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U.S. Presidential Election

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Marco Rubio's Ego-fueled Book Tour Runs Through Swing States

    Is there such a thing as reading too much into the schedule of a book tour? Maybe, maybe not, but the Associated Press just got a hold of Marco Rubio's touring schedule to promote his upcoming memoir, An American Son, and, well, what do you know, it hits up a whole lot of battle ground states. Appar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Romney Opens Six-Point Lead In Florida That Could Grow If Rubio Joins His Ticket

    For the first time since the ugly Republican primaries ended with a Mitt Romney win, the GOP nominee has opened up a clear lead over President Obama among Florida voters, mostly for one, simple reason: the economy, stupid.More surprising than the six point lead Romney nabbed in a new poll out this m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Mitt Romney Not Seriously Interested in Marco Rubio as Running Mate, Politico Says

    Speculation that Marco Rubio could be the GOP's 2012 vice presidential nominee dates back to pretty much his first day in office as senator, and even Mitt Romney has mentioned Rubio as a possible candidate. Politico, however, reports that Senator Rubio is not being seriously considered as a potentia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Mitt Romney's Website Declares That Americans Should "Hunt, Shoot, And Protect Their Families"

    We already know what Mitt Romney thinks of gays. They should not be allowed to marry, and their long hair should be forcefully cut by prep school bullies such as himself. What does Ol' Mittens think of gun rights? According to his website, it's quite contradictory: As president, Mitt will work t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    The Daily Show Will Broadcast From Florida During RNC

    Left-leaning Floridians are probably not too enthused that the Republican Party is descending on Tampa to crown Mitt Romney as its official nominee in August. But don't worry, you hippies -- there's now something for you to get excited about, too. The Daily Show has announced it'll tape a week's wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Tampa Strip Clubs Prepare for Horny Conservatives During Republican National Convention

    In late August, hundreds of thousands of Republican heavyweights will descend on Tampa to officially crown Mitt Romney their presidential nominee and celebrate their policies, which include abstinence-only education, limiting women's reproductive health choices, and an aversion to birth control and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Ten Most Musical Politicians Ever: Barry Obama, Mitt the Mormon Honky, and Others!

    ​The whole process of elections (from PTA to POTUS) is savage, cut-throat, and -- when we're lucky -- incredibly stupid. They will shake the hands of thousands of strangers. They will gorge themselves on local cuisine. They will kiss the stinkiest baby. If votes depended on it, a politician would ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Marco Rubio Endorses Mitt Romney in Possible First Step Toward VP Bid

    ​Marco Rubio finally stepped off the sidelines of the GOP primary last night, backing Mitt Romney for president in an interview on Fox News. While the endorsement isn't all that surprising, Rubio's timing sparks a key question: Is he backing Romney because it's clear Mitt will hold off the competi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Q Poll: Rick Scott's Approval Numbers Down Again, Obama Leads Republicans

    ​Man, Rick Scott can't catch a break. Back in January his approval rating was 38 percent. Yeah, that's still pathetic, but for Scott they were amazing and perhaps a sign his popularity could be improving. Well, no such luck. In the latest Quinnipiac Poll he was back down to 36 percent. Meanwhile, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Jeb Bush for Vice President? New Poll Suggests He Could Help More Than Rubio

    Jeb Bush has spent the better part of the past four years not running for president and telling everyone about it, but what about a run for vice president? A new national poll shows that if leading candidate Mitt Romney picked Jebbers as his VP, it could make for a particularly strong ticket. An eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Obama Throws Up "The U" at the University of Miami: A Video Recap

    via Twitter​President Barack Obama was in Coral Gables yesterday to shoot the shit with students at the University of Miami. With his presidential charm and that DC swagger, No. 44 addressed our country's energy crisis, took subtle jabs at the GOP presidential hopefuls and yes, threw up the U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    Tween Marco Rubio Was a Mormon, But Does Anyone Really Care?

    ​Buzzfeed, the site about cute cats and "penis size math" that apparently has a political habit on the side, is out with a new shocker about Florida Senator Marco Rubio that, according to journalist McKay Coppins, could be "potentially damaging" and complicating to Rubio's political future. Well, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2012

    It's a Twin Thing

    ​Buzzfeed, the site about cute cats and "penis size math" that apparently has a political habit on the side, is out with a new shocker about Florida Senator Marco Rubio that, according to journalist McKay Coppins, could be "potentially damaging" and complicating to Rubio's political future. Well, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Mitt Romney's Victorious Hair Helmet and Five Other Things We'll Miss About the GOP Primary

    God bless his hair.​Mitt Romney won yesterday's Florida GOP primary, but we all know who the real victor was. Not Obama. And certainly not the country. No, el gran ganador was Willard's perfectly sculpted mop of Mittitude: his hair.Here are five other things we'll miss now that the political spotl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Charlie Crist Says He Might Just Vote for Obama

    ​What a difference four years make. Back in 2008, Charlie Crist played a crucial in the Republican primary by working to deliver Florida to John McCain. Now, in 2012, he's so fed up with shenanigans of this Primary season that according to Politico the now independent says he might just end up vot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Rick Santorum "Visibly Exhausted," Losing Badly, Leaving Florida Saturday

    photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons​At last, an explanation for why Rick Santorum has been acting so unhinged in the Sunshine State, from inviting an ex-Yahweh ben Yahweh member to open his campaign rally last weekend to making truly bizarre proclamations about rape: Turns out he's really ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2012

    Victoria Jackson's excellent Tea Party adventure

    photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons​At last, an explanation for why Rick Santorum has been acting so unhinged in the Sunshine State, from inviting an ex-Yahweh ben Yahweh member to open his campaign rally last weekend to making truly bizarre proclamations about rape: Turns out he's really ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Rick Scott Compares Picking on Mitt Romney's Business Past to Holocaust

    ​You've surely heard Martin Niemöller famous quote about the German intellectual and religious communities complacency during the Nazis' rise to power in 1930s Germany. It includes the line, "Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew."Well, Rick Scott decided to a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Six Other Public Figures Whose Tax Documents We'd Like To See

    ​Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney released his tax returns this morning, the result of a long and whiny campaign by his opponents to counter his "I'm just an average dude" stance. Unsurprisingly, the documents show an income of $45 million, with $3 million paid in taxes and gifts of ove ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Reader mail: It's time America takes care of its own people

    ​Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney released his tax returns this morning, the result of a long and whiny campaign by his opponents to counter his "I'm just an average dude" stance. Unsurprisingly, the documents show an income of $45 million, with $3 million paid in taxes and gifts of ove ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2011

    Paint by Numbers

    ​Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney released his tax returns this morning, the result of a long and whiny campaign by his opponents to counter his "I'm just an average dude" stance. Unsurprisingly, the documents show an income of $45 million, with $3 million paid in taxes and gifts of ove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Newt Gingrich Leads GOP Pack In Florida As Cain Stumbles On Affair Accusations

    ​Florida's Republican voters are making a firm stand for the conservative, pro-family values that have defined their party for decades by fleeing en masse from Herman Cain after multiple sexual harassment charges and new allegations that he carried on a 14-year affair.Yessir, there's no place in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Mitt Romney Picks Up Endorsements from Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balarts

    Marco Rubio may be South Florida's star Cuban-American politician, but he's not endorsing anyone in the presidential primary. So, the Republican endorsement prize in these parts is, as it's been for quite some time, picking up the backing of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    Herman Cain: Our next vice president

    Marco Rubio may be South Florida's star Cuban-American politician, but he's not endorsing anyone in the presidential primary. So, the Republican endorsement prize in these parts is, as it's been for quite some time, picking up the backing of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Herman Cain Is Whiter Than the Ku Klux Klan

    ​Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness 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 assesses the African-American frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. Herman Cain's emergence as the GOP ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Five Presidential Candidates and the Pop Songs They Stole for the Campaign Trail

    Whitesnake aficionado Mitt Romney.​Mitt Romney's bid for the U.S. presidency was off to a rousing start last week with '80s hair-metal frontman David Coverdale going in on the Republican presidential hopeful. Turns out Romney used Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" at his campaign kickoff rally withou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Marco Rubio Promises He Won't Be GOP VP Candidate in 2012

    ​Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has said time and time again he won't run for president in 2012, and while he hadn't exactly been stoking the flames, he had left the door just a crack open that he'd perhaps consider running for vice president. Well, yesterday he shut that door, announcing on Meet th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Barack Obama Can Pretty Much Ignore White People in 2012 and Still Win Florida

    ​Only 42 percent of white voters in Florida voted for Barack Obama back in 2008, but he still managed to narrowly win the state. A new analysis from National Journal suggests that Obama can manage to capture even less of the white Florida vote in 2012 and still pick up our key swing state. Sorry w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Thousands of Angry Activists Expected to Destroy Tampa in 2012

    It's like Miami, but with uglier beaches and whiter people. ​Tampa, our slightly "off" cousin to the North East, has been chosen to host the 2012 Republican National Convention in which the Grand Ol' Party will nominate Sarah Palin or Marco Rubio or Ron Paul or someone else slightly "off" to take ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Crist to Declare an Independent Run for Senate at 5 p.m. Tomorrow, Fox Says

    Update: Fox News reports Charlie Crist will announce he's running for Senate as an independent. ​Crist will make the announcement at 5 p.m. tomorrow in St. Petersburg's Straub Park. He'll drop out of the Republican primary and jump into the race as an independent. Chris Cillizza at the W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Marco Rubio Would Love Sarah Palin's Endorsement

    ​Marco Rubio says he would love to get Sarah Palin's endorsement in his race against Charlie Crist for the Senate. From CBS News: Asked if he would welcome the support of former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin, Rubio offers an unqualified yes, ad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Daily Kos Has Wet Dream About Charlie Crist Coming Out as a Democrat

    Markos 'Kos' Moulitsas of The Daily Kos has a dream that one day Charlie Crist will do some soul searching, look deep inside himself, and finally come out ...as a Democrat. And it will all be Marco Rubio's fault. See, Marco Rubio is calling upon the dark forces of the right wing --the wingnut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Come into Bob Smith's Den and Hear Him Ramble

    We've blogged a few times about generically named politician Bob Smith's threat to run for Senate, but it seems we never got around to mentioning that he officially declared. This is probably because it doesn't actually matter. Smith used to be a New Hampshire senator but then retired to Florid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Will McCollum Get a Primary Challenge from the Right Too?

    'Tis the season for former speakers of the state house to run to the right of front runners in Republican primaries it seems. Marco Rubio is already in an uphill battle in the senate primary against Charlie Crist, and now March on Politics reports that former speaker and state Senator Dan Webster is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Is There a Major Bush vs. Crist Feud Brewing?

    Tucked away in the RedState.com post we linked to earlier is this delicious little nugget: "Charlie Crist has been on a roll lately undermining conservatives. Behind the scenes, he is trying to drum up opposition to Jeb Bush's Senate run, not because he doesn't want another Bush, but because he wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    The Even Less Likely Cabinet Rumors

    Tucked away in the RedState.com post we linked to earlier is this delicious little nugget: "Charlie Crist has been on a roll lately undermining conservatives. Behind the scenes, he is trying to drum up opposition to Jeb Bush's Senate run, not because he doesn't want another Bush, but because he wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Election Day: No Scene in Kendall

    Tucked away in the RedState.com post we linked to earlier is this delicious little nugget: "Charlie Crist has been on a roll lately undermining conservatives. Behind the scenes, he is trying to drum up opposition to Jeb Bush's Senate run, not because he doesn't want another Bush, but because he wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    That Guy Who 'Lost' Florida in 2000 Coming Back For Obama

    Tucked away in the RedState.com post we linked to earlier is this delicious little nugget: "Charlie Crist has been on a roll lately undermining conservatives. Behind the scenes, he is trying to drum up opposition to Jeb Bush's Senate run, not because he doesn't want another Bush, but because he wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Mini McCain Rally Riot

    Tucked away in the RedState.com post we linked to earlier is this delicious little nugget: "Charlie Crist has been on a roll lately undermining conservatives. Behind the scenes, he is trying to drum up opposition to Jeb Bush's Senate run, not because he doesn't want another Bush, but because he wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    Crist Loves McCain as Much as Ever

    Tucked away in the RedState.com post we linked to earlier is this delicious little nugget: "Charlie Crist has been on a roll lately undermining conservatives. Behind the scenes, he is trying to drum up opposition to Jeb Bush's Senate run, not because he doesn't want another Bush, but because he wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Sarah Silverman Urges Jewish Grandchildren To Tip Florida For Obama

    Tucked away in the RedState.com post we linked to earlier is this delicious little nugget: "Charlie Crist has been on a roll lately undermining conservatives. Behind the scenes, he is trying to drum up opposition to Jeb Bush's Senate run, not because he doesn't want another Bush, but because he wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2008

    Code Pink Still Stinks

    Tucked away in the RedState.com post we linked to earlier is this delicious little nugget: "Charlie Crist has been on a roll lately undermining conservatives. Behind the scenes, he is trying to drum up opposition to Jeb Bush's Senate run, not because he doesn't want another Bush, but because he wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    Pelosi disses Obama in the Gables

    Tucked away in the RedState.com post we linked to earlier is this delicious little nugget: "Charlie Crist has been on a roll lately undermining conservatives. Behind the scenes, he is trying to drum up opposition to Jeb Bush's Senate run, not because he doesn't want another Bush, but because he wan ... More >>

  • Film

    July 31, 2008

    Change You Can't Believe In

    Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote.

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2008

    Che Spotted in Obama’s Houston Office

    Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote.

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    Delegating Denver - Will Florida Attend?

    Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote.

  • News

    October 14, 2004

    Ladies and Gentlemen, the Next President of the United States

    Mi nombre es Róger Calero and yes, I will tax the rich by 100 percent!

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    Cesar's Choice

    A conservative Nicaraguan presidential candidate nabs the City of Miami's endorsement

  • News

    March 4, 1992

    Inside Feature

    A conservative Nicaraguan presidential candidate nabs the City of Miami's endorsement

  • News

    February 19, 1992

    Inside Feature

    A conservative Nicaraguan presidential candidate nabs the City of Miami's endorsement

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