On Thursday morning, Jeff Greene took a shot at U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, his chief rival for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate race, saying that the congressman was milking taxpayers to pay for his car.
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Nationally prominent conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly, founder of the Eagle Forum, backed Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp for attorney general on Thursday. Kottkamp is running in a tight Republican primary against former Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi and former Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Holly Benson.
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U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is attempting to rally the Democratic base in an effort to win the primary election on Aug. 24 over Jeff Greene. Besides proclaiming the announcement of the National Organization of Women on Thursday, Meek launched a new ad -- highlighting the fact that President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton are backing his campaign. Look for Meek to push this even harder in the next two weeks, especially as Obama will be in Florida this coming weekend and will be holding a fund-raiser in South Florida for the state party on Aug. 18.
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Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the likely Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate election, took aim at U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reids recent comments wondering how Hispanics could back Republican candidates over immigration. On Fox News, Rubio ripped into Reid and defended the GOP.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott will join Tea Party activists this morning (Thursday) in West Palm Beach to protest the so-called "Big Sugar Bailout" by the South Florida Water Management District.
SFWMD's board is considering a 28,000-acre, $197 million purchase of U.S. Sugar lands as part of Everglades restoration. Opponents contend that the purchase is politically driven and environmentally questionable.
But Scott is entering a political swamp himself as various tea groups bicker over their respective agendas and authenticity.
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Here's a real-estate bubble everyone should have seen bursting: vacation homes in Okeechobee priced at $2 million and up.
Sure enough, the Pine Creek Sporting Club is drastically shrinking its floor plans and pricing to better fit the financial times. Instead of 5,000-square-foot estate homes, the developer is now shopping cabins less than one-third that size.
Prices are dropping accordingly, down to $600,000.
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U.S. Sen. George LeMieux brought his "2007 budget express" to Orlando and Tampa Wednesday, standing up with fellow deficit hawks Robert Bixby and David Walker to get the word out about America's massive debt and deficits.
Gov. Charlie Crists pitch was simple: Florida is united this time, from school boards to unions, in its bid for up to $700 million in federal education stimulus funds.
Thursday marks the 112th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Spanish-American War in 1898.While the conflict had its dramatic moments (Admiral Dewey sailing into Manila Bay and Theodore Roosevelt leading the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill), for the most part America has forgotten what Secretary of State John Hay labeled a splendid little war that lasted four months and cost the lives of less than 400 soldiers and sailors in battle -- though more than 2,500 soldiers and sailors died of disease.
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