The Republican presidential candidates can figure out a way to disagree on any topic — we saw last night they could argue about everything from Terri Schiavo to beet sugar — but there’s one thing they all have in common: None of them has any plans to go anywhere near…
Tonight at 9, the remaining four contenders for the GOP presidential nomination take the stage in Tampa to talk about the issues — and, usually, the nonissues.Either way, Florida’s primary election next week is a winner-take-all contest for the state’s 50 delegates, and the contest between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt…
Call it a match made in heaven.Rick Santorum is best-known (among 20-something alt-weekly types, at least) as the evangelical homophobe who likened gay relationships to “man-on-dog” sex and consequently suffered the wrath of Dan Savage’s revolting Google bomb.Jim Naugle is known locally as the former mayor who wasn’t afraid to…
Democrats Lois Frankel and Patrick Murphy have maintained that they’re both hell-bent on defeating Republican Rep. Allen West in this year’s election.On the other hand, it’s not 100 percent that they’ll both want to run against West considering the redistricting process, so both Democrats have been treading very lightly against…
Yep. A Broward Republican actually called the county Supervisor of Elections Office to ask for his absentee ballot back so he could vote again.Mary Cooney, public services director for the county election’s office, says she’s “only aware of one” person who tried to do this.As we mentioned earlier today, there…
Herman Cain is trying to work his magic again, this time by being featured in the new advertisement for U.S. Senate Republican hopeful and former Ruth’s Chris steak house CEO Craig Miller…
There have been a few news reports around the state about Republicans who got their absentee voting ballots in the mail a few weeks ago and sent them right back in with the Rick Perry/Michele Bachmann/Herman Cain/Jon Huntsman/Gary Johnson selection, which kind of sucks, since they’re not running for president…
Fort Lauderdale commissioners voted unanimously to complain send off a resolution saying the city’s not exactly a fan of the “destination resort casino” bill in the state Legislature — which is sponsored in the Senate by Fort Lauderdale Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff.Aside from that little rift in interests, the complaints stressed…
Believe it or not, South Florida Democratic Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ted Deutch — supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act — happened to get a lot of money from interest groups supporting the legislation.According to the nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization MapLight, Wasserman Schultz and Deutch took in nearly…
You know what sucks? Florida, if GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s new advertisement is to be believed…
That was quick. Less than an hour ago, Sen. Marco Rubio announced he no longer supports the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) — the Senate version of the Stop Online Privacy (SOPA) — which he was previously a cosponsor of.As we noted this morning, two South Florida congressional representatives, Democratic Reps…
If you go to Wikipedia’s website today, you may cry after finding it’s not giving out information today. The Google logo is also blacked out on that website, and Reddit and other sites are also blacking themselves out today.If you’re looking for someone local to blame for any of your…
If 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 relations/communications firm hired by the Florida Chamber…
It might seem a little ridiculous that PolitiFact took the time to find out whether Gov. Rick Scott really sold more than 240 dozen doughnuts over a couple hours, as he claimed during his State of the State address.It’s a little more ridiculous that PolitiFact returned with a verdict of…
Merick Lewin, the Republican state House candidate from Davie whose family runs the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, has raised $96,000 for his campaign– far outpacing all of his competitors in District 97.Unsurprisingly,roughly 30 percent of Lewin’s donations come from healthcare professionals and attorneys. 411-PAIN is a Broward-based company that refers car…
If Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said something profoundly stupid, we’d be all over it.Unfortunately, this is a case of a Fox News writer saying something profoundly stupid.When the headline “DNC Chair Blames Tea Party for Tucson Shooting” comes with a chopped-up video clip and an ellipsis right in the middle…
The House Committee on Ethics announced today that it won’t start a full-on investigation into the sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Alcee Hastings.This all stems from a complaint — an accompanying federal lawsuit that’s still alive — from a woman named Winsome Packer, who worked on the U.S. Commission on…
Last year, the extensive ties between charter school advocates and Florida state politicians proved fruitful. New laws expanded “high-performing” charter schools and created virtual charter schools. Gov. Rick Scott named charter advocates to his education transition team and gave speeches at various charter and private schools throughout the state. Now…
For 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 he’s doing an OK job.According to the…
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…
If you’re Joe Kaufman, you have to realize the Daily Show isn’t trying to schedule an interview with you to promote your congressional candidacy.Instead, not surprisingly, his interview focused on the comedy — like what Kaufman thought the definition of “against” was, given the title of his anti-Islam organization, Americans…
Remember when Nezar Hamze — a Muslim and executive director of Florida’s Council on American-Islamic Relations — got shut out of the Broward Republican Executive Committee?That whole situation got a well-deserved clowning from the Daily Show With Jon Stewart.The show even landed a hilarious interview with “congressional candidate” Joe Kaufman,…
