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May 17, 2012
Mitt Romney Likes Rick Scott's Controversial Drug Testing Laws
Mitt Romney may preach smaller government, but he doesn't mind the government getting all up in your body fluids. The Republican presidential candidate said today that he "doesn't disagree" with Florida Governor Rick Scott's controversial plan to drug test state workers.
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May 3, 2012
Poll: Romney Inches Past Obama in Florida
Most polls of Florida voters taken in the past few months have shown President Barack Obama with a slim but definite lead over Mitt Romney, but now that Romney is all but the official nominee it seems that he's now taken the slimmest of leads in the Sunshine State according to the latest Quinnipiac ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
Ann Coulter: Jeb Bush is "Embarrassing to the Republican Party"
We're not sure that you can get more embarrassing than the current state of the GOP primary, and we're not the only ones who seem to think so. Even a still-anonymous top Republican senator seems to hope that a new candidate jumps in and take the nomination in a contested convention. His preferred ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Five Fictional Republicans We'd Rather See Campaigning in Florida This Week
Our fellow Floridians, another round of primary elections is upon us and with it comes the usual sleazy political drama. Attack ads clog our airwaves; politicians deliver lofty promises they can't keep; and national news organizations have another chance to bring up the "hanging chad" incident.This ... More >>
News
January 26, 2012
Mitt Romney must be destroyed: 15 reasons to stop the Mormon cyborg
Our fellow Floridians, another round of primary elections is upon us and with it comes the usual sleazy political drama. Attack ads clog our airwaves; politicians deliver lofty promises they can't keep; and national news organizations have another chance to bring up the "hanging chad" incident.This ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Rick Scott Won't Offer Primary Endorsement: Both Newt and Mitt Breathe Sigh of Relief
It's not exactly like anyone was chasing the big Rick Scott endorsement anyway, but today Florida's popularity challenged governor made it clear that he will not be endorsing anyone ahead of the state's Republican primary. We doubt either Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney will lose much sleep over being ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
Occupy Florida Interrupts Rick Scott's "State of the State" Entrance (Video)
The Occupy movement made its debut at last night's opening of the legislative season in Tallahassee with a move carefully calibrated to resonate with ordinary Floridians -- they yelled some stuff at widely loathed Gov. Rick Scott.As Scott made his way into the House, protesters lined the hallway yel ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2011
Gambling Industry Fueling Next Year's Election Season
In the past year, parimutuel and casino companies have contributed over a million dollars to state legislators and Republican political action committees as the gambling industry gears up for a combative legislative session in 2012. The stakes are high. State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff and Rep. Erik Frese ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2011
Ron Paul, President of Straw Polls, Wins Miami Straw Poll
If the American electorate was made up of straws, gold dealers, and that odd type of overly enthusiastic libertarian (who just happens to ignore the more socially progressive parts of being a true libertarian), Ron Paul would certainly be elected emperor for life. Of course, that's not how Americ ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2011
Gambling Addiction in Florida Is On the Rise as Genting Eyes Giant Downtown Miami Casino
The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling reports it has seen a large uptick in calls to its help line in the past year, indicating that gambling addiction may be on the rise in the Sunshine State. The report comes after Governor Rick Scott slashed the program's budget, and as state lawmakers mu ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2011
The Tea Party Has a New Enemy in Florida: Water Fluoridation
Despite being a common practice in developed countries for nearly 70 years and dubbed "one of the greatest public health achievements of the century" by the CDC, water fluoridation has joined the likes of Charlie Crist and Barack Obama as the latest enemy of the Tea Party in Florida. Tea Par ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Rick Scott Pays Just $360-a-year For His Taxpayer-Subsidized Health Insurance
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average health plan costs an American family $13,770 in premiums a year. Governor Rick Scott pays just $360 to insure himself and his wife thanks to a state Government plan he's enrolled in. Yep. the average American pays 38.25 percent more for their he ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
South Florida Tea Party Publishes Smorgasbord of Lies
The South Florida Tea Party posted some shocking statistics last week: Compared to England and Canada, Americans have better cancer survival rates, a larger proportion of healthy low-income seniors and better treatment of diabetes.It also said only 8 percent of President Barack Obama's cabinet ha ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Allen West Actually Lives in Debbie Wasserman Schultz's District
In a situation only slightly less perplexing than being your own grandfather, it turns out that Rep. Allen West is not his own congressman. In fact, the Republican who represents the 22nd District actually lives in the neighboring 20th District represented by Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schu ... 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 24, 2011
Poll: Obama Leading All Republican Candidates in Florida, But Only Over 50 Against Palin
There's not many scenarios under which President Obama can win reelection in 2012 without winning Florida (especially considering we'll have two more electoral votes this time around). New numbers from Public Policy Polling show that while Obama is leading all Republican candidates right n ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Dan Gelber: Rick Scott Doesn't Care About Florida People
Former Miami Beach Democratic-state-senator-turned-failed- attorney-general-candidate Dan Gelber doesn't want his political relevance to fade away (and the man may have a bright future in Florida politics yet), so he's reminded everyone he's still around by posting a blistering attack on Florida' ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Obama's Approval Ratings Get Big Bump in Florida
The 2012 election is still 17 months away, but the latest numbers from Quinnipiac show hopeful news for Democrats for the first time in month. President Barack Obama's approval ratings are back above 50 percent in Florida since 2009, and more Floridians say they would definitely vote for him than a ... More >>
News
May 12, 2011
Rick Scott should show his birth certificate
The 2012 election is still 17 months away, but the latest numbers from Quinnipiac show hopeful news for Democrats for the first time in month. President Barack Obama's approval ratings are back above 50 percent in Florida since 2009, and more Floridians say they would definitely vote for him than a ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Union Dues Fight: Miami Republicans Cause Another Defeat for Rick Scott
Just days after news that Gov. Rick Scott's push to eliminate corporate income tax would end in failure, another big item on Scott's agenda now looks it's headed for defeat. Scott and Sen. John Thrasher, the former chair of the state GOP, made it a top priority to pass a bill that would ban publ ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
Mitt Romney is the GOP Front-Runner in Florida, Maybe
Mittens in guayabera. Back in 2008, Mitt Romney came in second place to John McCain in Florida's GOP primary, a loss that signaled the beginning of the end for his campaign. Perhaps though the Sunshine State could prove warmer to Romney's presidential hopes a second time around. A new poll from M ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Rick Scott Will be Holding "Facebook Townhall" Tonight
Back in January Gov. Rick Scott tried to connect with the people of Florida through Twitter. He, of course, got called a "jackass" and decided to sign off shortly after. Now he's giving this whole interwebs thing another try and will be hosting a Facebook Townhall tonight.
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February 17, 2011
Even Republicans are Angry Rick Scott Declined High-Speed Rail Funds
Even some Elephants prefer to travel by train. Rick Scott's decision to decline $2.4 billion in federal funds to build a state-of-the-art high-speed rail system in Florida continues to draw anger, ire and confusion today even from many Republicans. Today, a veto-proof majority of 26 state senator ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
Rick Scott's Budget is a Political Mess
Rick Scott introduced his budget this Monday to cheers at a Tea Party event inside a Eustis, Florida, church. Back in the reality of Tallahassee, though, the new governor's plans haven't been greeted with much enthusiasm. Even Republican lawmakers aren't sure it's a workable budget. Scott is faci ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
GOP Is Already Looking Into Plans to Replace Rep. David Rivera
Way to go Miami. We've elected a guy to congress who is so ethically shady that he even makes career D.C. politicians nervous. As the ethics scandal involving freshman Republican Rep. David Rivera grows, GOP leaders are said to be quietly making plans to replace him if need be. In any event, ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2010
Poll: Barack Obama Would Beat Marco Rubio (and Every Other Republican) in Florida
Florida just elected two far-right politicians as its next Governor and Senator, and now Republicans have veto-proof majorities in both houses of the state legislature. So, Barack Obama can kiss his chances of repeating his 2008 Florida win in 2012 goodbye, right? Well, not according to a new sur ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2010
Tea Party Group Sponsoring Presidential Primary Debate in Florida
Last time around, presidential hopefuls of both parties came down to the University of Miami to participate in the nation's first primary debates broadcast in Spanish. In 2012, the Republicans will return to Florida for a primary debate, but this one is being sponsored by a group called the "Tea ... More >>
News
December 2, 2010
FAIR-y tales: The immigration saga continues
Last time around, presidential hopefuls of both parties came down to the University of Miami to participate in the nation's first primary debates broadcast in Spanish. In 2012, the Republicans will return to Florida for a primary debate, but this one is being sponsored by a group called the "Tea ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2010
Frederica Wilson Gives Up on Fight to Wear Hats on House Floor
The floor of the United States House of Representatives will remain a boring chapeau-free waste land. Representative-elect Frederica Wilson will give up on her erstwhile fight to get Speaker-elect John Boehner to end a ban on hats while the body is in session.
Blogs
December 1, 2010
Arizona-Style Immigration Bill Introduced in Florida Senate
Well, with Rick Scott set to take the Governor's chair and Republicans with super-majorities in both houses of the legislature, it was only a matter of time before the Florida GOP got cracking on delivering Arizona-style immigration laws in the sunshine state. Senate President Pro Tempore Mik ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Election Day Recap: A Real Life Montgomery Burns Poised to Lead Florida
Florida's new governor: Rick ScottWatching last night's election results pour in, Banana Republican could only take solace that Dorrin Rolle is no longer a Miami-Dade County commissioner and that state legislators will no longer have the ability to draw their own districts. Other than that, the 2 ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2010
Rick Scott's New Ad About Ground Zero Mosque, Which Is Nowhere Near Florida
Billionaire businessman Rick Scott has so much money to spend on TV ads in his self-funded quest to buy the governor's seat that it seems he has run out of issues that matter to Floridians. Now he's just buying airtime to apparently talk about any old thing on his mind -- well, any highly controv ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2010
Alex Sink Leads Bill McCollum in Poll for First Time in Months; Too Bad She Still Trails Behind Rick Scott
As Rick Scott and Bill McCollum battle for the Republican nomination in the gubernatorial race, is Democrat Alex Sink silently waiting to pounce? New poll numbers suggest she's increasingly viable again as the Republicans duke it out and potential independent spoiler Bud Chiles gains steam. The s ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2010
If Jeff Greene Wins Primary, Democrat Establishment Might Tacitly Embrace Charlie Crist
The impetus for the latest Politico article about the Florida senate race must have gone something like this: "Hey, you know that Jeff Greene guy who's spending $40 million to buy the Democratic Senate nomination -- he's kind of creepy with a bit of a shady background, right? And Charlie Crist ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2010
Marco Rubio Should Get Fitted For A White Robe and Hood
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 sizes up Senate candidates Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, and Marco Rubio.Alex IzaguirreRubio will probably go down in his ... More >>
News
November 5, 2009
Letters from the Issue of November 5, 2009
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 sizes up Senate candidates Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, and Marco Rubio.Alex IzaguirreRubio will probably go down in his ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2009
Mike Huckabee Endorses Marco Rubio
Word that this endorsement might be coming has been in the pipeline for weeks, but now it's official: Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate and current Fox News host Mike Huckabee has endorsed Marco Rubio in the Republican primary for Senate. Huckabee's endorsement is as much a c ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2009
Conservatives May Want Rubio To Challenge Crist in Senate Primary
You would think the Republican party would start trying to find ways to be a more inclusive group. Instead, operating under the assumption that when the democrats make one major screw up, voters will have only one choice to turn to: a newly, ideologically pure Republican party. Now, The Tampa Tribun ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2009
Debbie Does the DNC
It's not often that Republican reps Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and the Diaz-Balarts must be happy about announcements of new Democratic leadership, but the buzz today that congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be elected vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee must have them smiling. As co ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2008
By Appointment
Katherine Cue, of course, isn't the only recent controversial appointment to an elected office. Yesterday, Delaware's Governor announced that she would appoint Vice President-elect Joe Biden's chief of staff Edward Kaufman to his soon to be vacated senate seat. The Governors of Illinois and p ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2008
House GOP Goes Right Again, Leaving Miami's Moderates in the Cold
All three of Miami's Republican representatives staved off Democratic challengers in the election, but the brand of Republicanism they represent is losing influence in their own party. While last week's Republican Governors Association conference didn't come to a clear conclusion on which ideolog ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2008
No One Ignores The Riptide
Oh, Hell no New England Republicans. You do not come down to our town and try to ignore the Riptide! No one ignores the Riptide! You can try New England Republicans, but the writing is on the wall. Unless you heed our call for trickle-down truck nutz policy, abolishing the judicial branch, and br ... More >>
Blogs
November 6, 2008
News Roundup
Oh, Hell no New England Republicans. You do not come down to our town and try to ignore the Riptide! No one ignores the Riptide! You can try New England Republicans, but the writing is on the wall. Unless you heed our call for trickle-down truck nutz policy, abolishing the judicial branch, and br ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2008
Diaz-Balarts on Leaked GOP "Death List"
Oh, Hell no New England Republicans. You do not come down to our town and try to ignore the Riptide! No one ignores the Riptide! You can try New England Republicans, but the writing is on the wall. Unless you heed our call for trickle-down truck nutz policy, abolishing the judicial branch, and br ... More >>
Blogs
September 19, 2008
Live Blogging the Barack Obama Rally
Oh, Hell no New England Republicans. You do not come down to our town and try to ignore the Riptide! No one ignores the Riptide! You can try New England Republicans, but the writing is on the wall. Unless you heed our call for trickle-down truck nutz policy, abolishing the judicial branch, and br ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2008
McCain Tour Bus Crashes in Miami (Who Let Gramps Drive the Bus?)
Oh, Hell no New England Republicans. You do not come down to our town and try to ignore the Riptide! No one ignores the Riptide! You can try New England Republicans, but the writing is on the wall. Unless you heed our call for trickle-down truck nutz policy, abolishing the judicial branch, and br ... More >>
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May 28, 2007
Prez to "Hostile Press": Come Dine With Me!
Oh, Hell no New England Republicans. You do not come down to our town and try to ignore the Riptide! No one ignores the Riptide! You can try New England Republicans, but the writing is on the wall. Unless you heed our call for trickle-down truck nutz policy, abolishing the judicial branch, and br ... More >>
News
November 8, 2001
Waiting for Otto
Why would a man sullied by Iran-contra and illegal propaganda campaigns be a Bush nominee? Good question.
News
July 20, 2000
Donkey Demise
Miami-Dade's Democratic Party is a shambles. Blame Joe Geller, candidate and chairman.
News
August 24, 1994
It's My Party and I'll Squash You If I Want To
Like an eighteen-wheeler on a bike path, Dade Commissioner Bruce Kaplan subtly makes his mark on local GOP politics
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