Me, first! Me, first! cries Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.
As soon as the media reported that President Barack Obama was about to ask BP to establish an escrow account for Deepwater Horizon claims, here comes McCollum with a press release announcing he had thought of it a week before the president.
"I called for (that) last week," McCollum said. ..."
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All right already, Bill. Lots of people said the same thing a week ago. For pity's sake, find something else to bolster your sagging campaign.
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The perpetually left-leaning towers of Florida journalism are falling all over themselves excoriating the evils of money in state politics.
Sunday's Palm Beach Post and St. Petersburg Times carried commentaries that collectively flailed their new, favorite whipping boys -- GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott and Democratic Senate hopeful Jeff Greene.
What exactly is the "problem" with Messrs. Scott and Greene? These guys are billionaires, they're spending their own money to run for office, and they're surging in the public opinion polls. How awful.
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A good end for what has been a rough week for Attorney General Bill McCollum as the Florida State Firefighters Association endorsed his gubernatorial campaign.
McCollums status as Republican front-runner in the race was upended when a poll came out showing his chief rival, health care executive Rick Scott, was ahead by 13 points. McCollums lawsuit against the federal government over new health care laws backed by President Barack Obama suffered a blow when Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed a measure, HB 1143, on abortion matters.
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Gov. Charlie Crists veto of HB 1143, a measure requiring women considering having an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy to have an ultrasound, led to like-minded reactions from the governors rivals in a tight contest for the open U.S. Senate seat in November.
Imagine a Super Bowl Sunday that parties on for four weeks.
Where late-to-work is forgiven with a smile and productivity slows to a crawl and not a single soul gives a hoot.
Thats the World Cup. And thats the power soccers grandest tournament has just about everywhere else on the planet but the United States.
The week starts, as the last several have, with a focus on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, with President Barack Obama planning to hit Pensacola during a three-state tour on Monday that acknowledges the effects of the spill go beyond Louisiana.
A mood swing swept Florida this week.
With the clock on the Gulf oil spill passing the 50-day mark, Florida officials jettisoned their measured response and began loudly airing frustration with British Petroleum and cleanup efforts, as tar balls, sheen, boom and skimmers became the vocabulary of a Sunshine State summer.
Congress is back from its week-long Memorial Day break trying to spend more money without paying the bills.
Fed up with the ongoing mess in the Gulf, a South Florida socialist group will host a program Sunday to discuss the idea of government taking control of BP.
ANSWER -- shorthand for Act Now to Stop War and End Racism -- will "provide an update on the momentum that is building nationally around the 'Seize BP' campaign," organizers said.
From a pure market perspective, Washington could get the company on the cheap, since BP's share price is half what it was before Deepwater Horizon blew up.
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