A letter to Florida Republicans from Allison DeFoor, former vice chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and nominee for Lt. Governor in 1990:
The two party system has served America well for many years. There is no requirement that the Republican Party be one of the two. The Democrats are doing a [...]
Negotiations are over; The deals have been made. Key Democrat Senators have sold their principles and their souls for Judas silver in the modern guise of political expediency:
[...]Democratic districts received nearly twice the amount of stimulus funds as GOP districts
This is your government, America. Thugs, bribery, coercion, payoffs… it’s like Mafia Wars on a national scale.
A new analysis of the $157 billion distributed by the American Reinvestment and Recovery act, popularly known as the stimulus bill, [...]
Senators from “several states” have been bought and paid for, including Nebraska, Louisiana and Vermont. Abortion coverage was out, but it’s really in.
Democrats have bastardized their own vision into something unrecognizable, though when they mention a ‘non-profit’ entity, they’re talking about the government. The public option that is supposedly not [...]
Democrats are launching robo-calls against House Republicans -- including Miami Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart -- for voting last week against a bill to regulate Wall Street. He wasn't alone -- every Republican in the House cast a "nay" vote against the bill Democrats say will crack down on financial misdeeds by the' [...]
WASHINGTON — Not everyone thinks imitation is the best form of flattery.
In fact, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando took such offense at a parody website aimed at unseating him that the freshman Democrat has asked that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder investigate the Lake County activist who started the [...]
Democrats have launched a robo-call effort against U.S. Rep. Bill Young over his opposition to the House bill to re-regulate Wall Street. Audio here. Young, R-Indian Shores, was not alone. No Republicans voted for the bill, and 27 Democrats joined in opposition. (background here)
In an interview after last Friday's vote, [...]
TALLAHASSEE — With some uber-somber mood music playing in the background, the Florida Demcoratic Party has put out a video taking Attorney General Bill McCollum to task for arguing his support of deregulatory efforts in Congress aimed at investment banks didn’t set the stage for today’s financial collapse.
McCollum has gone [...]
By John Kennedy, The News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — The new year may bring a new candidate for the Chief Financial Officer’s race – with former Democratic state Rep. Loranne Ausley saying she will spend the holidays weighing a run.
Ausley, who has been in the race to succeed term-limited Sen. [...]
Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, has the endorsement of former Gov. Buddy MacKay. Gelber is running against fellow Sen. Dave Aronberg of Greenacres for the Democratic attorney general primary.
"Our state is at a crossroad and now more than ever we need a leader like Dan Gelber who will confront the challenges" [...]
Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach, has the endorsement of former Gov. Buddy MacKay. Gelber is running against fellow Sen. Dave Aronberg of Greenacres in the Democratic attorney general primary.
"Our state is at a crossroad and now more than ever we need a leader like Dan Gelber who will confront the challenges of [...]
Democrats will probably not get his vote, but they keep trying to pressure Sen. George LeMieux to support the health care reform bill.
Organizing for America volunteers plan to drop by his Jacksonville, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale offices tomorrow and deliver declarations from Floridians in [...]
TALLAHASSEE — Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s office just sent out another letter signed by much of the state’s congressional delegation to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, asking for the much-hyped$2.5 billion in high-speed rail funding the state has requested.
In an e-mail to reporters, the Democrat’s office suggests that “an [...]
Former Tallahassee state Rep. Loranne Ausley is said to be close to a decision on whether she'll be the Democrats' nominee for chief financial officer, the powerful Cabinet position being vacated by Democrat Alex Sink, who is running for governor.
Ausley, who was termed limited out of the state House in 2008, is [...]
UPDATE: Former Tallahassee state Rep. Loranne Ausley said she will decide after the holiday whether she'll seek the Democratic nomination for the chief financial officer, the powerful Cabinet agency being vacated by Democrat Alex Sink, who is running for governor.
Ausley, who was termed limited out of the state house in 2008, is now' [...]
Speaking of an unwillingness to support Florida's bid for up to $700 million from the Obama Administration's Race to the Top, did you catch the Florida Education Association's open letter to education commissioner Eric J. Smith this morning?
Published as an ad in the Tallahassee Democrat, FEA president Andy Ford's letter [...]
Picking up a line of attack begun months ago by the Florida Republican Party, gubernatorial hopeful Bill McCollum is accusing his Democratic rival, Alex Sink, of using ``deceptive loan practices'' while she was a top banker.
It's a risky political strategy, considering McCollum's history with the mortgage industry. As a member [...]
Andrew Bolt on the Copenhagen talks… It’s socialism, not capitalism, that stirs those folks…
Putting our economy in the hands of Chavez fans
These maniacs in Copenhagen are voting on your future:
President Chavez brought the house down.
When he said the process in Copenhagen was “not democratic, it is not inclusive, [...]
By John Kennedy, The News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Lottery has tentatively awarded a five-year, $3.7 million contract to Mike Vasilinda Productions, the video production firm owned by the veteran Capitol newsman and spouse of Democratic Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda.
Vasilinda has had the Lottery contract since [...]
Picking up a line of attack begun months ago by the Florida Republican Party, Bill McCollum is accusing his Democratic rival for governor, Alex Sink, of "deceptive loan practices'' while she was a top banker.
It's a risky political strategy, considering McCollum's history with the mortgage industry. As a member of [...]
