Health care executive Rick Scott, leading in the polls over Attorney General Bill McCollum for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, said that he made a financial contribution to the state of Arizonas legal defense fund to fend off a lawsuit from the federal government over new state immigration laws -- and urged Floridians to do likewise.
Likely Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubios campaign team continues to attack Gov. Charlie Crist for calling a special session of the Legislature to forward a proposed constitutional amendment to Florida voters banning oil drilling in state waters.
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Charlie Crist might want to ask himself if the benefits outweigh the costs when it comes to his oil-disaster response. He's being criticized by both Republicans and Democrats for limiting the special session to only focusing on a constitutional ban on oil drilling.
The fact is, it's already illegal to drill for oil off Florida's coast (something Crist himself admitted in an interview on Fox News). Even if the ban had been in place before April, it wouldn't have done anything to prevent the BP oil disaster.
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With basketball superstar LeBron James announcing on Thursday night that he would join fellow free agents Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in signing with the Miami Heat, Floridians are rolling out the red carpet.
Christina De Nicola over at Bleacher Report compiled a list of 10 ways the James signing will impact Miami and its economy.
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Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the leading Republican candidate in the race for the U.S. Senate, is celebrating the fact that his campaign has more followers on Facebook than the Democratic National Committee -- or any other candidate across the nation running for theSenate.
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The Republican Party of Palm Beach County hosted Lobster Fest on Thursday and a number of high-profile GOP candidates appeared to pitch their campaigns. Health care executive Rick Scott, running against Attorney General Bill McCollum for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, was in attendance. So were U.S. Rep.
Incoming Senate Minority Leader Nan Rich, D-Sunrise, announced she is backing Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, for attorney general over another member of her caucus, Sen. Dave Aronberg of Greenacres.
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After business executives, deal-makers, politicians and academics had their say at the Florida Energy Summit last week, rank-and-file Floridians spoke out. Many weren't impressed.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greenes campaign team is taking aim at Gov. Charlie Crist and oil drilling as well as the rest of the field in the race.
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While Gov. Charlie Crist said when he announced a special session of the Legislature that the only topic covered would be a proposed constitutional amendment against oil drilling in state waters, one House Democrat hopes to add other topics to the agenda. Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, D-Tallahassee -- who is under fire from primary rival former Leon County Democratic Party chairman Rick Minor for her votes on drilling -- is calling for renewing solar incentives and pushing alternative energies -- something she pushed for ina conference in Tallahassee last month.
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