Category Archives: Florida

Web verdict on Perry: Brutal

By JUANA SUMMERS The conservative commentariat spoke with near-unanimity Friday on Rick Perry’s debate performance: The Texas governor didn’t just lose, he bombed. There was no election-ending gaffe or singularly disqualifying remark. But his second consecutive weak outing set off alarms on the right, where too many cringeworthy moments raised questions about Perry’s durability, his [...]

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Marco Rubio courts establishment Republicans

By SCOTT WONG SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — It might look like tea party hero Marco Rubio waded into enemy territory with stops in San Francisco and Beverly Hills this week. But rubbing shoulders with a different crowd is the point of the freshman senator’s three-day swing through the Golden State. The Florida Republican is out [...]

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EMILY’s List Targeting Rep. Allen West

IMAGE: Rep. Allen West at 2011 CPAC According to postonpolitics.com : Term-limited West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel announced today that she’s running for the congressional seat of freshman U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation. “Allen West’s record’s going to speak for itself, I believe the focus needs to be not on talk radio. The focus needs to [...]

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Mitt Romney Starts Off 2012 Strong on the First Coast

Bringing in $300,000 in Jacksonville, former Massachusetts governor leads the Republican pack in poll sunshinestatenews.com By: Kevin Derby While Jacksonville may have elected its first Democratic mayor in two decades earlier in the month, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts is counting on the First Coast in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Romney [...]

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Florida may be do-or-die for 2012ers

  By ALEXANDER BURNS It’s all coming down to Florida, again. The fight for the GOP presidential nomination looks increasingly like it could be decided by a state with a rule-breaking, unsanctioned election that has thrown the presidential primary calendar in flux. Just like in 2008. That’s partly a statement on the 2012 GOP field: [...]

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Marco Rubio rollout aims to manage expectations

By MOLLY BALL POLITICO As Marco Rubio arrives in Washington in the coming week for Senate meetings and orientation, the hype is almost deafening. The handsome, 39-year-old Florida senator-elect has graced the covers of National Review, The Weekly Standard, Time and The New York Times Magazine. He’s been called “the Great Right Hope” and “the [...]

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GOP mega-donors look toward 2012

POLITICO By MAGGIE HABERMAN & KENNETH P. VOGEL  As the 2010 campaign draws to its raucous close, the Republican Party’s biggest donors are slowly beginning to choose sides, with some still looking for a strong alternative to a populist conservative movement that makes them uneasy. The big New York, Texas, California and Florida donors who [...]

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Florida Senate: Rubio 38%, Crist 33%

The race for the U.S. Senate in Florida continues to be all about Governor Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio, regardless of which Democrat they face. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Florida shows Rubio with 38% of the vote and Crist at 33% if Congressman Kendrick Meek [...]

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9 States Back Arizona in U.S. Immigration Suit

DETROIT — States have the authority to enforce immigration laws and protect their borders, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox said Wednesday in a legal brief on behalf of nine states supporting Arizona’s immigration law. Cox, one of five Republicans running for Michigan governor, said Michigan is the lead state backing Arizona in federal court and [...]

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The Rules Of Unengagement

What do Gen. McChrystal and British Petroleum have in common? Aside from the fact that they’re both Democratic Party supporters. Or they were. Stanley McChrystal is a liberal who voted for Obama and banned Fox News from his HQ TV. Which may at least partly explain how he became the first U.S. general to be [...]

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