Billionaire Jeff Greene and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the two leading candidates in the contentious battle for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate race, are debating this afternoon in Orlando and both campaigns are sending e-mails back and forth.
The debate is being held in the studios of WKMG in Orlando and will be broadcast on that station at 9 p.m. It will also be shown at the stations website at that time.
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The Council of Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW), a group which has fought against pork and needless spending for more than two decades, released their 2009 ratings on Tuesday, giving high marks to a number of Florida Republicans in Congress.
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FreedomWorks PAC, a national conservative political action committee headed up by former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey, backed former Rep. Dennis Ross on Tuesday for the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam.
Ive always said, if you make a deal with the devil, you are the junior partner, said Armey. There are too many junior partners in Washington right now. Dennis Ross is a leader that I trust will think independently and act in accordance with his principles always -- not just when it is politically convenient.
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Former Rep. Loranne Ausley, the Democratic candidate for the state CFO position, took aim at the leadership of the Legislature on Tuesday -- namely her Republican opponent, Senate President Jeff Atwater of North Palm Beach.
Trailing behind Atwater in the money chase, Ausley stood in front of the First District Court of Appeals building in the southeastern part of Tallahassee and criticized the way the Legislature crafted the state budget.
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Former Rep. Loranne Ausley, the Democratic candidate for state CFO, took aim at the leadership of the Legislature Tuesday -- namely her Republican opponent, Senate President Jeff Atwater of North Palm Beach.
We should all be thankful that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe did not have sons who lived to maturity.
Just two weeks old, the Tea Party Foundation may be dragged into court to defend its name.
The Florida Secretary of State's Office, citing state statute 103.081 and responding to a complaint by the Florida TEA Party, determined that a campaign committee cannot bear the name of a political party.
But Jennifer K. Davis, spokeswoman for the secretary of state, said her office "does not have the authority to make someone change their name," and, so, the matter appears headed to court.
TEA Party Chairman Frederic O'Neal said legal action is forthcoming.
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Ignoring the challenge from Republican primary rival John Lindsey for the moment, the campaign team of former Rep. Dennis Ross, running to replace U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam in Congress, turned its fire to the two candidates fighting for the Democratic nod in the race: Polk County Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards and Navy veteran Doug Tudor who ran against Putnam in 2008.
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With two weeks to go until the Democratic primary, labor leader Luis Meurice launched a series of web videos attacking former Obama administration official Joe Garcia, his chief rival for the partys nod to run for the congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Marco Diaz-Balart. Focusing on Garcia's positions on oil drilling, the economy and Cuba, Meurice made no effort to be conciliatory toward his opponent.
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Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the likely Republican candidate in the race for the U.S. Senate seat, reminded Florida voters on Tuesday that 18 months have passed since independent rival Gov. Charlie Crist, at the time a Republican, backed President Barack Obamas federal stimulus plan in a rally held in Fort Myers.
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