edited by: Kay Day,
Florida Editor
The more Attorney General Bill McCollum says as a gubernatorial candidate, the more a clash between him and Gov. Charlie Crist seems inevitable.
See his statement today on the 11.5 percent unemployment rate, which he called "a clear indication that President Barack Obama's risky and expensive economic policies aren't working for Florida."' [...]
The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson has an interesting column today about how Sarah Palin implemented a common-sense climate change policy as governor of Alaska but is now calling for President Barack Obama to boycott the Copenhagen summit. What changed?
"When she was in office, Palin treated the issue as" [...]
From the Hill: Freddy Balsera, a former adviser to President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign received nearly $70,000 from a federal stimulus bill contract to help alert television viewers in difficult-to-reach communities that their TV's would soon no longer receive broadcast signals.
"Republicans on Tuesday criticized the federal spending on the advertising'" [...]
Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, put out a statement today saying he opposes President Barack Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan.
"It is my judgment this plan for escalation and withdrawal is not worth one" [...]
[Michael Scionti photo]
State Rep. Michael Scionti, D-Tampa, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to a position in the Department of Defense and will resign his post in the Florida House. His resignation will be effective Dec. 13. The Governor will have to schedule a special election [...]
From a House Democrats' press release:
State Representative Michael Scionti will not seek reelection to a third term in the Florida House of Representatives for Legislative District 58 and announces that he has been appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intergovernmental Affairs and' [...]
Those were the exact words that Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen used to describe President Barack Obama when she appear on Radio Mambi last month.Does Gov. Charlie Crist tweeting his response to President Barack Obama's speech last night feed into the criticism that he's a lightweight? His U.S. Senate rivals took the time to put out statements -- albeit extremely predictable ones -- with full sentences and words spelled correctly.
Crist: Pleased need for add'l' [...]
Some Democrats aren't enthused by President Barack Obama's plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan, but a number of Florida Democrats are standing behind him.
Florida Sen. Bill Nelson: "I think the president has a sensible plan, both short- and- long term, to empower the Afghan people and allow for U.S.'" [...]
"I think the president has a sensible plan, both short- and- long term, to empower [...]
The Miami Republican -- the top GOP'er on the House Foreign Affairs committee -- will be among a bipartisan group of lawmakers getting a heads-up from President Barack Obama and veep Joe Biden on the administration's plans to escalate the war in Afghanistan.
The lawmakers will meet with Obama and Biden before Obama boards [...]
Allan Katz of Tallahassee, a Democratic Party activist and early supporter of President Barack Obama, has been nominated ambassador to Portugal.
Katz, a former Tallahassee City Council member and a lawyer, was one of a handful of prominent Florida Democrats who allied with Obama early in the Democratic presidential primary… [...]
Former Tallahassee city commissioner Allan Katz, a lawyer and lobbyist who helped run President Barack Obama's Florida campaign, just got nominated by Obama to be ambassador to the Portuguese Republic.
Katz, an Akerman Senterfitt attorney, meets regularly with CFO Alex Sink,and was appointed by her to serve on the Citizens Insurance board. He has [...]
Allan Katz of Tallahassee, a Democratic Party activist and early supporter of President Barack Obama, has been nominated ambassador to Portugal.
Katz, a former Tallahassee City Council member and a lawyer, was one of a handful of prominent Florida Democrats who allied with Obama early in the Democratic presidential primary… [...]
Tallahassee's Allan J. Katz has been nominated ambassador to the Portuguese Republic (that's the official name for Portugal)
Katz, a major Obama fundraiser and member of his national finance committee, is a former city commissioner in Tallahassee.
President Barack Obama also nominated Bisa Williams -- whose recent trip to Cuba made headlines -- [...]
