In a speech to about 300 Broward Republican activists tonight, Gov. Charlie Crist said he agreed with Sen. George LeMieux's vote Saturday to block the Democrat-backed health care legislation. Republicans failed to stop the Senate from taking up the bill for debate.
Crist said he agreed with his political appointee and former chief' [...]
Here is Equality Florida's breathless review from of Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink's appearance at its fundraiser on Sunday:
Fantastic news from our Equality Florida Broward Gala. Last Sunday's gathering of Equality Florida activists, donors, elected leaders and volunteers was our biggest event of the year and smashed through all of our previous fundraising records. The event has triggered major' [...]
U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young's Pinellas County office may get a bit busy over the next few days. Democratic activists upset with his "no" vote on the House health care bill are asking people to stop by and voice their displeasure. The same effort is directed at Republican Rep. Ileana [...]
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Greer responded with a potentially less confrontational [...]
The rebellion against Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer appears to be coming to a head. As first reported by Gary Fineout of The Fine Print, a number of GOP leaders Florida are demanding a "special emergency closed meeting'' of the state party's executive board.
Greer responded with a" [...]
Marco Rubio zipped into Pinellas County tonight - his third Tampa Bay stop in a week - and enthralled 400 or so hard core activists in Charlie Crist's home county. Interesting that he pretty much compared Barack Obama to Fidel Castro [...]
U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, a Marco Rubio backer, joins a growing chorus of Republican activists in Florida wanting Jim Greer out (UPDATE: Greer's response below): "Jim Greer has shown on numerous occasions that he is incapable of running the Republican party of Florida (RPOF) and [...]
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is emerging as the champion of activists fed up with Republicans who don't stay true to conservative principles. But if those turning against Gov. Charlie Crist are looking for a pure, uncompromising conservative, Rubio's legislative record might give them [...]
Lights flashing, bass pumping, Democratic candidate Scott Maddox pumped up the party from the deejay's perch behind the dance floor.
"I want to see everyone on the dance floor because I got a feeling!'' he urged party activists who came to his reception at the Florida Democratic Party's recent conference in" [...]
LEALMAN -- For years some activists in this unincorporated area complained that Kenneth City was getting its fire coverage on the backs of Lealman taxpayers courtesy of a sweetheart deal the fire board had cut with the town.
But just how sweet became clear Tuesday night.
Lealman fire commissioners held a special [...]
About 100 protesters rallied across the street from the Fountainebleau Miami Beach Monday to criticize a range of President Barack Obama's policies, from healthcare to immigration to the president's golfing.
The crowd was a diverse one: Haitian-Americans calling for temporary protected status for Haitians, anti-abortion activists, birthers who question Obama's birth place, gun rights activists' [...]
BayBuzz popped in on the Camp Wellstone training weekend in Tampa on Sunday, the seven-year anniversary of the death of Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone. The three-day weekend drew more than 120 candidates, campaign workers and activists, mostly from Florida, but a handful from other parts of the country. Hillsborough's Young [...]
A story in today’s Wall Street Journal explores the trouble that conservative “tea party” activists are giving Republican moderates. Among those that WSJ thinks are suffering: Gov. Charlie Crist.
“The rise of conservative ‘tea party’ activists around the country has created… [...]
With activists hammering Bill Nelson to support a public health insurance option, the Florida Democrat offers a tepid endorsement, saying in an e-mail to supporters that he'd still like to see the Senate health care proposal include "some form of a public option to keep the insurance companies honest."
Full e-mail after the jump.
"Dear Friend,'" [...]
