"The governor has told me I'm not to consider resigning,'" state GOP chairman Jim Greer told Steve Bousquet today. And it's easy to see why Crist would see Greer's departure as a major political blow, considering how firmly he's standing behind his embattled chairman.
"People have a specific political agenda - [...]
One person who won't be coming to the defense of FL GOP chairman Jim Greer? His former executive assistant, Jaimee Colley, who told Buzz she spent a very unpleasant three months working for Greer in 2007. (The party said she was fired within her 90-day probationary period for poor performance).
"I was expecting [...]
Greer hears footsteps
Adam Smith: "The chorus of Republican officials calling for the ouster of state GOP Chairman Jim Greer grew louder Thursday as at least 50 party officials signed a letter calling for a secret-ballot vote" [...]
Members of the Tampa Bay Young Republicans Club on Wednesday night were lamenting how personal the split between supporters of Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist in their U.S. Senate race have become.
"It's sad," said young GOP-er Dywan Washington, a Rubio backer. Long-time acquaintances from the two camps have stopped [...]
Look for the pressure to continue mounting on Jim Greer to resign as more and more significant Republicans come forward to call on him to step aside. If he doesn't, there will be special meeting in January. But what's not certain at all is whether anyone actually has the authority [...]
Here is the Florida GOP's 2009 financial statement for the state party's core operations (the administrative side, as opposed to the political side). Chairman Jim Greer suggested it was an outdated document that doesn't reflect reality.
UPDATE: And the state GOP sent this statement in response: The attached document is one [...]
TALLAHASSEE — Really, though.
If Gov. Charlie Crist was too nervous to hold a climate change conference this year, what were the odds that Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum would try to expand the GOP base and soften on environmental issues like cap-and-trade?
The answer is slim to none. Citing a report by [...]
More from that Associated Industries/Zogby poll of Dec. 7-11 poll of likely voters (5.7% MoE for GOP primary): Charlie Crist 45%, Marco Rubio 36.4%, 16.4% not sure.
The Republican primary for governor is particularly interesting. Bill McCollum overwhelmingly leads Paula Dockery, 38.2% to 7.2%, but a whopping 48.9% said they were not sure.
-- Adam C. Smith
[...]More from that Associated Industries/Zogby poll of likely voters. The poll, taken from Dec. 7-11, looked at GOP primary races and has a margin of error of 5.7 percentage points.
In the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, Gov. Charlie Crist (45 percent) still leads Marco Rubio (36.4), with 16.4 percent not sure.
The Republican [...]
By Josh Hafenbrack, Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE — Eric Miller, a Republican Party state committeeman from Martin County, just sent a letter blasting state party chairman Jim Greer as the GOP “continues to erode from the inside out.”
Miller is teed off over Greer’s decision to oust RPOF Vice Chairman Allen Cox. Greer’s [...]
It's a question we hear all the time lately, and nobody seems to have an answer. "I have no idea,'' said former GOP Chairman Tom Slade. "I'd like to see the pictures Greer must have."
Gov. Crist, after all, is not a guy known to stand by pals through thick and thin. Just [...]
Within hours of us posting state GOP vice chairman Allen Cox's criticism of Chairman Jim Greer's fiscal managment, Greer expelled Cox from the budget committee he chaired for seven years. A party spokeswoman said Greer made the decision because he was told by [...]
A bitter battle is heating up to oust state GOP Chairman Jim Greer, with leading Florida Republicans accusing him serious financial mismanagement that could jeopardize Republican campaigns in 2010.
"Maybe Jim Greer would be more comfortable in congress where deficits and excessive spending don’t seem to matter, but that’s not the [...]
The corporate media's double standard on Nazi analogies: When conservatives are compared to the Third Reich, however obscurely, it's an outrageous slur, but when [...]
WASHINGTON — Add another candidate to the crowded Republican primary looking to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando. State Rep. Kurt Kelly, R-Ocala, said on Monday that he expects to announce his candidacy in the next several weeks.
“Every indicator is pointing to me jumping in the race,” said [...]
A draft Jennifer Carroll for Florida Republican Party chairwoman movement has sprung up. But organizer Armando Grundy of Gainesville stressed to the Buzz that he's talking about electing her in 2011 and this has nothing to do with the movement to oust current chairman Jim [...]
State GOP Chairman Jim Greer, a magnet for criticism from local party leaders and major donors alike, got an official and overwhelming vote of confidence from his executive committee Thursday. But don't think for a moment that means his job is secure.
Key party leaders and activists are racking up votes [...]
State GOP Chairman Jim Greer, a magnet for criticism from local party leaders and major donors alike, got an official and overwhelming vote of confidence from board of directors Thursday. But don't think for a moment that means his job is secure.
Key party leaders and activists are racking up votes to rescind [...]
The House of Representatives passed legislation Friday designed to bring the most sweeping rewrite of financial regulation since the New Deal era following the Great Depression: "We are sending a clear message to Wall Street: The party is over," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Florida Republicans joined their counterparts in [...]
Imagine the horror of uber-sports fan Jim Norman if he beats Kevin Ambler in the GOP primary for the District 12 Florida Senate seat and then has to face former Buccaneer Derrick Brooks in the general election.
Some Democrats are hoping for just that scenario. When asked if he was [...]
Paul Senft of Haines City, who made the motion Thursday for a vote of confidence in state GOP leaders including embattled party Chairman Jim Greer, is defending his motion from critics who called it “subterfuge” and out of order.
“Accordinging to our legal counsel it was in order,” Senft said.… [...]
Buzz caught up with Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele as he raised money in Tampa, Jacksonville and Orlando for our periodic 5 Questions segment. The RNC chairman expressed full confidence in state GOP chairman Jim Greer and was steadfastly neutral in the GOP Senate primary featuring Marco Rubio and [...]
