 90th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment putting women's suffrage in the Constitution, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCains VP pick in 2008 and a possible presidential candidate in 2012, backed a number of women running in Republican primaries, including former Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi for the GOP attorney general nomination in Florida.
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Wanting More Time with Obama, Meek Will Wait at the Airport for Air Force One
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 18, 2010 - 3:38pm
Not surprisingly, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, currently battling Jeff Greene for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate election, is trying to make the most of President Barack Obama appearing in Florida on Wednesday night. Obama will be in Miami Beach for a fund-raiser for the Democratic Party and Meek will be waiting at the airport for the president.
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Florida PIRG Praises Jeff Atwater for being Open on the Budget
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 18, 2010 - 3:12pm
Senate President Jeff Atwater, the Republican candidate for state CFO, is getting praise from an unlikely source.
Atwater sent out an e-mail to supporters invoking Brad Ashewell, an advocate for the Florida Public Interest Research Group, an organization not exactly known for being friendly to conservatives or Republicans, that praised Atwater for pushing transparency on the budget.
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New Scott Ad: McCollum can be Rented by Special Interest Money
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 18, 2010 - 3:06pm
The campaign team for Rick Scott launched a new ad on Wednesday against Attorney General Bill McCollum, his bitter rival for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. In the ad, with the smooth sounds of For the Love of Money by 70s soul legends the OJays in the background (the race is way too nasty for Love Train), a list of McCollums financial backers and the amounts given roll up the screen -- and what the groups back, including lax immigrant laws.
You cant buy Bill McCollum, says the narrator. But you sure can rent him.
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UGA Study: 80 Percent of Oil Spill Still in the Gulf
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 18, 2010 - 2:58pm
Darren Goode from The Hill has a piece about a study by the University of Georgia and the Georgia Sea Grant that claims almost 80 percent of the oil spill is still out in the Gulf, though the federal government is claiming much less.
A group called the Gulf Coast Fund is also claiming BP is still using the dispersant Corexit, which has been linked to causing cancer in humans and is restricted in Europe. The company denies the charge.
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August 18, 2010 - 6:00pm
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