Health-care executive Rick Scott and Attorney General Bill McCollum, the two leading candidates battling in a bitterly contested battle for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, probably did little to enlighten Florida voters during a Tampa-TV debate Thursday evening.
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Health-care executive Rick Scott and Attorney General Bill McCollum, the two leading candidates in a bitterly contested battle for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, probably did little to enlighten Florida voters during a Tampa-TV debate Thursday evening.
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court of the United States on a 63-37 vote -- and Florida politicians are weighing in on the nations fourth female justice.
Floridas two senators followed party lines with Bill Nelson joining most of his fellow Democrats in supporting the nomination, and George LeMieux voting with most of the Republicans against Kagan. Five Republicans crossed party lines to vote for Kagan while Ben Nelson of Nebraska was the one Democrat to vote against her.
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On a 63-37 vote, the U.S. Senate Thursday confirmed the appointment of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court of the United States -- with Florida's delegation surprising no one when the vote was taken.
With former U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough and the sounds of Jacksonville's own Lynyrd Skynyrd in the background, it was only natural that Florida politics dominated Thursday's edition of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC. Mika Brzezinski ripped into Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursdays edition of Morning Joe for leaving the Republican Party to continue his bid for the U.S. Senate election as an independent.
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With President Barack Obama in Miami Beach with state CFO Alex Sink --the overwhelming favorite to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination --later this month for a fund-raiser, Rick Scotts campaign team has averted its fire from GOP primary rival Bill McCollum to focus on the Democrats.
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The backing of conservatives is crucial in the hotly contested Republican gubernatorial primary between health-care executive Rick Scott and Attorney General Bill McCollum, as both candidates seek to brandish their appeal to right-of-center voters while painting their rival as a closet liberal.
The arrest of a fourth Palm Beach County commissioner last month should raise the stakes on corruption investigations in Florida.
The law firm representing a coalition of Tea Party groups suing the Florida TEA Party has quit the case, and will file its own suit.
Everett Wilkinson, head of the South Florida Tea Party and plaintiff in the lawsuit, said the firm of Quintaros, Prieto, Wood & Boyer will no longer represent his coalition in the pending federal court case.
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Health-care executive Rick Scott launched a new ad on Thursday against Attorney General Bill McCollum, his chief rival for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The ad claims that McCollum voted to raised taxes more than 40 times during his 20 years in Congress.
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