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What’s truly unbelievable here is not that John McCain has done yet another remarkable 180 on a position he adamantly took just three days ago — or even that he believed making a controversy out of tire inflation would work against Obama when his campaign operatives suggested it.
“And [...]
Barack Obama stepped into a fractious Democratic congressional primary in Tennessee today, in which an African American woman -- Nikki Tinker -- is looking to oust Rep. Steve Cohen, who is Jewish (and a proud 1967 grad of Coral Gables High)
Though he didn't name names, Obama's statement suggests the [...]
The mayor of Dunedin has returned two contributions to his congressional campaign because he felt the donors were trying to influence him.
Bob Hackworth said today he returned $500 from two Dunedin developers. At a runaway Dunedin City Commission meeting last month, Richard Gehring and Bill [...]
Florida Health News reports that a lawsuit has been filed that accuses Benson, secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration, of improperly intervening in cases involving her friends and political allies. The accusations cover some of the same ground that the Ethics Commission looked at earlier and found insufficient [...]
A broad coalition fighting Amendment 5 argued in court papers today that the proposal should be removed from the ballot because the summary is "grossly misleading" and does not fully describe all the changes that would occur.
"The reference to a limit on annual assessment of real property is, at best, [...]
A sign-making party for Bill Mitchell's campaign for the U.S. House District 9 Democratic primary will be held at the office of Tampa attorney Stratton Smith, 609 W Azeele St., Tampa, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15. Pizza and refreshments will be served. Interested? Call the Mitchell campaign at [...]
County Commission Chairman Ted Schrader, who lit into the prospects of a lagging tennis stadium, revisited the issue today with the Bay Buzz -- a day after Pasco County's tourism board green-lighted a deal for the $7.9-million complex. The commission has to give the final approval
While other county [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain's campaign says it will review donations brought in by a prominent Florida businessman following disclosures that his business partner, a foreign national, also may have engaged in fundraising.
A McCain spokesman says the campaign is looking into hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions to make [...]
CFO Alex Sink told the Buzz Thursday that while she hasn't taken a formal position on the Constitutional Amendment 5, she's leaning against it.
If passed by 60 percent of voters, the so-called the "tax swap" amendment would eliminate most property taxes that now fund education and would plug that funding [...]
I had some angry folks over headline saying "Bronson was killed in an exercise." He is alive. He was theoretically killed in the theorietical exercise. The hed is changed, per some of the anonymous commentariat's suggestions. I hope a second blog clears this up. Again: Bronson lives.
[...]Barack Obama has an ad accusing John McCain of being "in the pocket'' of Big Oil, and the Democratic party is busy mocking the "Exxon-McCain 08'' ticket." But employees of household names Exxon, Chevron and BP have given more money to Obama than McCain, according to the Center of [...]
Bill Bishop, the author of The Big Sort, the untold story of why America is so culturally and politically divided. Read More
Click here to hear the interview
Here he is!In an [...]
From the Associated Press: John McCain's campaign says it will review donations brought in by a prominent Florida businessman following disclosures that his business partner, a foreign national, also may have engaged in fundraising.
A McCain spokesman says the campaign is looking into hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions to [...]
A little more to that Miami traffic accident yesterday involving Joe Lieberman aboard the Straight Talk Express: Turns out the impact sent a staffer's chocolate birthday cake with thick white frosting smack into the Connecticut senator
"At the moment of impact I was sitting in a [...]
Sheriff Al Lamberti is half way to his goal of raising $1 million by the election.
Lamberti has raised about $503,000 including about $20,000 for in-kind donations, said his treasurer Jose Riesco.
Details about who is donating to Lamberti will be available Friday when candidates submit reports of fundraising through Aug. 1.
Lamberti, [...]
The Wall Street Journal editorial board, the arbiter of the nation’s financial conservative movement, says Gov. Charlie Crist shouldn’t be John McCain’s running because of his “political opportunism.”
The Journal said Crist “could help the nominee in a big state with 27 electoral votes. But like Iowa caucus [...]
Well, it’s about time! EMILY’S LIST has gotten off the the fence and endorsed Annette Taddeo for Congress in FL-18.
Yes, I can see why in the abstract it might be hard for a feminist group to come out against a senior woman in the House. But in this case, [...]
Okay, after personal stuff and technical issues, I think I’m finally ready to get back to normal blogging. I should have a ton of stuff for you later today. Right after I exercise.
And don’t forget to check out Kane Gruber’s Stubborn Things radio show at 7 p.m.
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