July 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
Public Policy Polling (PPP) released a poll Tuesday showing that Gov. Charlie Crist, an independent candidate in the race for the U.S. Senate election, is the clear leader in the race.
Charlie Crist, Statewide Candidates Sound Off on Short Legislative Session
July 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
With the House and Senate adjourning instead of forwarding a proposed constitutional amendment banning oil drilling in Florida waters, candidates for statewide office promptly offered their opinions on the Legislatures quick session.
Good-old WSJ Has a Must-Read Take on Unemployment Extension
Submitted by Nancy Smith on July 20, 2010 - 3:53pm
State of the nations unemployment woes? Trust the Wall Street Journal to unsheathe its knives on this one as only the Journal can do.
In an editorial in Tuesdays paper, Stimulating Unemployment, the Journal pointed out that President Barack Obama shouldnt be so eager to stage a look-at-these-poor-victims-of-Republican-heartlessness show, because all it does is call attention to the pathetic numbers of his own administration and the Democratic Congress over which he seems to have no control.
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Invoking Harry Truman, Charlie Crist Blasts Legislature for Sinking his Special Session
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 20, 2010 - 3:49pm
With the House and Senate adjourning, instead of forwarding a proposed constitutional amendment banning oil drilling in Florida waters to the voters, candidates for statewide office promptly offered their opinions on the Legislatures quick session.
To say Im disappointed would be an understatement, said Gov. Charlie Crist, who had called the Legislature into the special session. I cant believe the Legislature has shirked their duty so badly.
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Senate Adjourns Without Passing Oil Ban
July 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
Senate backers of a motion that would have let voters decide whether to put an oil ban in the Florida Constitution said they were ready to go, primed for Tuesday's special session -- only to have the Senate follow the House's lead and adjourn without a fight.
Breaking News: Unemployment Benefits Shatter Filibuster
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 20, 2010 - 3:39pm
Jobless benefits are on track to be extended for the long-unemployed.
With a 60-40 vote, the Senate secured the bare minimum number of votes to break a Republican filibuster preventing the extension of unemployment benefits. Republicans had tried to stop the vote because it would require more borrowing of money to continue extending those benefits.
The final vote will be later Tuesday and is expected to pass.
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Ed Stein Cartoon
July 20, 2010 - 6:00pm
Bias and Bigotry in Academia
July 20, 2010 - 6:00pm
A decade ago, activist Ron Unz conducted a study of the ethnic and religious composition of the student body at Harvard.
More Corporate Relocation Inquiries Land in Palm Beach
July 19, 2010 - 6:00pm
Bad as Florida's economy is these days, the Sunshine State looks like a potential paradise to more and more CEOs.
Elena Kagan Moves One Step Closer to Hearing Florida's Health-Care Lawsuit
Submitted by Anonymous on July 20, 2010 - 2:30pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-6 Tuesday to approve Soliciter General Elena Kagans nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
If confirmed by the Senate as expected early in August, the nine-member court will have four Democratic appointees for the first time since 1971.
Kagan, who would replace retiring John Paul Stevens, has indicated she would not recuse herself from hearing a lawsuit filed by Florida and 20 other states challenging the new federal health-care law.
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