June 21, 2010 - 6:00pm
A taxpayer watchdog group with a history of opposing space projects blasted an Alabama senator for trying to keep the Constellation program alive.
Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida Backs Jeff Atwater for CFO
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 22, 2010 - 4:05pm
The Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida, Inc. (ABC) just announced they were backing Senate President Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, for CFO.
Gary Stout, chairman of ABC, expressed Atwaters fiscal conservatism in the endorsement.
"ABC stands for free enterprise, lower taxes, and fiscal responsibility and Jeff Atwater shares our philosophy," said Stout. "We look forward to doing all we can to elect Jeff Atwater the next CFO of Florida."
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Jerry Holbert Cartoon
June 22, 2010 - 6:00pm
True (or False) Feminism
June 22, 2010 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- Proving ones feminist bona fides has become the latest challenge for women aspiring to public office.
Is she a real feminist who walks in lockstep with traditional feminist orthodoxy? Or is she a faux feminist, i.e., a woman who has benefited from traditional feminism, become all that she could be, but, alas, thinks independently on certain sacred tenets of the sisterhood?
Political Bits and Pieces
June 21, 2010 - 6:00pm
The Florida Renewable Energy Producers Association will be holding a forum in Orlando on July 14 and 15 and have invited the major candidates for governor, the U.S. Senate and agriculture and consumer services commissioner. The Orange County League of Women Voters will moderate the forums for the candidates.
Marco Rubio's Take on Dem Debate for U.S. Senate
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 22, 2010 - 2:32pm
Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican, offered his take on the debate held this morning between the two leading Democratic candidates in the race -- U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene.
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Dems in Legislature Urge Crist to Call Special Session on Oil Spill
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 22, 2010 - 2:16pm
Democrats in the Legislature are going all out to urge Gov. Charlie Crist to hold a special session this summer to deal with the BP oil spill.
Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, Rep. Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota, and Rep. Rick Kriseman, R-St. Petersburg, sent a letter to the governor Tuesday urging him to convene the Legislature. Both Gelber, a candidate for attorney general, and Fitzgerald are considered possibilities to be picked by CFO Alex Sink, the leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate, as a running mate.
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Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene Engage in Fierce First Debate
June 21, 2010 - 6:00pm
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek and billionaire real estate investor Jeff Greene, the two leading candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate race, met on Tuesday morning in their first debate. Despite different styles and backgrounds, Meek and Greene showed they agreed on a number of issues -- but that didn't stop them from attacking each another.
Rival Tea Official Likens TEA Party to 'Nazis Disguised as Americans'
Submitted by Anonymous on June 22, 2010 - 12:06pm
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Final Debate Wrap-Up: Two Candidates Trapped in Distant Third Getting Nasty
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 22, 2010 - 11:57am
The debate between the two leading Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek and billionaire investor Jeff Greene, is over. The two candidates have very different styles and backgrounds -- yet generally agree on most of the issues. Greene was a little abrasive and Meek was a little wooden -- and often seemed like a broken record, repeating the same talking points over and over again.
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