Subject: U.S. Republican Party Politics

• Mel Martinez: Two-Timing Man

  November 15, 2006

• For All You Political Junkies ...

  October 31, 2006

• For The Love Of Crist

  October 12, 2006

• Foley Cried At Pages' Farewell Ceremony

  October 5, 2006

• Negron Screwed

  October 3, 2006

• What Did Hastert Know, and When Did He Know It?

  September 30, 2006

• The Sun-Sentinel Error That Won't Die

  August 11, 2006

• Buddy, the Blog, and the Boot

  April 10, 2006

• Is Fate Pointing To Charlie?

  August 4, 2008

• All Palin, All The Time

  September 3, 2008

• Chick Fight! Bogdanoff Vs. Ritter

  October 24, 2008

• Is Republican Cannibalism Afoot in Florida?

  Being a trafficker in rank speculation and flimsy rumors, I can't help but admire the science-based speculation and rumor creation available on FiveThirtyEight.com, which I checked approximately 642 times daily in October. The captain of this vessel is Nate Silver, who crunches poll numbers in a way that unlocks the Mysteries of the Universe. Any minute now he will tell us the winner of the 2016 Presidential Election. (So you know, Obama won reelection in 2012.)With his usual gusto, Silver tackl

  December 4, 2008

• My Best Friend's Wedding: Boca War Profiteer Gets Invite

  From panty raids to war profiteering. Frat brothers grow up so fast, eh Charlie?What's a wedding without at least one war profiteer? That's the baggage that Harry Sargeant's been lugging around the last several months, ever since a congressional oversight committee took a close look at the deal Sargeant's Boca Raton-based Oil Trading Company International had with the Pentagon. A suit alleges Sargeant's company paid bribes to officials in Jordan in exchange for the exclusive right to ship fuel t

  December 12, 2008

• Undercurrents

  June 22, 2000

• Letters for September 11, 2003

  September 11, 2003

• Letters April 29-May 5, 2004

  April 29, 2004

• Letters for May 20-26, 2004

  May 20, 2004

• The Jewish Problem

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

  June 12, 2008

• Man, What Does an Alleged War Profiteering Fat Cat Have to Do to Get Some Respect?

  The economy is so bad...Juice readers: How bad is it?So bad that even a filthy stinkin' rich Republican fundraiser like Harry Sargeant III of Delray Beach can't get a loan. The tight credit market is to blame, apparently, for the demise of Tampa Port Authority's agreement to lease 43 acres to an affiliate of Sargeant's Boca-based Oil Trading Company, where it had planned to build a $70 million facility.Sargeant's got frat buddies in high places -- like the governor's mansion.Sargeant, you'll rem

  February 17, 2009

• Palm Beach's Limbaugh to Head Failed GOP Party; Pride Fest Teases Right Wing

  Limbaugh, from his Auschwitz days.The White House has anointed Palm Beach resident Rush Limbaugh as head of the failed political organization called the Republican Party, which is now made up of abortion protesters, religious zealots, and aging prison guards from Auschwitz. The administration's knighthood of Limbaugh came after he said he hopes President Obama will fail, which is as un-American as enjoying news clips from 9/11 or cheering for Capt. Drago in Rocky IV. But Limbaugh is a hometown b

  March 3, 2009

• Meek Inching Closer to Frontrunner Status

  It would be one thing if a South Florida paper was heralding U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek as the frontrunner in the U.S. Senate's Democratic primary for 2010. It's a far more auspicious thing that a Tampa Bay paper is making that claim, albeit with some hesitation. Along with Orlando, Jacksonville and the Florida panhandle, Tampa Bay is a region that may not be familiar with a congressman whose district is in South Florida. There's no better way to introduce himself than as the frontrunner.The Miami

  March 9, 2009

• Mysterious Candidates to Be Questioned in Suit, Rare Benevolent Lawyer Steps Up

  A judge has cleared the way for the Green Party to figure out who's behind the Florida Five, a group of mysterious Green Party candidates who ran in contested races across the state last November. Most of the Florida Five were broke young people who couldn't have afforded the couple thousand dollars needed to register, meaning they were probably put up to run by the Republican Party. It's either that or they all won the Florida Lottery's new scratch-off game in which the winner gets to be a cand

  March 11, 2009

• Legislators Pay Lip Service to Dreaded Compromise

  FLHouse.govHasnerCompromise is what distinguishes the effective, conscientious governments from the dysfunctional ones, and the lack of it has been a drag on the Florida Legislature for some time. One would think that this year's gaping, $6 billion budget hole would make compromisers out of the stubbornest souls. Instead, legislators are playing politics. Republicans, chiefly. The slightly more pragmatic of the bunch, who sit in the Florida Senate, have grudgingly agreed to the Democrats' propos

  March 26, 2009

• Florida's 2010 Races Taking Shape; Meek Looking Strong

  Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Kendrick Meek, of Miami,continues to tear up the fund-raising circuit -- an article in today's Roll Call says Meek will report $1.5 million in campaign dollars in the year's first quarter, which ended March 31. His primary competition for that nomination, Florida Sen. Dan Gelber of Miami Beach, has been slowed by the legislative session. Additionally, Meek has enjoyed the rare privilege of fund-raising help from Ex-President Bill Clinton, whose appearance at

  April 3, 2009

• Florida Green Party Candidates Were GOP Moles, Suit Claims

  October 30, 2008

• The Talk of the Green Iguana

  Will American voters elect the first gay vice president in November?

  February 28, 2008

• Crist Denies Trysts II

  Sworn testimony backs up claims that Bruce Jordan boasted of his affair with Charlie Crist.

  November 2, 2006

• Crist Denies Trysts II

  Sworn testimony backs up claims that Bruce Jordan boasted of his affair with Charlie Crist.

  October 26, 2006

• Crist Denies Trysts

  GOP frontrunner: I have never had sex with a man

  October 26, 2006

• Crist Denies Trysts

  GOP frontrunner: I have never had sex with a man

  October 19, 2006

• Charlie Crist Is NOT Gay

  And other things the Republican Party wants you to believe on Election Day.

  October 12, 2006

• If Waldman's a Dem, What's With the GOP Cash?

  Another in the long tradition of Broward elephants posing as donkeys.

  March 30, 2006

• The GOP's Buddy

  If the Sun-Sentinel's Buddy Nevins has declared for Crist, why's he still covering the governor's race?

  February 23, 2006

• Crist Is King

  Bill Scherer's fall from grace is a clear sign from Jeb that he's chosen a successor

  September 15, 2005

• Third Man

  Fort Lauderdale's John B. Anderson ran for president in 1980 and paved the way for spoiler candidates

  October 28, 2004

• Prelude to a Butt Whippin'

  The GOP eyes a George W. Bush victory in traditionally Democratic Palm Beach County. Here's why.

  April 1, 2004

• Deliver Us

  South Florida's most corrupt hospital district is at it again, compromising health care to reward a crony

  January 29, 2004

• Out with the Truth, the Epilogue

  The mainstream media ruin a perfectly good debate

  June 5, 2003

• Out with the Truth

  With his voting record at issue, why won't U.S. Congressman Mark Foley just say that he's gay?

  May 8, 2003

• Waiting For Otto

  Why would a man sullied by Iran-contra and illegal propaganda campaigns be a Bush nominee? Good question.

  November 8, 2001

• A Double Whammy

  Two top execs at the gaming company that Boulis built have deep ties to the Christian right

  February 22, 2001

• Minority Madness

  Wisecracking Democrats in Tallahassee were steamrollered during the presidential contest. But they didn't take it lying down.

  December 28, 2000

• Letters to the Editor

  Letters for November 9, 2000

  November 9, 2000

• Just Look at the House Republicans Inaction!

  When House Republicans caucus, I'll bet it looks something like this: Star Wars-Imperial March - Click here for more amazing videosAmid all the other state budget crises, it's not getting nearly enough attention, but the Florida Legislature is on the brink of giving the heave-ho to $444 million in federal stimulus funds that could help the state's unemployed.Who knows? Maybe that was the plan all along: Throw lots of bad policy at the wall, and some of it's sure to stick.

  April 29, 2009

• Can Florida Governors Save GOP From Its Self-Destructive Impulses?

  Flickr User: marsdencartoonsMaybe Rush Limbaugh doesn't spend enough time in his Palm Beach home. Because clearly, there's no path back to political relevance for the Republican Party that does not include winning back Florida. And yet the two figures who have the most credibility on that front, governors Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist, are being tossed aside by the radio personality turned voice of the party as well as by others on the party's far right.During a time when Limbaugh was preaching his

  May 11, 2009

• Crist Jumps Into Senate Race

  Flickr User: CABridgesThe would-be future senator with the soon-to-be past Sen. Martinez.Now we got ourselves a bona fide political jamboree. Charlie Crist will seek Florida's U.S. Senate seat on behalf of the Dixiecrat, I mean the Whig, I mean the (could this be right?) Republican Party, even though other Republicans say they've already picked a guy named Marco Rubio. The boyish former Florida House speaker welcomed Crist to the race with a blistering attack. In an interview with POLITICO, (Rub

  May 12, 2009

• Marco Poll-O: Rubio Unfazed by Unpopularity

  twitter.com/marcorubioSure, Charlie Crist landed some big endorsements in his first week as a U.S. Senate candidate -- the National Republican Senatorial Committee for one. The Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, for another. And there were reports Crist might get the early endorsement of the Republican Party of Florida, chaired by his buddy, Jim Greer.Oh, he's also got 64 percent approval ratings, plus the vote of 54 percent of Florida Republicans who would vote for Senate, compared to Rub

  May 18, 2009

• Conservative Blogosphere Stokes Mutiny After GOP Snubs Rubio

  Flickr User: Americans forProsperityRubioMoments after Charlie Crist announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate last week, he received the endorsement of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, with endorsements from leading Republican Senators like Mitch McConnell soon to follow. The intent wasn't just to welcome Crist but to discourage the Senate candidacy of Marco Rubio, who has dared to question Crist's commitment to the conservative cause.But that effort by the NRSC may have galvanized t

  May 20, 2009

• Leading GOP Senator: Rubio's the "Favorite"

  Flickr User: senjimdemintSen. Jim DeMintSen. Jim DeMint from South Carolina is one of the most conservative members of Congress, but it's still something of a coup that he endorsed the most conservative contender in Florida's Senate race, Marco Rubio.That's because in doing so, DeMint is defying the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which endorsed Charlie Crist in virtually the same breath as the governor announced his candidacy last month. The chair of the committee, Sen. John Cornyn of

  June 18, 2009

• 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, Hardball host Chris Matthews takes Rubio to task for Tweeting about how the conflict in Iran might be different if protesters there had the Second Amendment right to bear arms. This comes in the same week th

  June 26, 2009