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Greer's Attorney: 'Haridopolos, Thrasher Are Lying Through Their Teeth'

June 1, 2010 - 6:00pm

Attorneys for indicted clients rarely shy away from hitting hyperbolic high notes. To say that Jim Greer's lawyer, Damon Chase, is heated up is an understatement.

"It's outrageous," the Orlando attorney said of the ex-Republican Party chairman's arrest Wednesday morning. "Twelve armed gunmen stormed his house and held his wife and children at bay while ransacking the place for 3 1/2 hours."

Saying "Elian Gonzalez was treated better," Chase denounced the "government thugs" who pressed the state's case against Greer.

Jeff Stahler Cartoon

June 2, 2010 - 6:00pm

Nevada Race Tastes Like Chicken

Kathleen Parker

June 2, 2010 - 6:00pm

WASHINGTON -- The only thing you need to know about the upcoming Republican primary race in Nevada is: Who does Harry Reid want to win?

In another instance of strange bedfellows, the answer is the same person the tea party people are backing -- former Nevada Assemblywoman Sharron Angle. When tea partiers and Democrats are on the same team, Republicans might need to worry.

Florida Voices: Greer's Arrest

June 1, 2010 - 6:00pm

Shortly after former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer was arrested Wednesday morning, a flurry of candidates for office and other state political leaders reacted by releasing statements to the media: Here are excerpts from a few of those statements:

Florida Seeks Fishery Disaster Declaration

Alex Tiegen

June 1, 2010 - 6:00pm

Gov. Charlie Crist requested in a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce Wednesday that the federal government declare a commercial fishery failure in Florida due to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The designation would pave the way for Florida to receive federal money to compensate for the losses the commercial and charter fishing industry sustains from the spill. Florida would be the fourth Gulf state to receive the designation since the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank more than a month ago.

Repubs, Dems, Tea Partier Battle for Adam Putnam's U.S. House Seat

Kevin Derby

June 1, 2010 - 6:00pm

With U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam vacating his congressional seat to run for commissioner of agriculture and consumer services, a three-way race is shaping up as a serious challenger to the Democrats and Republicans has emerged on the Tea Party line.

The 12th Congressional District contains most of Polk County but also portions of Osceola County as well as the eastern part of Hillsborough County. Bartow, Brandon, Lakeland, Plant City and Winter Haven all fall in the district.

Sink Wants More Effort From BP, and Wants Its Leaders in Florida to Deal with Oil Spill

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 2, 2010 - 1:27pm

State CFO Alex Sink, the leading Democratic candidate in the race for governor, is calling on BP officials to come to Florida to witness the results of the oil spill in the Gulf.

Tony Hayward, his company British Petroleum, and his oil are projected to violate the pristine beaches and crystal clear ocean water of northwest Florida -- and I expect him to be in Pensacola to see firsthand the damage his oil is causing, said Sink.

Sink pulled no punches in calling for BP to use all of its resources to remedy the damage.

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Greer Goes Down: Ex-GOP Chairman Arrested, Charged

Kenric Ward

June 1, 2010 - 6:00pm

Ousted state Republican Party chairman Jim Greer was arrested Wednesday and charged with six felony counts of fraud, theft and money laundering in connection with a company he allegedly created to take a cut of the state party's cash.

At a news conference in Orlando, state prosecutor William Shepherd alleged that proceeds from the shell company were "used by Mr. Greer to support his own personal lifestyle."

Shepherd said Greer used Victory Strategies to funnel money from the state Republican Party and to hide his own involvement in using party money.

Video: Fox News on Crist's Political Implications from Greer Arrest

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 2, 2010 - 12:48pm

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Thurman Links Crist, McCollum and Rubio to Greer

Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 2, 2010 - 12:31pm

It did not take long for the Florida Democratic Party to weigh in on the arrest of former RPOF Chairman Jim Greer. State Democratic Chairwoman Karen Thurman is using Greers arrest to rally Florida voters to defeat his old allies running for office in 2010.

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