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March 14, 2012
UM Study: Voters Prefer Candidates With Deeper Voices
Did Obama coast to victory just because he had a deeper voice than John McCain? Did Alex Sink lose to Rick Scott in the Florida governor's race because of her high-pitched southern twang? New research by a University of Miami political science professor suggests it may be part of the electoral eq ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
Rick Scott Won't Be Paying for All of His Re-Election Campaign This Time
Florida Governor Rick Scott sunk about $70 million of his own money in his successful bid for election in 2010. He won't be up for election again for more than two years, but he's already gearing up his campaign. However, this go-around he won't be paying for it all out of his own pocket. A polit ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Do Florida Democrats Have a Hispanic Outreach Problem?
Democrats in Florida have a huge registered voter advantage over Republicans, but you couldn't tell that by looking at the leadership in Tallahassee and the Republican super majorities in both house of the state legislature. There's a few reasons for that situation (including the Republican-contr ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Charlie Crist Would Crush Rick Scott If He Ran As a Democrat in 2014
We don't believe a guy as politically ambitious as Charlie Crist would be happy for long at an ambulance-chasing law firm. Though, now that he's left the Republican party there are few clear paths for him to get back into any office. Unless, of course, he becomes a full-fledged Democrat. A new Pu ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Could Charlie Crist Take on Rick Scott in 2014 As a Democrat?
Gov. Rick Scott's leadership hasn't given Floridians much to celebrate. He's the most unpopular governor in America, and his poll numbers don't appear to be getting any better. But Democrats see a silver lining in the dark cloud. Scott's deep unpopularity gives them renewed electoral hope. I ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
Rick Scott Ends Twitter Town Hall As Soon As He's Called a "Jackass"
Our new gov's evening smoke and tweet session ended on a sour note.Yesterday, Rick Scott fired up the ol' Interwebs and announced his first inaugural "Twitter Town Hall." Surprise, surprise! He's just as evasive 140 characters at a time as he is in real time.Even still, the event was going just f ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Year in review: LeBron rescues Miami
Our new gov's evening smoke and tweet session ended on a sour note.Yesterday, Rick Scott fired up the ol' Interwebs and announced his first inaugural "Twitter Town Hall." Surprise, surprise! He's just as evasive 140 characters at a time as he is in real time.Even still, the event was going just f ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Candidates Line Up to Replace Frederica Wilson in Special State Senate Election
>While Frederica Wilson is up in D.C. preparing to be sworn into the U.S. Congress, her seat in the Florida Senate sits empty. Yesterday, outgoing Governor Charlie Crist announced that the primary election to replace Wilson will take place on February 8, while the general election will be Mar ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
Rising Star Andrew Gillum, 31, Enters Race for Florida Democratic Chair
Florida Democrats desperately need a Marco Rubio of their own, and 31-year-old Andrew Gillum, a commissioner for the City of Tallahassee may be the answer. He's not running for statewide elected office (yet, anyway), but has entered the race to replace Karen Thurman as the chair of the Florida De ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
What the Hell is Wrong with the Florida Democratic Party?
The Florida Democratic Party has nearly 600,000 more registered voters in the state than the Republicans, yet last night they failed miserably in delivering on a single important race. Their Governor candidate lost to a man who ran a company involved in the biggest Medicare fraud case in American ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
2010 Election Results Live Blog
Will Florida gets its first female Governor? Will the country's first female Speaker of the House be forced to turn in her gavel? Will Kendrick Meek somehow shock the world by winning? Did anyone bother to get to know enough about the CFO race to bother voting? Join us tonight as we live blog the ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2010
Farid Khavari, Iranian-Born Outsider Candidate, Calls Sink and Scott 'Economic Terrorists'
The terrorist-samba in action.Farid Khavari would like to have a word with you over your radio airwaves. The outsider candidate for governor has bought some ad time to let you know that, while his name may lead the prejudiced and idiotic to believe he's an Osama-lovin' al Qaeda operative, he's reall ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2010
Rick Scott is Worse at Testifying Under Oath than Bill Clinton
Rick Scott under oathIt wasn't exactly a proud moment for our country when then President Bill Clinton famously quipped "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is," while under sworn testimony. If you look back at that episode and cringe, you'll probably be in horror watching video of Ri ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2010
Republican Sen. Alex Villalobos Endorses Alex Sink for Governor
State Sen. Alex Villalobos, the former Republican majority leader of the Senate, has looked at the top of the Republican ticket in Florida this year and he doesn't like what he sees. He's already endorsed independent Charlie Crist in the Senate race and democrat Dan Gelber in the Attorney General ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Remember 9/11 and Say No to the Ground Zero Mosque
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times.This week, Luke says no to the Ground Zero mosque.I don't believe there should be a mosque next to the Ground Zero memorial site in Ne ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2010
Meet Jennifer Carroll: Even Rick Scott's Likely Running Mate Didn't Think He Should Be Governor
According to several sources, Rick Scott is expected to announce state Rep. Jennifer Carroll as his running mate today. Looking just at her identity and life story, she's an explosive pick: the first African American woman elected to the state legislature as a Republican, an immigrant from Trinid ... More >>
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August 31, 2010
Rumblings: Bud Chiles to Exit Governor's Race
via walkwithbud.comAs we put it last week "Lawton 'Bud' Chiles will run for governor until he realizes what everyone knows: he can't win." Now there's considerbale rumblings that the Independent candidate whose main qualification is that he shares a name with his late father, Gov. lawton Chiles, is ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
Fla. GOP Ex-Congressman Comes Out Strongly In Favor of Ground Zero Mosque
Despite being thousands of miles from Florida and having nothing to do with local politics, the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque" has become an issue in the sunshine state's 2010 election. While even some Democrats (we're looking at you Alex Sink and Ron Klein) have come out against the Islamic comm ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2010
Election Day Races to Keep an Eye On
Will Bill McCollum and Kendrick Meek hold back the two millionaire candidates? Will Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado's blossoming political machine get his daughter a seat on the Miami-Dade School Board? Will Dorrin Rolle survive his scandalous year to win another term to the county commission? Wi ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2010
Florida Primary Election Results Live Blog
Today Florida went to the polls for the 2010 primary election. While tonight's big theme involved controversial, self-funded billionaire outsiders taking on establishment career politicians in both the Republican primary for Governor and Democratic primary for Senate, there's still lots of ballot ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2010
Obama Visits Miami Today to Stump for Sink, Snap $10,000 photos
Pete Souza, White House BlogObama just can't get enough of Florida. Must be the fumes coming off our nice, oily ocean.A day after ex-prez Bill Clinton turned on the smiles for US Senate-hopeful Kendrick Meek, none other than President Obama himself is set to visit Miami today to stump for the Dem ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Lawton "Bud" Chiles III linked to alleged cult
Pete Souza, White House BlogObama just can't get enough of Florida. Must be the fumes coming off our nice, oily ocean.A day after ex-prez Bill Clinton turned on the smiles for US Senate-hopeful Kendrick Meek, none other than President Obama himself is set to visit Miami today to stump for the Dem ... More >>
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August 9, 2010
Governor Candidate 'Bud' Chiles Held Leadership Role in Church Accused of Being a Cult
via walkwithbud.comChiles ran the non-profit wing of a church many critics assail as a harmful cult.As he campaigns for governor on an independent ticket, Lawton "Bud" Chiles III likes to trumpet his decade running HOPE Worldwide, a health-care charity. "We did immunization and health outreach for t ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
Rick Scott and Bill McCollum want to turn Miami into an immigration prison
via walkwithbud.comChiles ran the non-profit wing of a church many critics assail as a harmful cult.As he campaigns for governor on an independent ticket, Lawton "Bud" Chiles III likes to trumpet his decade running HOPE Worldwide, a health-care charity. "We did immunization and health outreach for t ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
Bill Clinton in Miami August 16 to Campaign for Kendrick Meek
Bill Clinton has been one of the biggest and earliest supporters of Kendrick Meek's Senate candidacy. He's been headlining fundraisers for Meek since early 2009 and is steadfast in his support. In fact, he'll be in South Florida in a week and a half to campaign on behalf of Meek. The events come ... More >>
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August 3, 2010
Rick Scott and Bill McCollum Are Florida's Grand Wizards
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke claims Democrats are missing in action in the governor's race.The Democratic Party is out of sight and out of mind in the ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2010
Charlie Crist Holds 11-Point Lead in Senate Race
A young Charlie Crist being awarded his guarantee as Florida's next senator way back in Nineteen Seventy-Something. It has been fated.When Charlie Crist announced his candidacy for Senate, everyone kind of threw up their hands and thought, Well, guess ol' Charlie is gonna be our next senator. But ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Polls: Rubio Regains Lead, Apparently Any Republican Can Beat Alex Sink
Do you even recognize these candidates? Hey, Democratic Party of Florida, you do realize that you're supposed to win elections don't you? You're aware that President Obama won this state in 2008, and that you have a pretty hefty voter registration advantage over Republicans? You know that your ma ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2010
Governator vs. Alex Sink: Schwarzenegger Calls Florida "For the Old People"
Remember back in 2003 when California elected Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor and the rest of the world was like, "Wow, what a strange world we live in." Well, he's still governor, and he doesn't have many nice words for Florida.While trying to talk up California's tourism industry at a Silicon ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2010
News Roundup: Manny Headed to Harvard; Voters Head to Polls
It's Election Day! All over again! Voters in Districts 1 and 5 will head to the polls to replace Angel Gonzalez and maybe Michelle Spence-Jones. [CBS4]Former Mayor Manny Diaz is headed to Harvard to be a resident fellow at the JFK School of Government. Guess this means his name is complete ... More >>
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December 15, 2009
Charlie Crist Orders Investigation Into Wafflegate
via Gif PartySometimes Bureaucrats really do just love breakfast food, sometimes they don't (Parks & Rec joke, woo!)Every political reporter in the state of Florida might have to deal with strong cravings for IHOP for a while now, as the inexplicably stupid political scandal now known as Waff ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Miami-Dade Democratic Chairman Booted by State Party
Just days after sending out a fiery letter calling for the resignation of Florida Democratic Party chair Karen Thurman -- a letter that made liberal use of his word processor's bold and underline features -- Miami-Dade Democratic chairman BJ Chiszar has been given the boot. Chiszar's le ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2009
News Roundup
The President of the United States was in town last night, here's what he did:Was greeted by both protesters and supporters... [SoFlTimes]...Including Kendrick Meek, Dan Gelber, Alex Sink and Manny Diaz. [NakedPolitics]Rallied the democratic base at a fundraiser. [Herald]And raised nearly $1.5 milli ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2009
News Roundup
The Miami-Dade government promised it would cut pay to several workers to balance the budget, but sure is taking its time doing so, which is costing millions every week. [Herald]Alex Sink, Democratic candidate for Governor, will headline the state's biggest gay rights group's annual gala in Ft. Laud ... More >>
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August 19, 2009
News Roundup
The woman who set herself on fire died from her injuries. [AP]Pitbull is getting the key to the City of Miami. [Herald]Alex Sink is trailing Bill McCollum by four points in the latest Q poll. [Herald]Hurricane Bill is a Category 4; thankfully it'll probably just wander around in the ocean before fiz ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2009
Attorney General McCollum Works About 22 Hours a Week
The Palm Beach Post decided to check the time sheets of Governor candidates and current cabinet members Republican Bill McCollum and Democrat Alex Sink. Turns out, in the past two months neither has been working that hard. McCollum averages about 22 hours of work a week as attorney ge ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2009
News Roundup
LocalAll 11 universities in the state are seeking to raise tuition by the highest allowable amount. [CBS4]Someone wrote some fan fiction about a manatee gang bang. Oh, wait, that actually happened? [Herald]Actual political joke Bob Smith is running for Senate. He used to represent New Hampshire in ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2009
"Hot Bachelor" Dave Aronberg Officially Enters Attorney General Race
With no one coming forward to challenge Alex Sink in the Governor's primary, and Kendrick Meek holding a sizable advantage on the fundraising front and Dan Gelber dropping out in the Senate race, it seems that the Democratic primary action may boil up in the Attorney General's race. State Senat ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2009
Is Bill McCollum Too Boring to be Governor?
Not exactly Mr. Charisma. If politics really does come down to which candidate you'd rather have a beer with, then Bill McCollum's candidacy might as well be dead on arrival. The guy has never really screamed excitement or personality, but that hasn't stopped him from seekin ... More >>
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May 21, 2009
Man on Gas Pumps Will Not Run For Gov
via Joakim Lind's flickrFlorida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson will not run for Governor. Not that any one is that surprised, since the state party and major fundraisers were already congealing around Attorney General Bill McCollum. Bronson had earlier claimed that since his name was ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2009
Let's Play Identity Politics For a Moment
So after the NRSC endorsed Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio in the Republican Senate primary, a lot of people implied it was a snub to Hispanics. We thought this was silly. Crist has won three statewide campaigns in a row, is an extremely popular governor, and has a national profile. He's going to win ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2009
Report: Jeff Atwater To Announce CFO Bid Tuesday
So the game of political musical chairs continues. The Orlando Sentinel says current senate President Jeff Atwater is going to throw his hat into the CFO ring on Tuesday. Atwater, a Republican from North Palm Beach, served in the state house from 2001-2003 and has been in the senate since then. ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2009
The Week That Was: A Sense of Belonging
This was a week where people were just trying to figure out where they belong. It was an awkward thing to watch, like tweens on their first day of middle school figuring out which lunch table to sit at. Jason Taylor knew deep, deep down that his heart belonged to Miami, and he was willing to co ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2009
Gov Race: Sink Expected to Announce This Week, McCullom Next
Those who have been following Florida politics aren't in for any major surprise, but it is still exciting to see it play out nonetheless. Naked Politics reports that a source tells them CFO Alex Sink, a Democrat, is expected to announce her entrance into the now open Governor's race before a fundrai ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2009
Charlie Crist Expected To Announce Senate Bid Tomorrow
In the past month the idea that Charlie Crist would run for Senate has gone from hot political rumor to almost foregone conclusion, and news broke this weekend that it is indeed fact. Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer told the Pensacola News Journal last night that Crist will annou ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2009
With Crist's Announcement Imminent, the Dominos Begin to Fall
With the end of the legislative session in Tallahassee last week, and Charlie Crist widely expected to announce his Senate intention tomorrow the dominoes should quickly fall as down ticket politicos all over the state start positioning themselves for 2010. So far, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, who has bee ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2009
Dear Politicians, Please Exploit Your Family Dogs
The liberal, elitist media would like you to think that Barack Obama is the first ever dog-owning politician in history. Charles Beauregard "Bo" Hussein Kennedy-Obama (yes, we've made that joke today but we will continue to call him that until the Obama administration produces his birth certificate. ... More >>
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January 30, 2009
Oh, Look, We Already Have Front Runners for 2014
They don't share political idealogies, but they do share a hair stylist. It's a sign of just how much dominance Charlie Crist has in Florida politics that both races he could conceivably run in 2010 - Governor or, less likely, Senator - are having a hard time attracting big name candidate, but the n ... More >>
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December 2, 2008
Mel Martinez Decides One Term is Enough, 2010 Senate Race Wide Open
It's been our fear that something huge politic-wise would happen while we were away looking at pretty, little art things, and what do you know it happens on the first day. Sonofa. Senator Mel Martinez has announced that he will not run for re-election in 2010. His Senate seat was generally seen ... More >>
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November 5, 2008
Looking Forward to 2010
It's been our fear that something huge politic-wise would happen while we were away looking at pretty, little art things, and what do you know it happens on the first day. Sonofa. Senator Mel Martinez has announced that he will not run for re-election in 2010. His Senate seat was generally seen ... More >>
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