U.S. Republican Party

Rick Scott Signs Bill Banning Paid Sick Leave

Rick Scott, in an apparent mission to blow up every possible bridge linking him to re-election in 2014, signed a bill on Friday banning paid sick leave for Floridians, because, as much as they love to talk up how they hate Big Government and Bengazziiii and TAXES BAD, the GOPers simply love this eve ... More >>

Florida Likes Hillary Clinton Way More Than Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush

Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush have seemingly been jockeying for position under the proverbial basket for the proverbial rebound that is the run to the White House in 2016 -- particularly in Florida, which is not only a vital swing state but also has the potential to screw up every presidential election u ... More >>

Why Does Marco Rubio Like Bad White People Music?

Marco Rubio released his Spotify playlist yesterday. It couldn't have been more hilarious, and, in a sense, very troubling. Apparently, Marco Rubio exclusively listens to the rhythms of America's suburban and white and cliche youth. His Spotify list teems with top-40 trying-to-stay-with-it songs. ... More >>

Marco Rubio, Dissing All His Tea Party Pals, Pushes a "Pathway to Citizenship"

With Republicans foundering amid fiscal-cliff apoplexy and John Boehner looking more bewildered by the day, Marco Rubio, in a sharp departure from earlier hard-line immigration positions, said yesterday he's in favor of a pathway to citizenship. Wait, wait, wait. Actually, what he said was: "The b ... More >>

Rick Scott Denies Request to Extend Early Voting by One Day

During the 2008 elections, early voting lines went long. So then-Gov. Charlie Christ extended early voting, allowing more people the chance to vote. That was pretty much when the Republicans started to hate him because a lot of them blamed Obama winning Florida on that move. Because everyone being a ... More >>

Obama-Romney in Palm Beach: The GOP Suffers a Knockout

They were back in force again last night, some 40 strong local GOPers to cheer on the Romster at the Palm Beach Ale House. No red-white-and-blue boaters as at PrezDebate I, but balloons on the tables in red and blue with white stars. Almost cheerful enough to make up for a roomful of 16 TV screens f ... More >>

Journey and Pat Benatar at Cruzan Amphitheatre on October 13

Obama Bear-Hug Pizza Guy Says His Shop Is Now Facing Boycotts

Democrats hate freedom and love terrorists! You wanna do it up like a real 'Merican? Do what Republicans do: Call for boycotting a small business. AMERICA! FUCK YEAH! Scott Van Duzer, the Fort Pierce owner of Big Apple Pizza & Pasta Restaurant, who recently gained fame for bear-hugging Presid ... More >>

Allen West: Democrats "the most racist party I've ever seen in my life"

The sun rises, the sun sets, Allen West says some ridiculously hyperbolic shit. It's all part of the fabric of life, the universe, and everything. Speaking to a group of black Republicans last Wednesday at the RNC in Tampa, West opened his face hole and words came out to the effect that the Democr ... More >>

Charlie Crist Continues His Sticking It to the GOP Tour, Will Speak at DNC Next Week

Charlie Crist is really taking this Republicans suck thing seriously. Coming on the heels of his endorsement of Barack Obama, the former Republican governor is now slated to be a speaker at the Democratic National Convention next week in Charlotte. Shocking? YES. Except that, no. Crist might be ... More >>

House Republicans Agitating for Health-Care-Themed Gov't Shutdown; Florida Reps Love It

If you're wondering what the next ridiculously destructive posturing move House Republicans are going to be embarking upon (other than seeking reelection), it just might be outlined in a letter that they sent to Speaker of the House John Boehner.Details started coming out this week about the letter, ... More >>

Connie Mack Writes Letter to Obama: Everyone Hates You, You Ruin Everything

How mad is Rep. Connie Mack at Barack Obama? So mad. And Big Socialist Barry is going to be on a tour of Florida in the next few days, so it looks like Mack decided to get all hopped up on scotch and 5-Hour Energy drinks and write a really mean letter to him in the newspaper.Can't confirm the scotch ... More >>

America's Petro-Terrorists

Wall Street and Washington conspire to destabilize the U.S.economy, one barrel of oil at a time.

Crazy-Eyed Washington Columnist Defends Allen West From Hypothetical Democrat Hypocrisy On Fictional Racism

Sometimes there are slow news days. Washington Examiner commentary writer Joe Gehrke must have had the slowest of his life yesterday.He was criticizing a blog post by smirking HBO commentator Bill Maher, a nice, soft target for a conservative gentleman. Maher's post was a meandering meditation ... More >>

Obama Announces Halt on Deporting Some Illegal Immigrants; Allen West Immediately Launches Conspiracy Theories (VIDEO)

Today, the Obama administration announced the issue of an executive order that says illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children will no longer be deported. It has plenty of caveats -- they must have no criminal record, for example, and earn a high school diploma, among other things.C ... More >>

Police Officers Still Cold on Republicans, a Year After "Party to Leave the Party"

A year ago, a local union did what public employees across the state and the nation would have liked to do: stood up and declared its disgust with the Republican Party, encouraging its Republican members to drop their affiliation.This was the Broward County Police Benevolent Association, which held ... More >>

Allen West Says Stock Market Is Up Because a Republican Will Be President

​Welcome to the inaugural post of our Allen West Fact Party series, in which we take claims made by the District 22 Republican and attempt to figure out whether they have a basis in reality.Today's Fact Party analysis comes to you from the world of finance. Congressman Allen West was on Fox News o ... More >>

Allen West Outraged That It's So Expensive to Buy Gas for His Hummer

​​Allen West is outraged that it's so expensive to keep gasoline in his car. It cost him $70 last night, he posted on Facebook today.Seventy bucks! An outrage! An aberration! Sarcasm aside, that's a TON of money to be paying for gas. Especially since West drives such a compact, fuel-efficient... ... More >>

Gary Johnson Schedules an Appearance in West Palm Beach Hosted by South Florida Tea Party

Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson​After his polling numbers dropped this fall and he was no longer being invited to the debates with other GOP presidential candidates, the probability of former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson's running as the Libertarian Party candidate in 2012 looks a bit more lik ... More >>

South Florida Tea Party Leader Says Donald Trump Is His "First Choice" to Moderate Debate

​The GOP debate sponsored by the West Palm Beach-based Newsmax and moderated by Donald Trump is having some difficulties.It has two confirmed attendees -- former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Sen. Rick Santorum -- while four have declined, and Rep. Michele Bachmann hasn't responded.Aside ... More >>

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 >>

Allen West Not a Fan of Newt Gingrich's "Baggage" or the Rest of the GOP Field

​Rep. Allen West continued his never-ending media rounds yesterday with an appearance on Laura Ingraham's radio show, and aside from his omnipresent disdain for President Obama, he let Ingraham know he's not too pleased with the field of GOP presidential candidates either.West described a sort of ... More >>

Nan Rich Now Weighs in on Super Committee Failure, Scolds Rick Scott, GOP Policies

​Now 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 response to the governor' ... More >>

Rick Santorum and Allen West Having a Picnic in a Lake Worth Park This Weekend

newamericatoday.comYou -- picnic.​GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rick "I want to go to war with China" Santorum will be joining Reps. Allen West and Tom Rooney for a cute little picnic this weekend sponsored by the Republican Party of Palm Beach County.Santorum's appearance at the "GOP Family Pic ... More >>

Marco Rubio Butt-Kissing Won't Help GOP Candidates Win Florida, According to Poll

​There'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 results release ... More >>

Ann Coulter: Debbie Wasserman Shultz Is a "Hideous Beast Who Has a Voice Like a Hyena Getting an Abortion" (Video)

​Well, here's what just came out of Ann Coulter's mouth in front of an audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference -- Florida, during what was apparently a comparison between Republicans and Democrats done by illustrating a pair of South Florida congressmen: "I want to implant it in p ... More >>

Bill Koch, Billionaire Coal Man, Donates Heavily to John Boehner, Throws Bone to Allen West

Kim SargentBill Koch supports pro-coal candidates.​Last month, New Times introduced you to Bill Koch, the Palm Beach billionaire who owns a coal and gas company, is known for his voracious appetite for wine and women, and has two brothers famous for being the sugar daddies of the Tea Party. W ... More >>

Allen West Proves The Onion Sometimes Gets it Right

​The Onion may be the world's greatest source of satirical news, but sometimes its hilarity actually yields more fact than fiction.For President Obama's birthday yesterday, The Onion ran a news brief with the headline "Obama Turns 50 Despite Republican Opposition.""After months of heated negot ... More >>

The "Black Ronald Reagan" Is Coming, but It's Not Allen West, According to The Root

​The Root, an African-American culture magazine, says that there's "a job opening out there for a black Ronald Reagan" but that Rep. Allen West don't fit the bill.The magazine says West, along with Rep. Tim Scott and presidential candidate Herman Cain, are black Republicans who have had the opport ... More >>

Marco Rubio as Mitt Romney's Vice Presidential Pick a "Dream Ticket," Romney Adviser Says

Marco Rubio​Republican presidential candidates are going to need an incredible campaign strategy to dismantle President Obama in the 2012 election.Two of the biggest challenges are winning large swing states, like Florida, and figuring out how to get Hispanic voters to pick in their favor.The answ ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Half-Apologizes For Saying Republicans Like Jim Crow Laws

house.govDebbie Wasserman Schultz​Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz isn't very good at retracting statements.Wasserman Schultz was on CNN Sunday when she said Republicans want to bring states back to Jim Crow-era laws, drawing the ire ... More >>

Allen West's No-B.S. Weekend: Disses Bush, Palin

This has been a bullshit-busting kind of weekend for Allen West.First, he showed up in Fox News Sunday, talking smack about his own party's recent history. He was debating Donna Edwards, the Democrat congresswoman from Maryland, when host Chris Wallace asked:Congressman West, Republicans offered a p ... More >>

Voter Suppression Back in Style; Let's Party Like It's 1869

Screw the 15th Amendment. This is Florida.​Florida's legislative attack on voter rights easily passed the House last week and looks like it will surely sail through the Senate to become law. We're not alone, though. Our state's attempt to disenfranchise a massive amount of its citizens is actuall ... More >>

Government Shutdown Will Backfire on Republicans

​If the government shuts down at midnight tonight, it won't be the first time. The same thing happened at the end of 1995, when a U.S. House led by Newt Gingrich pulled the stunt on Bill Clinton. We all know how that ended. The public blamed the Republicans for the shutdown, and Clinton ... More >>

Republican To Privatize $600,000,000 Worth of Florida's Prisons, Could Fatten Contributors' Pockets

Alexander.​As reported in today's Herald, the Florida Senate on Monday "quietly inserted language into its newly proposed budget ... that seeks to give corporations a chance to run correctional facilities in 16 counties." These corrections contracts are worth some $600,000,000.Though this "quiet i ... More >>

Should Florida GOP Return Donations?

Stephen Prosper JusticeHarry Sargeant III​Yesterday, The Washington Post revealed that Delray Beach billionaire and oilman Harry Sargeant III may have bilked to the US government -- and, by extension, the US taxpayer -- to the tune of $200 million, while supplying jet fuel to American troops in we ... More >>

Republican Pollster: 57 Percent of Floridians Support Legalizing Medicinal Pot

A survey conducted by GOP pollster Fabrizio, McLaughlin & Associates -- the same firm that conducted polls for Florida Gov. Rick Scott's campaign -- found that 57 percent of Floridians support legalization of medicinal marijuana. Daily BruinSoon coming to a strip mall near you? ​This news ... More >>

Head of Florida Dems Thanks Supporters for "Brighter Future"?

Where were the Dems while this guy won?​Yes, a wave of anti-Obama, pro-Tea Party sentiment swept the country Tuesday. But even considering the national trend, Florida Dems took a beating that can't simply be blamed on the miserable economy or a knee-jerk desire for change.Going into Election Day, ... More >>

Who are the Black Republicans Funding Allen West?

West and Cousar, bosom buddies.​Congressional candidate Allen West has received $5,000 from a group called Black Republican PAC. Sounds official enough, doesn't it? Donors around the country have given about $769,000 to the group, presumably because they want to elect more GOP candidates who look ... More >>

It's a Small World After All: Republicans Use Audit of Jim Greer to Sabotage Charlie Crist

​They say that in every crisis, there's an opportunity. So it is with the Republican Party of Florida, scandalized by the sybaritic ways of its former chairman, Jim Greer, who's now facing charges of money laundering and fraud, a case that prompted a forensic audit of the party's books. And those ... More >>

Pie in the Face: A Year After Pizza Party, GOP Slipping Further From Jeb Bush

FlickrIn today's GOP, Jeb Bush sits on the sidelines.​It's been about one year since Jeb Bush teamed with Rep. Eric Cantor and Mitt Romney to throw a pizza party with the hope of bringing the Republican Party back from its extremist brink. How'd that go for you, Jeb?Not good, according to this art ... More >>

No Time Like Present for Crist to Come Out of Closet

Flickr: Linnette Alissa​If Charlie Crist is closeted gay -- and New Times' Bob Norman has compiled lots of circumstantial evidence to suggest that's the case, despite Crist's past denials -- then his departure from the GOP removes perhaps the biggest political obstacle to coming out of the closet. ... More >>

Transgendered Woman Kicks Off Congressional Campaign Against Wasserman Shultz

​Miami general contractor Donna Milo threw her hat into the ring this morning in the US 20th congressional district race against incumbent Democrat Debbie Wasserman Shultz. Milo's family, her website says, fled Cuba in the 1960s. She got married, raised a couple of kids. She runs her own small bus ... More >>

Florida Green Party Candidates Were GOP Moles, Suit Claims

Bill Scherer Gearing Up For Electoral Rampage

To The Video

Buddy, the Blog, and the Boot

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

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

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United States of Jesus

The folks who are "reclaiming America for Christ" are pushing an agenda for a Taliban-like state where Scripture is law