U.S. Republican Party

Related Search

News Home Riptide Strouse Luke's Gospel Letters Special Reports Archives Search New Times Flipbook Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads Beer B Que

Music Home Crossfade Concert Calendar Bars and Clubs Brew at the Zoo Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile

Restaurants Home Short Order Find a Restaurant Menus Iron Fork Happy Hours Dining Deals Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home Cultist Visual Arts Theater Welcome to the Future Skrawberry Jam Artopia Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Film Home Showtimes Cultist Film Film Poll 2011 Film Newsletter Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Readers' Poll 2012 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff On Sale Promotions Newsletter Get Mobile Deals

Post an Ad Jobs Real Estate Advertiser Index Deals Deals Newsletter Virtual Job Fair

Blogs
April 12, 2012
Florida GOP and Dem Chairs Act Like Children in Allen West's Commie Comment Flap
In our latest example of why we hate politics in Florida because way too many people involved act like children, let us now examine the letters sent between the chairs of the Florida Democratic Party and the Republican Party of Florida this morning over GOP Rep. Allen West's comments about how he he ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2012
Marco Rubio Is Getting Ready To Be Vice President While Denying He Wants to Be VP
Get ready for a Romney-Rubio ticket, Florida. Even as Miami's favorite Tea Party son tells everyone who will listen that he has zero plans to run as vice president this year, the Tampa Bay Times reports that he's studiously following the textbook on how to prepare for a vice presidential run.He's ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Dear Ron Paul, You Can Stop Existing Now (In Politics)
Note: We don't want Ron Paul to stop existing from this earthly plane, Paul-heads. We want him to stop existing in politics, in the Herman Cain way.Click here to read our favorite comments left on this blog. Ron Paul, the frantic and slightly unnerving uncle at Thanksgiving dinner who won't shut ... More >>
News
January 19, 2012
Miami's best blogs: Honorable mention
Note: We don't want Ron Paul to stop existing from this earthly plane, Paul-heads. We want him to stop existing in politics, in the Herman Cain way.Click here to read our favorite comments left on this blog. Ron Paul, the frantic and slightly unnerving uncle at Thanksgiving dinner who won't shut ... More >>
News
January 12, 2012
Mitt Romney is racist
Note: We don't want Ron Paul to stop existing from this earthly plane, Paul-heads. We want him to stop existing in politics, in the Herman Cain way.Click here to read our favorite comments left on this blog. Ron Paul, the frantic and slightly unnerving uncle at Thanksgiving dinner who won't shut ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2012
Romney, Santorum, Gingrinch, and Paul Are All About the Whites
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, Campbell rates the racist credentials of the Republican Party presidential nominees. What happened to the party of Abraham Lin ... 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 1, 2011
Connie Mack IV Is Crushing His GOP Opponents in Latest Poll
Rep. Connie Mack IV has only been in the race for the GOP senate nomination for two days and he already has a monster lead. He's ahead of the rest of the field by double digits in one-on-one match ups, and seems to have a wide base of support among various strands of the Republican base.
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 2, 2011
Hillary Clinton is Pretty Much the Most Popular Politician in Florida
Maybe it's because as secretary of state, she's not directly involved in DC's tense fight over economic policy. Maybe it's because people have a nostalgia for her husband's terms as president where our biggest national issue was a blowjob. Maybe Hillary Clinton is just a badass. Whatever the case ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2011
Connie Mack To Enter Senate Race
So far the Republican primary to decide who gets to take on incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012 has been a big, wet, cold heap of "ain't nobody care." Neither George LeMieux nor Adam Hasner have caught on with GOP voters, and pretty much every poll has shown that most are undecided. Well, Rep. Connie ... More >>
News
October 20, 2011
Occupy Miami protests for something
So far the Republican primary to decide who gets to take on incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012 has been a big, wet, cold heap of "ain't nobody care." Neither George LeMieux nor Adam Hasner have caught on with GOP voters, and pretty much every poll has shown that most are undecided. Well, Rep. Connie ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2011
Herman Cain Comes One Step Closer to Becoming America's First Black Vice President With Florida Straw Poll Win
A bunch of the state's Republican activists gathered this weekend at the Presidency 5 conference and held one of those crazy, meaningless straw polls of which they're so fond. Of course, with a wide-open and ever-changing Republican field, the contest did take on extra meaning. Texas Gov. Rick Pe ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2011
Lil Wayne Disses the Tea Party: "Republicans Are Never Going to Like Us"
In a weird way, Lil Wayne is the ideal of Republican manhood. He's a self-made businessman worth millions. He loves capitalistic excess. He hates taxes so much sometimes he forget to pay them. He clearly believes in the right to bear arms. Yet President Carter has little love for th ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2011
Allen West Hears People Are Going to Get Hurt, Immediately Offers To Drive
Wikimedia CommonsA debt plan, you say? GET THE CAR.House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) showed an inspirational clip from a movie at a closed-door Republican meeting Tuesday. It wasn't from Rudy, nor was it the snow-jogging montage from Rocky IV. It was from The Town, about Ben Affleck tr ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2011
Florida Looking at Early March Primary, Might Again Lose Half Its Delegates
Republican leaders are still eager to host Florida's presidential primary election earlier than most states, but they're hoping to avoid a repeat of 2008's fiasco. Leaders plan to set the primary in early March, just days before the traditional Super Tuesday -- even if that means holding the ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Poll: Rick Scott's Unpopularity Could Help Obama in Florida
Fresh off of its Republican primary poll yesterday, Public Policy Polling, a democratically-aligned polling firm, has released new numbers showing that large numbers of Florida voters are less likely to vote for a Republican presidential candidate in 2012 thanks to the actions of Rick Scott. ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2011
Neither Gimenez nor Robaina Has Much Nice to Say About Rick Scott
No matter who becomes Miami-Dade's next mayor, don't expect him to have the rosiest of relationships with deeply unpopular Florida Gov. Rick Scott. The race is nonpartisan, but both Carlos Gimenez and Julio Robaina are registered Republicans. However, at a debate this morning, both made it clear ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
Did Carlos Gimenez Break the Rules by Advertising That He's a Republican?
Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in Miami-Dade by more than 166,000, yet it's not all that odd that the three main establishment candidates in the Miami-Dade Mayoral race are all registered Republicans. County politics are non-partisan, and candidates are legally not allowed to declare ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2011
Florida Senate Passes First Round of Anti-Abortion Bills
The major issue of the 2010 election was the economy, and Florida voters chose to further entrench Republican power in Tallahassee. Of course, you can't put a bunch of Republicans in a legislative chamber and not expect them to pass a bunch of anti-abortion, anti-woman legislation. It's just what ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2011
Conservatives Outraged as Hispanic Republicans Water Down Florida's Arizona-style Immigration Bill
Florida's so-called Arizona-style immigration bill, which Governor Rick Scott campaigned on, is looking less and less Arizona-style as it makes it way through the state legislature. Republican state Senator Anitere Flores, who had authored the original Senate version of the bill, helped approve a ... 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
February 1, 2011
Rep. Wasserman Schultz: Republicans' Effort to Redefine Rape is "A Violent Act Against Women"
With Republicans now back in control of the US House of Representatives one of their first orders of business seems to be a drastic legal redefinition of rape. The proposal has been met with outrage by many anti-rape activists, including South Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz who says she "c ... More >>
News
November 11, 2010
Democrats got tea-bagged
With Republicans now back in control of the US House of Representatives one of their first orders of business seems to be a drastic legal redefinition of rape. The proposal has been met with outrage by many anti-rape activists, including South Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz who says she "c ... More >>
Calendar
November 11, 2010
Dirty Sexy Freedom
With Republicans now back in control of the US House of Representatives one of their first orders of business seems to be a drastic legal redefinition of rape. The proposal has been met with outrage by many anti-rape activists, including South Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz who says she "c ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Democrats Got Tea Bagged All Night Long
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. Today, Luke reflects on last night's election results. I have to congratulate the Tea Party. They came out in numbers and voted, This ga ... More >>
Blogs
August 23, 2010
State Reps Juan Zapata and Esteban Bovo Slam Arizona Immigration Law
via myfloridahouse.govRep. Juan C. Zapata, the first Colombian-American in Tally, pledged to fight Arizona-style reform.While Bill McCollum and Rick Scott tussle daily on the airwaves over who will be meaner to immigrants, a diverse group of state leaders -- including Tallahassee's first Colombia ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2010
Rick Scott Promises to "Look Into" Obama's Birth Certificate
via Internet WeeklyBirther in chief, Lou DobbsFollowing in the footsteps of Marco Rubio, Republican Governor Candidate Rick Scott has found himself flirting with the birther movement. When speaking today at a rally in Central Florida's uber-retirement mecca, The Villages, he was confronted w ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2010
Are Democrats Trying to Woo Charlie Crist?
Hello, Hello, Baby, you called? I can't hear a thingAfter Charlie Crist announced he'd seek Florida's open senate seat as an independent earlier this week his former party immediately begin trashing him. Oddly, the most powerful democrat in the Senate called to offer his congratulations. The ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2010
Crist Runs as an Independent: The Live Blog
Any moment now Florida Governor Charlie Crist is expected to announce that he's running as an independent for Senate. A crowd full of reporters and supporters have gathered at Straub Park in St. Pete, Fl to hear his announcement. We're watching CNN where Wolf Blitzer says they'll be covering it l ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2010
Conservatives Want The Burger King to be Next President of United States
Every once in a while, about as often as a blue moon, the conservatives on the Internet actually come up with something that is sort of hilarious. Not like "funny" in the way Glenn Beck is funny, but actually legitimately funny.See, now they want The Burger King to be the next president of the Un ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2010
Marco Rubio for President in 2012 Talk Begins
Marco Rubio may be well ahead in the polls, but he hasn't even won the GOP nominations for Senate yet, let alone the actual general election. That hasn't stopped one conservative columnist with a prominent Rubio-induced rager from talking up the Miami lad as a 2012 presidential contender."I belie ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2010
News Roundup: Rubio's Aide Has Pricey Habits, Meek Loves Pork
Kendrick Meek wants $238 million for earmarks that would go toward things such as teaching children healthful eating habits and dredging the Miami harbor. [Herald]An ex-Marco Rubio aide who made $175,000 a year put hefty expenses on a GOP credit card, including luxury hotels and handmade chairs ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2010
Latest Poll: Kendrick Meek Only One Point Behind Marco Rubio
It's looking more and more like Charlie Crist won't survive the Republican primary. That's a tremendous coup for Marco Rubio, but it's looking more and more like he could be vulnerable against Democrat Kendrick Meek in the general election.A new poll from Daily Kos/Research 2000 (yes, Democrat le ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2010
New Poll: Marco Rubio Now Leads Charlie Crist
Tea Bag-approved Marco Rubio leads Gov. Charlie Crist in the Republican Senate primary for the first time, according to a recently released Quinnipiac poll. Forty-seven percent of registered Republicans now prefer Rubio, compared to only 44 percent who are still in the Crist camp. That's a ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2010
GOP's Devestating Ad: Democrat Alex Sink is a Democrat
These "Web Ads" that both state parties occasionally put up are almost all uniformly horrible, but this new GOP attack ad on Alex Sink seems to be, well, pretty flimsy and stupid. The attack? The Democratic candidate for Governor has, whadaya know, donated to other Democrats before! Washi ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2009
Conservatives Dream About Charlie Crist Dropping Out of Senate Race
The steady stream of right wingers trying to rain of Charlie Crist's parade continues, with some conservative have wet dreams of Crist switching races and retreating back to re-election to his Governor's seat.The chatter started with The Herald's political blog reporting that one, unnamed Crist supp ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2009
Top Ten Thursdays: Top Ten Songs for Obama Haters
via rpof.orgJim Greer thinks censorship is very American.All summer long I have gone shit-house-rat-crazy observing the likes of Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Karl Rove and the rest of The Right's evil elite dispense fear-mongering falsehoods in a desperate attempt to stop some much nee ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2009
Who Wants to Be Republican? Anyone?
According to voter registration since Election Day, the State of Florida has 70,946 newly minted Republicans! But wait, there are also 100,019 newly registered independent voters, and 110,951 new Democrats. [The Buzz: Democrats continue beating GOP in voter registration ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2009
Remember When GOP Governors Were the Future of Their Party?
The atmosphere at the Intercontinental Hotel in Downtown Miami last November during the Republican Governor's Conference was hopeful. The GOP governors where the only national wing of the party to actually gain membership in the 2008 election, and the line was it was th ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2009
Bold Names Line Up Behind Rubio, a.k.a. "The GOP's Barack Obama"
Warning to anyone who wants to believe MSNBC reporter Carlos Watson's recent profile of Marco Rubio, in which the former House Speaker is praised as the "GOP's Barack Obama": It's a trap! Watson, a Miami native, proclaims, "He's young. He's attractive. He easily c ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2008
News Roundup
Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer may have billed the party for personal expenses. It's not $150k on a wardrobe, but it's almost as bad. Like $3,600 on a single dinner. [Herald]The Miami-Dade Dems elected new leadership, and they didn't celebrate with a $3,600 dinner. [Naked Politics]What do you need t ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2008
How to Rebuild the Republican Party: Trickle-Down Truck Nutz Theory, Lincolnstein, and The Second Coming
Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer may have billed the party for personal expenses. It's not $150k on a wardrobe, but it's almost as bad. Like $3,600 on a single dinner. [Herald]The Miami-Dade Dems elected new leadership, and they didn't celebrate with a $3,600 dinner. [Naked Politics]What do you need t ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2008
Everyone Agrees: Crist Blew It For McCain
Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer may have billed the party for personal expenses. It's not $150k on a wardrobe, but it's almost as bad. Like $3,600 on a single dinner. [Herald]The Miami-Dade Dems elected new leadership, and they didn't celebrate with a $3,600 dinner. [Naked Politics]What do you need t ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2008
How McCain Will Lose Florida, According to Time
Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer may have billed the party for personal expenses. It's not $150k on a wardrobe, but it's almost as bad. Like $3,600 on a single dinner. [Herald]The Miami-Dade Dems elected new leadership, and they didn't celebrate with a $3,600 dinner. [Naked Politics]What do you need t ... More >>
Blogs
August 21, 2008
Herald Called Out For Sipping on GOP Kool Aid
Florida GOP chairman Jim Greer may have billed the party for personal expenses. It's not $150k on a wardrobe, but it's almost as bad. Like $3,600 on a single dinner. [Herald]The Miami-Dade Dems elected new leadership, and they didn't celebrate with a $3,600 dinner. [Naked Politics]What do you need t ... More >>
News
November 21, 2002
FIU, too! All right?
Why Mitch Maidique and Armando Codina hate Amendment 11
News
December 7, 2000
Have Bullhorn, Will Travel
Most anti-Castro groups shun partisan presidential politics, but not Miguel Saavedra and his merry band of protesters
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
More >>

Browse Voice Nation

U.S. Republican Party

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

News

News

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

News

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

News

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

News

News

News

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This