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May 26, 2011
Morning Poll: Can Gov. Rick Scott Shape Up His Act in the Next 3.5 Years?
ufcw324.orgThe only thing that seems to be on the up-and-up with Gov. Rick Scott is his disapproval rating.Floridians disapprove of the governor's job performance more than they approve by a two-to-one margin, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday.But Peter Brown -- the ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Gov. Rick Scott Allocates $370 Million of Stimulus "Disaster" Money Into State Budget
tolivetolaughtolove.comFlip flops: The official footwear of Gov. Rick ScottRemember that campaign talking point Gov. Rick Scott had about President Barack Obama's stimulus package being a "disaster," when Scott said he would endlessly fight the stimulus money?Well, he managed to leave $370 millio ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Gov. Rick Scott Invents A Scientific Study On Drug Use During Nationally Televised Interview
Now for Gov. Rick Scott's charade of the day -- making up a scientific study on drug use by welfare recipients on a nationally televised CNN interview.As you know, the governor signed H.B. 353 into law last week, requires Floridians on welfare to pass a drug test before they get their cash.On ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Rick Scott's Staff Running Thin -- Top Adviser Resigns, Chief of Staff Demoted
Wanna be my friend?Only six months into office, Gov. Rick Scott is running a little low on friends for his executive team.Mary Ann Carter -- the governor's policy adviser -- handed in her resignation letter today, saying she needed to spend more time with her family.Carter's announcement comes on ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Rick Scott Has 51 Percent Disapproval Rating, According to GOP Pollsters
Viewpoint Florida -- a polling firm headed by GOP operatives Randy Nielsen and Pat Bainter -- found that Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating is on the rise, according to the firm's newest poll.Out of the 1,235 likely Florida voters surveyed, 45 percent approved of the governor's job performance, wh ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Alcee Hastings Faces Ethics Investigation; Allegedly Too Touchy-Feely With Ex-Staffer
Wikimedia CommonsIt's sex-scandal o'clock in Congress.Miramar's Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings faces a House ethics investigation after he was allegedly a little too hands-on with a former female staffer.Winsome Packer -- who worked on the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation chaired by Ha ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Rick Scott Admits He Was in Colorado for Koch Brothers Retreat
I love Koch!We finally have an answer as to where Gov. Rick Scott was this weekend, and it confirms our suspicion: at the billionaire Koch brothers' secret conference outside Vail, Colorado.St. Petersburg Times reporter Alex Leary got the information out of him, a day after the governor's spokesm ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Poll: Conservatives Are the Anti-Crist; A Ham Sandwich Could Defeat Rick Scott for Governor
topix.comHam, a viable gubernatorial candidate.As Gov. Rick Scott's disapproval rating keeps climbing, pollsters have run out of people to compare him with -- that's why Public Policy Polling says a hypothetical gubernatorial race between Scott and a ham sandwich would be a runaway for the lunch ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
"Rick Scott Is a Liar," And Other Tea Party Opinions on SunRail
Apparently it takes a $1.2 billion train for the Tea Party folks to figure out they don't really like Gov. Rick Scott."Rick Scott IS A LIAR," the South Florida Tea Party says."This decision has completed the governor's transformation from businessman to political insider," Republican Sen. Pau ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Patrick Murphy Raising Tons of Cash in Bid to Unseat Allen West
Murphy for CongressPatrick MurphyWe're still a pair of Novembers away from seeing the fate of Rep. Allen West's congressional seat, but 28-year-old Patrick Murphy looks like he's already giving the congressman a run for his money -- lots and lots of money.Murphy announced that he raised $450,000 ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Rick Scott's Approval Rating Still Going Down the Toilet, Sunshine State News Poll Says
Even the GOP-friendly Sunshine State News can't pull Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating out of the crapper.The governor has now set a new personal record for disappointing voters, posting a 27 percent approval rating, according to a poll commissioned by the paper.That edges out the Quinnipiac Univ ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Tea Party Hates Manatees, Says Protecting Them Is "Against the Bible"
gatewaypundit.comManatees: Work of the devil.Jesus apparently hated manatees, according to a new Tea Party platform circulating around Florida.Originating from the Citrus County Tea Party Patriots group, teabaggers are crying about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's intent to place restrictions ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds
gatewaypundit.comManatees: Work of the devil.Jesus apparently hated manatees, according to a new Tea Party platform circulating around Florida.Originating from the Citrus County Tea Party Patriots group, teabaggers are crying about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's intent to place restrictions ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Rick Scott Approval Rating Analysis: "Slightly More Popular Than a Hemorrhoid"
Hemorrhoids: Almost as popular as Gov. Rick Scott.In case you haven't noticed, Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating is getting so low that people are running out of politicians to compare him to.A few weeks ago, Public Policy Polling surveyed Florida voters about hypothetical gubernatorial matchups ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Rick Scott's Office Unveils a Slightly Less Ridiculous Plan for Records Requests
Information? We'll bill you for it.Since Gov. Rick Scott's office decided that the public and reporters had to pay a price for open government in early March, it's been a huge complaint.They're not backtracking on charging people, but they're having a sale on getting information, according to a m ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
Allen West Declared a "Tea Party Defector"; He Says Tea Party Has Schizophrenia
Tom Trento -- national security chairman of the Tea Party National Convention and president of the anti-Islamic group United West -- has issued an "integrity alert," naming Rep. Allen West as a "Tea Party defector."West joins fellow Reps. Mike Kelly, Bill Flores, and James Lankford -- who spent h ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Rick Scott Throws an Anti-Abortion Party at the Governor's Mansion
Gov. Rick Scott: Party boy.Add this to the list of awkward party themes: anti-abortion bills.Apparently it wasn't a costume party, but Gov. Rick Scott held a celebration at the governor's mansion this weekend in honor of the four anti-abortion bills he signed into law.Partygoers celebrated the ne ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
South Florida Tea Party: One-Third of Members Want Allen West Replaced, According to Poll
An internal internet poll from the South Florida Tea Party currently shows that 33 percent of its members support running a new candidate against Rep. Allen West in next year's election due to his vote on the debt deal.Of course, we should mention this is a highly unscientific polling method, alt ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Rick Scott Taking Suggestions for Jobs to Do; We Opine
Gov. Rick Scott's office announced yesterday that he's ripping off former Gov. and Sen. Bob Graham's idea of working with Florida's commoners in their workplace.In what Scott is calling "Let's Get to Work" days, he started his first job today at a doughnut joint in Tampa, selling rings of fried d ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Rick Scott Approval Rating Climbing Out of the Toilet; Voters Don't Know if He Raised Taxes
Gov. Rick Scott received his highest approval rating and lowest disapproval since April, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.The new survey shows 35 percent of respondents approved of the way the governor is handling his job, compared to 52 percent who said they disapproved." ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
House Page Program, Which Mark Foley Thought Was a Dating Service, Comes to an End
Mark FoleyHouse Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced today that they're eliminating the House page program, which brought in high school kids to do administrative work for the House.Pages were once "stretched to the limit" in their work delivering packages and ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
Rick Scott on the Ballot for "Worst Governor Ever"
Here's a new election where people may actually want to vote for Gov. Rick Scott again -- the race for the "Worst Governor Ever."As part of an online campaign by the Transport Workers Union of America, Scott joins Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, New Jersey Gov. Chris C ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
CNN/Tea Party Express Republican Debate: Live Blog
The Pulp will be in Tampa tonight to live-blog the Republican presidential debate, hosted by CNN and the Tea Party Express.Eight candidates will take the stage for the debate -- moderated by CNN's Wolf Blitzer -- from 8 to 10 p.m., and the event will be streamed live online, which you can find he ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Rick Scott and Private Prisons Engaging in "Pay to Play" Politics, Teamsters Complaint Alleges
Florida politicians received nearly $1 million in campaign contributions from two private prison corporations last election cycle -- GEO Group and Corrections Corporation of America -- and an ethics complaint filed by the Teamsters union yesterday claims $30,000 of those contributions that went t ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Rick Scott's Approval Rating Reaches an All-Time High: 37 Percent
Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating was polled as the highest of his governorship at 37 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning.The increase is due to a higher opinion of Scott's job performance from members of the Republican Party, as both Democrats and Independent ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Rick Perry Leads Florida Poll Going Into Debate, Followed by Mitt Romney and Still... Sarah Palin
Texas Gov. Rick PerryWithout much difference from the national poll released the day of the CNN/Tea Party express GOP presidential debate two weeks ago, most Florida Republicans would pick Texas Gov. Rick Perry as their presidential nominee, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Mitt Romney Leads New Florida Poll; Ron Paul Most Unfavorable Candidate but Places Fourth
Willard Mitt RomneyWith this afternoon's release of Public Policy Polling's survey of Florida Republican voters, Florida became the first Southern state polled by the firm that didn't select Texas Gov. Rick Perry as its front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination.Instead, former Massachusett ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Rick Scott Had a Higher Approval Rating Than Another Human Being for Seven Days
Illustration by Miche RattoA couple weeks ago, Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating reached an all-time high of 37 percent.Since his approval rating has hovered between hemorrhoids and a ham sandwich for the past few months, it's been hard to actually compare his ratings to another human being.H ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
New Voting Laws in Florida and 13 Other States May Affect 5 Million Eligible Voters, Study Says
theoccultsection.comNew voting laws passed in 14 states -- states that control 171 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win a presidential election -- could make voting "significantly harder" for more than 5 million people who are actually eligible to vote, according to a new study.As many as 1 m ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Marco Rubio Butt-Kissing Won't Help GOP Candidates Win Florida, According to Poll
Sen. Marco RubioThere's been a common theme among this year's GOP presidential candidates -- firmly planting their lips on the buttcheeks of Sen. Marco Rubio and dropping his name as a potential running mate.If that's a ploy to win Florida in a general election, it won't help, according to survey ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
First Amendment Right to Blast Music to Be Considered by Florida Supreme Court
inquisitr.comThe Florida Supreme Court will decide whether this is your First Amendment right.The issue of whether it's the First Amendment right of Florida drivers to blast obnoxious music from their cars way louder than anyone needs to will be heard before the Florida Supreme Court.The court sc ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Rick Scott Uses an Executive Order to Complain About Florida Supreme Court Decision
memegenerator.netWhy you mad, though?After the Florida Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Rick Scott's executive order to suspend rulemaking in the executive branch agencies was unconstitutional, he decided to issue a new executive order to complain about the decision.The court had ruled 5-2 that it's ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
Florida Ethics Commission: No Problem With Rick Scott's Cash From Private Prison Firms
The Teamsters' ethics complaint filed last month against Gov. Rick Scott -- which alleged his million bucks from private prison corporations was somehow affecting the state's decision to enter contracts with the companies -- has been tossed out by the Florida Ethics Commission.Among other things, ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Poll: Marco Rubio on GOP Ticket Would Win Florida, Unless Hillary Clinton Gets Involved
saucesome.netFifty percent of Florida voters say otherwise.According to a poll released yesterday evening by Suffolk University, Florida voters like highly unlikely vice-presidential scenarios.If Sen. Marco Rubio were to be the selection on the GOP ticket, pollsters say Republicans would carry Fl ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Disappointment: The Rick Scott Story
Gov. Rick Scott's reaction on Wednesday to a former staffer for Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll being charged with illegally recording a conversation: "It is a disappointment." (He said that twice.)His reaction to the part of that audio recording in which Carroll's chief of staff said the governor isn' ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Rick Scott Maintains Crappy Approval Rating but Registers Higher Than Occupy Movement
Gov. Rick Scott maintained his position of having the crappiest approval rating among the country's governors, but Floridians like the governor more than they like the Occupy movement, according to a poll released today.Quinnipiac University -- which announced the highest approval rating of Scott ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Connie Mack Enters U.S. Senate Race With 23-Point Lead Over Other GOP Hopefuls
FlickrConnie MackWhereas "someone else/not sure" was the overwhelming leader in previous polls for the Republican nomination in next year's U.S. Senate race, Rep. Connie Mack's entrance into the race changes things a bit.Mack enters with the support of 32 percent of Republican voters, according t ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Rick Scott's Signature on University Diplomas Is Now the Subject of a Petition
I'll be on your wall for the rest of your life!Apparently Gov. Rick Scott's positions on the state's higher-education system isn't impressing all of the students in Florida's public universities.There's now a creative, albeit small, petition with signatures from Gainesville down to Broward of peo ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Nan Rich Now Weighs in on Super Committee Failure, Scolds Rick Scott, GOP Policies
Florida SenateNan RichNow that Florida's Senate minority leader has released a statement responding to Gov. Rick Scott's comments on the Super Committee's failure to compromise on how to make $1.2 billion in spending cuts, it's getting a little ridiculous.Nan Rich, a Weston Democrat, issued a res ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Earl Rynerson Gets a Supporter to Run for Fort Lauderdale Mayor to Force a Primary
Earl RynersonEarl Rynerson, who's running for Fort Lauderdale mayor (again) against current Mayor Jack Seiler, deployed an interesting campaign strategy in his effort to get elected -- admittedly convincing someone else to run for mayor to force a primary election.Rynerson doesn't specifically us ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Herman Cain Is a "Distracter," According to Allen West [Insert Laughter Here]
Rep. Allen WestOf all the people to call for GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain to drop out of the race because he's a distraction, it was Rep. Allen West.Yes, West, quite possibly the biggest distraction in the House of Representatives, said Cain's being a "distracter" was enough for him to ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
Rick Scott's Prediction That Herman Cain Would Be the Next President -- Not Quite
Wait, what?Gov. Rick Scott's prediction that Herman Cain would become the next President of the United States didn't quite come true.Cain announced this weekend that he was "suspending" his presidential campaign after yet another woman decided to go public about her encounters with him -- thi ... More >>
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December 6, 2011
Rick Scott Breaks His Record for Crappiest Approval Rating -- 26 Percent
Gov. Rick Scott is still the least-popular governor in the country, but according to the latest poll released this afternoon, it's the crappiest approval rating he's ever had.Scott's approval is down to 26 percent of Floridians, according to the freshest numbers from Public Policy Polling, easily ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Rick Scott's Trip to Israel: Most Readers Didn't Buy the "Trade Mission" Title
Avi HayunGov. Rick Scott givin' the eyes to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.According to the results from our highly unscientific reader poll yesterday, nearly 44 percent of our readers thought Gov. Rick Scott's "Israeli trade mission" was more of a political vacation.Nearly 37 perc ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Florida Poll: Indecisive Republicans Suppose They'll Be Picking Mitt Romney -- Maybe
Hey, Florida Republican, who do you plan on voting for in your party's presidential primary?Uh, Mitt Romney, I guess. Well, maybe.That's what the results from the latest poll of Florida Republicans reads like, as most people say they might change their mind, and most of the Tea Party members ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Floridians Now Slightly More Likely to Approve of Governor Than Believe in Haunted Houses
Illustration by Miche RattoFor the first time ever, more people approve of Gov. Rick Scott's job performance than believe that houses can be haunted by ghosts.Scott scored his highest approval rating ever in a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning, with 38 percent of folks thinking ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Rick Scott's Approval Rating Is Great! (According to Lobbyists and PR Firms)
Illustration by Miche RattoIf you ask Floridians if they approve of Gov. Rick Scott's job performance, between 26 and 38 percent would say yes.In the last week, though, two "polls" have been released that claim the governor's approval rating is much, much higher.According to a public relation ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Florida Latinos Like Romney but Like Obama Better
Les gusta.Though a Rasmussen poll released Monday showed Newt Gingrich well ahead of the rest of the Republican presidential field, a Univision/ABC News poll released this morning revealed Florida's Latino voters overwhelmingly favor former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.Of those polled, 49 perce ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Newt Gingrich's Broward Co-Chair Was Alleged to Be a Tea Party Faker
Local political blogger Javier Manjarres was in the thick of the heckling drama at the Newt Gingrich rally in Coral Springs yesterday and claimed that one of Gingrich's staffers "assault[ed]" him in the incident he caught on tape.Turns out, that Gingrich staffer is the campaign's Broward co-chair ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Broward County Has Lowest Republican Primary Voter Turnout in Florida
Dramatic re-creation of a Broward polling place yesterday.As you may have already heard 3 million or 4 million times, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Florida Republican primary last night with 46.4 percent of the vote -- though more than seven in ten Broward Republicans didn't even ... More >>
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