World Politics

Five Reasons Charlie Crist Will Not Run For Governor

Citing a slew of insider folk who compose the "Charlie Crist camp," Politico recently unleashed one of the most unintentionally satirical articles of Washington reporting this side of a Joseph Heller novel. According to "Democratic sources closely watching the race," and "operatives familiar with [ ... More >>

Tea Party to Recount Votes in Allen West Congressional Loss

Tea Party to Recount Ballots in Allen West Congressional Loss

A Texas-based Tea Party organization and the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections have agreed on a plan to provide the group access to county voting records from the 2012 federal election and voter registration and other records going back to 2009. See also: - Allen West Will Soon Be an Ex-Con ... More >>

Everett Wilkinson: Media Darling, Fringe Tea Party Extremist

Jim Greer: Racism and Dead Bodies Ahead

Is Charlie Crist Florida's Next Governor?

How South Florida's Jews Are Driving Zionism In Israel

With tensions continuing to writhe in the Middle East as Israel and Palestine fall into an uneasy calm, a group of Zionist Jews in South Florida condemns both the cease fire between the neighbors as well as the United Nations' decision yesterday to award Palestine the status of nonmember observer st ... 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 >>

Palm Beach County Human Rights Council Endorses Obama

The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, a group dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, have released their list of candidates they're endorsing. Among them, President Barack Obama, West Palm Beach Attorney and police officer Dave K ... More >>

Rick Scott's "Transparency:" Release All Email... From an Obscure, Unknown Account

Twitter recently suspended the account of Independent reporter Guy Adams, who had been writing tweets critical of Twitter partner NBC's coverage of the Olympics. The reason they gave? In one of the rants, he gave the corporate email address of an NBC executive. Twitter said they booted him for shari ... More >>

Republican Presidential Candidates Owe Floridians More Than $230,000

Newt Gingrich's campaign for the Republican presidential campaign is over. Done-zo. Finished. The guy is walking around his home state wearing a Mitt Romney sticker.But the former speaker of the House isn't even close to concluding the dealings surrounding his campaign, as documents filed over the w ... More >>

Allen West Argues Against Amendment to Ban Indefinite Detention of People Arrested on American Soil (Updated)

Original post, 2:37 a.m.:Legislation was considered late Thursday night to specifically ban the indefinite detention of persons detained on American soil on suspicion of terrorism.It was an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, and would settle the most controvers ... More >>

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Donates to Allen West Opponent Patrick Murphy (UPDATED)

Update, 4/19: Got comment from Wasserman Schultz's camp. Added to the story.Original post, 4/17:Between January and the end of March, South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz donated $73,000 to Democratic campaigns across the country. It's not surprising -- she's chair of the Democratic ... More >>

Senate Committee Passes Bill Mandating Schools Teach About 9/11

​A state Senate bill mandating all Florida public schools teach students about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, passed an education committee this morning.SB 1422 seeks to add "the events surrounding the terrorist attacks occurring on September 11, 2001, and the impact of those ev ... More >>

Allen West on Contraception: Mocks Obama's Knowledge of the Constitution, Completely Mangles Constitutional Argument

​Congressman Allen West sent out his weekly newsletter Monday, barraging his constituents with an almost predictable combination of hyperpatriotic mumbo-jumbo and misguided, pseudo-academic posturing about his favorite book in the history of words, the United States Constitution.Once you get past ... More >>

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 >>

Florida Latinos Like Romney but Like Obama Better

​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 percent went fo ... More >>

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 are pul ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Herman Cain Is a "Distracter," According to Allen West [Insert Laughter Here]

Rep. Allen West​Of 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 >>

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 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Mitt Romney Leads New Florida Poll; Ron Paul Most Unfavorable Candidate but Places Fourth

​With 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 Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

House Page Program, Which Mark Foley Thought Was a Dating Service, Comes to an End

Mark Foley​House 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds

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 >>

"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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Tea Party Founder's Hidden Arrest

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeMug shot of Tea Party leader Danita Kilcullen.​That organized band of angry, gun-toting, Bible-quoting older white people -- otherwise known as the Tea Party -- has often crossed the bounds of appropriateness as it pushes for its right-wing agenda. But kickin ... More >>

Was The Tea Party Rally Sabotaged?

The Fort Lauderdale Tea Party rally on Friday at the Fireman's Benevolent Hall was full of hot air. And most of it, surprisingly, wasn't coming from the mouths of the raging Republi-cons inside the building. The hall was a steaming 90 degrees Fahrenheit and the attendees, who had led a sparsely ... More >>

Judges Meet, Expect Florida Court Crisis To Soon Hit Broward

Outgoing Chief Judge Victor Tobin called a closed-door meeting of all 90 Broward judges this afternoon to discuss a budget shortfall that is threatening to shut down courthouses across the state. During the meeting, the idea was raised to "call the bluff" of Rick Scott and the Florida House and ... More >>

Poll: Plummeting Rick Scott Would Lose To Alex Sink Now That It Doesn't Matter

A group called Public Policy Polling (PPP) discovered the obvious: Floridians are having some dramatic buyer's remorse when it comes to electing fraudster Rick Scott as governor. A poll of 500 Floridians found that his approval rating from diehards remained about the same as a similar PPP poll ... More >>