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 survey by…
Miami voters are one big step closer to a vote on whether to strip County Mayor Carlos Alvarez of his office, as Clerk Harvin Ruvin officially certified billionaire car dealer Norman Braman’s recall effort this afternoon.Braman managed to collect more than 95,000 valid signatures in favor of the recall, Ruvin…
Inaugural parades are a time-honored American tradition, a treasured moment when fat corporate cats and scummy developers can make millions of dollars rain on a newly elected governor, all so he can throw a masturbatory party celebrating what a swell guy he is. So why is South Florida getting shut…
Even though they lost last night to the Mavs, the LeBron-ified Miami Heat are finally playing like juggernauts. And the team is profiting like one, too, from ticket and paraphernalia sales. In fact, the Micky Arison-owned wunderkinds expect to make more money this season than ever before. Do you think…
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…
Floridians sure didn’t let silly things like “ethics” get in their way of voting this year. Just ask Governor-elect Medicare Fraud. Despite evidence that David Rivera claimed employment for years as a state legislator from an organization that said they’d never employed him, he was easily elected to the U.S…
A federal judge today began hearing arguments in outgoing Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum’s lawsuit against the Federal Government, which alleges that forcing citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. The trial is expected to be an in-depth, mature and scholarly proceeding… oh, wait, never mind. The judge is already…
In one of his last votes of his 18-year congressional career, retiring congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart was just one of 15 Republicans in the House to vote to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. He was joined in voting for the repeal by fellow Miami Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, perhaps…
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 March 1st,…
There’s already at least one online moment hoping to draft Marco Rubio to run for President in 2012. Those supporters might not be completely insane. An analysis by former ABC News journalist and media professional Brad Phillips rates Rubio the best communicator of all potential Republican candidates. He got an…
Former Arkansas Governor turned Fox News host (and now Florida resident) Mike Huckabee says he won’t run for President in 2012. Well, he won’t if former Florida Governor Jeb Bush decides to run. Huckebee came out of national obscurity to place second in the 2008 Republican Primary, and is widely…
Marco Rubio may now be DC’s newest studly senator, but back when he was a freshman at Miami Senior High School he was an “acne ridden boy with braces and knobby knees” who turned his stalking-like courting habits into a relationship with a nice young girl. Well, Rubio’s ex-sweetheart is…
With an election cycle filled with such odd candidates as Alvin Greene, Christine O’Donnell, and Carl Paladino, who did MSNBC chose as the worst candidate of 2010? Florida Democratic Governor nominee Alex Sink. The channel’s Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie handed out the award this morning on The Daily Rundown…
America is known for its mature, reasoned and respectful political discourse… oh, who are we kidding? When a partisan figure is spotted at a weight loss clinic the other side takes the opportunity to make loads and loads of fat jokes, because American politics have basically devolved into a kindergarten…
Maybe there’s little value in reporting a rumor that’s already been proven false, but this one is so bizarre we can’t pass it up. Apparently, last night at a meeting of the capital city commission, Tallahassee Police Department Maj. Lewis Johnson said that teen pop superstar Justin Bieber was scheduled…
We wouldn’t expect state government debate on health care to include a screening of Michael Moore’s Sicko anymore than we would debate on teen pregnancy to include a viewing of MTV’s Teen Mom, so why are both houses of the Florida legislature sponsoring a viewing of the biased and inaccurate…
Update: About an hour ago, Vanessa Brito — the force behind Miami Voice, the group pushing to recall five county commissioners — delivered 4,704 signatures supporting a ballot measure to recall Natacha Seijas.County Clerk Harvey Ruvin accepted the petitions, which will undergo a rigorous check. Brito’s group needs at least…
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Hey, looks like Rod Smith will finally win an election. The failed candidate for Governor in 2006 and Lt. Governor in 2010 is all be guaranteed to be the next chair of the Florida Democratic Party. Supposedly Smith’s record of astounding personal failure in statewide races and wishy-washy moderate political…
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…
After escaping major damage from the BP oil spill this year, the people of Florida should breath a sigh of relief that the Obama administration announced today that offshore drilling will be banned in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic coast of Florida for at least the next seven year…
For once Jeb Bush is saying something liberals want to hear. He thinks that Barack Obama could easily be reelected in 2012, and says that the 2010 midterm election wasn’t so much a vote of confidence in the Republican party as it was an expression of people basically being pissed…
