Mike Huckabee

Jay Odom, Florida GOP Donor, Indicted on Federal Campaign Finance Charges

Republican donor Jay Odom, a Panhandle developer who was a key person in the downfall of former House Speaker Ray Sansom, because Odom wanted a new plane hangar, has been indicted on charges of violating federal campaign finance laws. Derp. The federal indictment alleges that Odom, 56, laundered ... More >>

Marco Rubio and Hillary Clinton Are Favorites for 2016, According to New Poll

The nation just went through a long, arduous, heated election cycle that felt almost as endless as standing in line for eight hours to vote. And that means only one thing: TIME TO START TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT ELECTION HELL YEAH!See also: -Jeb Bush Favored Over Marco Rubio for President, Accordi ... More >>

Jeb Bush Favored Over Marco Rubio For President, According to Poll

The election was literally six days ago (well, okay, two days ago if you count Florida), and Florida Republicans are butthurt about the results. So the fine folks at Public Policy Polling thought it would be a neat idea to exploit that GOPer melancholy and the infinite sadness, and ask them to look ... More >>

Bob Butterworth's Mental-Health Group Accused of Manipulating DCF Bid Process

Bob Butterworth is something of an avuncular elder statesman of Florida politics, brought in to mend fences and rout corruption when something's amiss. The former attorney general and Broward sheriff served a stint as Sunrise mayor after that city was plagued by scandal in the '80s; after the head o ... More >>

RNC to Acknowledge Rick Scott Exists, Will Let Him Speak at Convention

When Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus was asked last month about Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, he offered a less-than-welcoming indication of Scott's role:"I'm sure he's got, I'm sure he's got plenty, uh, you know, I'm sure there's ... More >>

National Same-Sex Kiss Day at Your Local Chick-fil-A

See also:Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: Celebs Weigh InLocal Woman to Chick-fil-A: ApologizeBy now, it's no secret that Chick-fil-A and the LGBT community are having trouble in their relationship. While Chick-fil-A has never hidden the fact that it's a company with deep Christian ties, things have co ... More >>

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: Celebs Weigh In

Mike Huckabee has called for fans of "free speech" to celebrate today, August 1, as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. As the Fox News pundit, Southern Baptist minister, and politician said on his website and Facebook page: "Let's affirm a business that operates on Christian principles and whose executiv ... More >>

Local Woman to Chick-Fil-A: Apologize

Chick-fil-A, the company best known for fried chicken sandwiches, petitioning cows, and Christian values has been in the news lately. First, Dan Cathy, the son of S. Truett Cathy (who founded the company), was quoted as saying, "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of ... More >>

Former Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle Backs Rick Santorum

​Call it a match made in heaven.Rick Santorum is best-known (among 20-something alt-weekly types, at least) as the evangelical homophobe who likened gay relationships to "man-on-dog" sex and consequently suffered the wrath of Dan Savage's revolting Google bomb.Jim Naugle is known locally as the fo ... More >>

Marco Rubio's Brother-in-Law a Convicted Drug Trafficker, Which Is Completely Irrelevant

Sen. Marco Rubio​Here's a tip: If you're digging up dirt on a politician, try to find something a little filthier than Sen. Marco Rubio's brother-in-law being convicted of drug-trafficking charges when the senator was a 16-year-old kid.This news, coming from Univision, ranks among Mike Huckabee's ... More >>

Gov. Rick Scott: Hanging Out With Me Is Political Suicide

Florida Department of TransportationDon't talk to this guy if you want to be president.​If you plan on running for president, don't go anywhere near Florida Gov. Rick Scott.In an interview on Pensacola-based NewsRadio 1620-AM this morning, host Rob Williams mentioned that the last time Scott came ... More >>

Huck's Small, Still Voice

​A brief update to this story, posted last night in anticipation of Mike Huckabee's announcement re: his presidential candidacy:There will be no presidential candidacy. As Huck explains in the below video, he was practically a shoe-in for the presidency. All the objective evidence told him to run. ... More >>

Mike Huckabee's Nutty Floridian Advisor

Not as normal as he seems.​Mike Huckabee's gonna go on air in exactly fifty minutes and make an important announcement re: his presidential candidacy. The smart money says he's not running, and until a few days ago I hoped the smart money was wrong. No way should Huck be president, but he's a fun ... More >>

Obama Keeps Slight Edge in Florida

via Fort Report​Despite resistance to federal health care reform and the governor's refusal of a federally funded high-speed rail project, President Barack Obama maintains slightly favorable approval ratings among Floridian voters. And the most formidable of his potential Republican opponents is a ... More >>

Allen West Sounds Off on Protests in Egypt

​The Middle East is a complicated place. Any academic expert will tell you that the region's violent, historic conflicts don't lend themselves to convenient soundbites.But that didn't stop Congressman Allen West from trying. This weekend, Mike Huckabee interviewed him on Fox News about the massive ... More >>

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Ann Coulter Watch: Don't Call Our Troops Homophobes

Coulter: all-gay batallions would scare the extremism out of the enemy.​Is there a Floridian more fun, more frisky, more flagrantly insane than Ann Coulter? Maybe! But if so, we don't know about it -- because that person, whoever s/he may be, doesn't do us the profound service of sharing his or h ... More >>

Marco Rubio Has Risen With Lightning Speed, but Conservatives Alone Can't Carry Him to the White House

Rubio Wins the Week in GOP Senate Race

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyU.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio scored two big endorsements this week, plus the criticism of from one of those Democrat-leaning MSNBC talking heads, which kinda counts as an endorsement. About 1:10 in the video above, Hardbal ... More >>

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