U.S. Presidential Election

BurgerFi Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Celebrates Birthday With Two Dollar Burgers

BurgerFi's first restaurant, located in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, turns two today with a celebration that's a great deal for hungry people in the neighborhood.Hop over to the restaurant, which features all-natural, antibiotic and hormone-free beef, and get a single burger or cheeseburger for only $2. R ... More >>

Sofia Vergara Visits BurgerFi in Delray Beach

Apparently, the newest restaurant hotspot for 2012 is not what you would normally imagine. It would be no surprise to see A-list actresses, politicians, and celebrities grazing upon foie gras at restaurants like Buccan or Cafe Boulud. But lately they're not.Earlier this year, the ultimate one-percen ... More >>

Mother Jones' David Corn: The 47-Percent Video Stole Romney's Most Valuable Commodity. Time.

There was a moment -- maybe it's difficult to remember now -- but there was a moment back in early September when Barack Obama ran advertisement after advertisement suggesting Mitt Romney was a rapacious and perhaps soulless businessman. But the question was: Would the barrage work? Would the messag ... More >>

Mitt Romney Concedes Florida

As we said yesterday, it was pretty impossible for Mitt Romney to catch up to Obama here in Florida, even as close as the tally was. And, apparently, the Mittbot and his campaign agree and have officially conceded Florida. Florida's 29 electoral votes gives Obama a 332 to 206 lead over the RoboRom ... More >>

Barack Obama Has Mostly Won Florida, But It's Still Not Official

It's Wednesday afternoon, the day after Election Tuesday, and Florida is still lagging on declaring a winner between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.SORRY, YOU GUYS. While Obama won reelection after gaining 303 electoral votes, Florida continues to Florida things up by not yet knowing the final tally ... More >>

At Last, The Psychics Have Spoken: Barack Obama Will Win Today

According to a recent New Times poll of Broward County psychics, there's a general consensus among the spirits that Barack Obama will win a second presidential term over Mitt Romney. Though, as one of the three psychics we interviewed cautioned, "the cards are tight." Indeed. There are apparently ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Says Romney Will Win by Landslide, Cites His Own Common Sense

Radio blowfish blowhard Rush Limbaugh opened his face hole again and said that it's pretty friggin obvious that Mitt Romney is going to win the election tonight. And not just win it, but win it by a landslide! Despite every single poll showing a tight race, Romney's actually going to win this thing ... More >>

Mitt Romney's Tie To Iran Contra Scandal

By Penn BullockWas Bain Capital, the company that presidential candidate Mitt Romney started, built with pivotal help from covert Iran-contra operatives? New information uncovered by Miami New Times raises the possibility. The story starts in 1984, when Romney solicited startup money for Bain at a ... More >>

Presidential Debate Sucked for Libertarians

As the lights came down in the debate hall at Lynn University, the co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, Frank Fahrenkopf, took the stage.See Also:- Live Blog: Rumble in Boca 2012, Obama and Romney Presidential Debate! - Photos: Final 2012 Presidential Debate at Lynn UniversityHe th ... More >>

Obama Wins Third and Final Debate With Horses and Bayonets

Round three of the presidential debates was last night. And people who went in expecting to have their asses blown off with the two candidates going at each other for a final climactic showdown were mildly disappointed. No asses were blown off here, unfortunately. The main take-aways from the deba ... More >>

Barack Obama Hits Up Delray Beach for Post Debate Rally

A day after taking a horse to Mitt Romney (or was it a bayonet?) in the third and final presidential debate, President Obama hit up Delray Beach for a Romnesia party. Barry Barack held his rally at the Delray Beach Tennis Center where he harped on Romney's forgetfulness and flip-floppery in front o ... More >>

Delray Takes Politics to the Streets

Political Pumpkins for a Scary Presidential Campaign (Photos)

Now we know why the presidential elections fall around Halloween -- they can get scary. Look, it doesn't matter which candidate you're planning to vote for (or if you're still undecided) -- we think some of these political ads and last night's debate are...well...just a teeny bit frightening. W ... More >>

Rick Scott Doesn't Believe Mitt Romney Is Up By Seven in Florida

Maybe it's because he's trying to temper expectations. Or, maybe it's because he doesn't want Republicans to get complacent and stop working. Or, maybe it's because he's naturally dickish and can't help himself. But Gov. Rick Scott doesn't believe the latest polls that say Mitt Romney is up by s ... More >>

Obama to Romney: "If you want to be president, you owe the American people the truth."

OH HAI FIESTY VELVET THUNDER OBAMA GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.A day after the debate in which the President of the United States of America was replaced by a sock puppet that was buried under a massive avalanche of horse feces at a Presidential debate, the REAL Barry Oblastyoface was back in ac ... More >>

Debate 2012: Romney and Obama Attack; Jim Lehrer Loses Control -- the Media Room View

Editor's note: This piece was originally published by our sister paper's news blog Latest Word on Denver Westword. It's written by Sam Levin, an editorial fellow who's been keeping tabs on both candidates in the swing state of Colorado for the past few months. President Barack Obama and former Mass ... More >>

Paul Ryan Says Romney Presidency Will Rebuild NASA Without More Funding

Paul Ryan was in Florida over the weekend and revealed that Obama has ruined space exploration, just like he's ruined everything else. And so Ryan announced bold new changes that he and Mittington will implement to get NASA back on track -- because America is the greatest nation in all of outer spac ... More >>

Fear and Loathing in Tampa: Your Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

Michelle Obama Hits Up Ft. Lauderdale To Rally Supporters

The War Memorial Museum is usually used for gun shows, roller derby and MMA matches. Wednesday afternoon, it belonged to the First Lady of the United States. "If everybody in this room brings in one more person, that can make all the difference," First Lady Michelle Obama told a crowd of 2,500 -pl ... More >>

Media Barred From Marco Rubio's Speech to the Forum Club

See also:Marco Rubio Will Introduce Mitt Romney at RNCMarco Rubio will be giving a speech at a Forum Club of the Palm Beaches lunch at the Palm Beach County Convention Center next week. But, per the Florida senator's request, Rubio's speech won't be heard by the media."He was glad to speak to t ... More >>

New Poll: Connie Mack Leading Bill Nelson By Wide Margin

Republican Senate candidate Connie Mack started the day yesterday with some ugly press: The National Journal was looking at the possibility that Republicans could take back the Senate in November, and they weren't optimistic about the chances:The odds of Republicans taking back the upper chamber are ... More >>

Leap Second to Be Added Today; Will Florida Resist?

In yet another example of gross government overreach and excessive bureaucratic regulation, officials have announced that today, June 30, will be one second longer than a normal Earth day. At 11:59:59 p.m. tonight, the officially recognized time will receive an extra second before rolling over to mi ... More >>

Donald Trump Is Having a Week So Stupid It Put Obama and George Will on the Same Team

Donald Trump, devoid of any meaningful role in American culture outside of a television show in which he fires marginally famous people from imaginary jobs, has settled nicely into a new, strange role as a political commentator, a role with all the hubristic indulgences of his campaign for president ... More >>

Bill Koch's Company Donates Another $1 Million to Romney's Super PAC

Bill Koch, the Palm Beach billionaire who criticized his brothers' support of libertarian causes and has long escaped notice on the national political stage, is emerging as a major supporter of Mitt Romney.Huron Carbon, a subsidiary of Koch's West Palm Beach-based Oxbow Corp., donated $1 million to ... More >>

Cupcake Couture Bakes for Obama and Romney in the Same Week: At Least Everyone Can Agree on Sugar, Right?

Demonstrating that baked goods can be nonpartisan or, perhaps more accurately, bipartisan, Cupcake Couture Sweet Boutique in Delray Beach this past weekend prepared special sweet treats for a second presidential hopeful in less than one week. On Sunday, April 15, the boutique bakery created nearly 3 ... More >>

Wasserman Schultz Attacks Romney; Best She Can Do Is 29-Year-Old Anecdote About Dog Crate

​South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz operates on a national stage -- as chair of the Democratic National Committee, she's the face of the president's party and frequently takes on national issues. Late last night, she took to Twitter to attack Republican presidential candidate Mit ... More >>

Local Porn Exec Fills Mitt Romney's Coffers

bagnewsnotes.comPorn corporations are people, my friend.​Most (male) Mitt Romney supporters have probably stumbled across an ad for AdultFriendFinder.com (NSFW) at one point or another, though they might not admit it. But now there's another connection between Friend Finder Networks and the likely ... More >>

Rick Scott Ranked Only Slightly Less Loathsome Than Jerry Sandusky

​The writers over at the Beast -- manic, vulgar folks who once prank-called embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pretending to be a Koch brother -- have released their annual "50 Most Loathsome Americans" list, and Gov. Rick Scott is featured prominently at number 18.The list describes him as "th ... More >>

Victoria Jackson Went From "SNL" to the Rabid Right

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 >>

Allen West Says This Year's Election Will Be a "Brutal Bloodbath"

​According to Rep. Allen West, this year's presidential election will be a "brutal bloodbath" in which any Republican candidate except Rep. Ron Paul will defeat President Obama.What exactly is West talking about? As usual, it's not exactly clear.What is clear, however, is that West made yet anothe ... More >>

Paint by Numbers

Rick Braswell, Former BSO Chaplain, Named Among "Worst Bosses in America" for 2011

​Two months after resigning from his position as the chaplain for the Broward Sheriff's Office, Rick Braswell has been named as one of the 100 "worst bosses in America."Braswell, who raked in a six-figure income with the sheriff's office, was accused by several female employees of numerous wro ... More >>

Newsmax Reporting Donald Trump's Book Sales; Hasn't Mentioned He Dropped the Debate

​UPDATE: Newsmax figured it out at 3:11 p.m., posting it in a not-so-prominent location.Either Newsmax is the only national media outlet in the U.S. that doesn't know Donald Trump has pulled out of moderating their debate, or they're having a real tough time crafting their damage-control plan ... More >>

Scott Rothstein Saga: Marybeth Feiss and William Boockvor Charged With Felonies

​Scott Rothstein's scummy ways have now led to two more people being hit with felony charges, becoming the sixth and seventh of Rothstein's old pals to face felonies.Marybeth Feiss, an administrative assistant at the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm, and William "Uncle Bill" Boockvo ... More >>

Patrick Murphy: Allen West's Campaign Donors Are Tea Party "Whacktivists"

crooksandliars.comMaybe you should get your hands on a dictionary.​Well, here's one way to explain the $3 million difference between the fundraising totals of Rep. Allen West ($4.1 million) and hopeful Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy ($1.1 million): 50,000 Tea Party "whacktivists" across the ... More >>

Rick Perry Leads CNN Poll Going Into Debate, Followed by Mitt Romney and... Sarah Palin

Texas Gov. Rick Perry​In anticipation of the GOP presidential debate it's hosting, CNN released its freshest poll numbers, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry leading the pack -- ahead by 12 percentage points over second-place Mitt Romney.The poll showed that 30 percent of the 446 Republican voters surveye ... More >>

Rick Scott's Bromance Partner Rick Perry Leads Republican Presidential Candidates in Florida

Love hurts sometimes.​It looks like the guy who called Gov. Rick Scott "a stud" is currently leading the field of Republican presidential hopefuls for the 2012 election.According to a American Research Group poll of 600 Republican voters, 16 percent would chose Texas Gov. Rick Perry as the per ... More >>

The World According to GOP Presidential Candidates

​In case you didn't notice -- between coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, Anthony Weiner, and Anderson Cooper probably wearing a skin-tight shirt -- CNN held a debate between hopeful Republican presidential candidates last night.You can guess what happened when Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Ne ... More >>

Governor Rick Scott and Former Governor Jeb Bush Both Say They're Not Running for President. One of Them May be Faking It

santarosademocrats.comGovernor Rick Scott (left) and former Governor Jeb Bush both say they're not running for president. The guy with the cue-ball head probably isn't lying.​We're not sure who asked Governor Rick Scott today if he plans on running for president in the 2012 election, but he made i ... More >>

NBC Analyst Casts Kendrick Meek as Favorite in Senate Race if Crist Runs as Independent

As pundits go, Chuck Todd usually has two feet squarely on the ground; his analysis was on the mark throughout the 2008 presidential campaign. But I think he's missing the boat with his take on Florida's Senate race. His theory sounds persuasive. Republican nominee Marco Rubio and independent cand ... More >>

Chick Fight! Bogdanoff Vs. Ritter

John McCain is all talk when it comes to supporting veterans

McCain, Palin Go Below The Belt

Change You Can't Believe In

Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote

The Jewish Problem

Rev up your Swift Boats, boys. The Obama campaign is coming to town.

The Best Reason Not To Vote For Obama

Don King Presents

A battle of Kerry vs. Kerry

Workin' for Doodle

For Bob Graham's troops, word that he was quitting the race came straight from Larry King

Taking Stock of Bob Graham

The South Florida senator and presidential candidate wheels and doodles