Tag Archives: Florida

Mitt Romney on Newt Gingrich: He’s the front-runner

By MIKE ALLEN MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney, who just a month ago had hoped to seal the GOP presidential nomination with Florida’s primary on Jan. 31, tells POLITICO that he now foresees an epic fight with Newt Gingrich that could last through the California primary on June 5. Asked if the former House speaker [...]

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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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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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Commentary: Charlie Crist and the Lizard King

By Carl Hiaasen | The Miami Herald An absolutely true news item: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will seek a pardon for the late Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors, who was convicted of exposing himself and using profanity during a chaotic Miami concert in 1969. Dear Gov. Crist, I’m writing to you from Rock [...]

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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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President Obama to modify drilling ban

Politico writes this morning that President Obama is now in agreement with the long-held (founded in June 2009)  :) editorial position of Solid Principles that this country desperately needs to drill for off-shore oil right here in the good ole USA. As with All Things Obama the fine print in his proposals needs to be [...]

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Florida says several states to file healthcare lawsuit

MIAMI, March 22 (Reuters) – Florida’s attorney general will file a lawsuit with nine other state attorneys general opposing the healthcare legislation passed by Congress, a spokeswoman said on Monday. “The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state’s sovereignty,” [...]

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