Phrases like “bleeding heart liberal” and “conservative ideologue” get thrown around in political discussions like slurs, but the National Journal’s annual congressional vote rankings actually show you how liberal and conservative each congressman and senator is.The 2009 rankings are in, and there are a few surprising results from Florida.First off, “hot…
With Gov. Charlie Crist trailing Marco Rubio by 18 points in the latest poll of likely Republican primary voters, the biggest question in Florida politics is whether or not he’ll ditch the GOP in his bid for the Senate.Well, two anonymous sources close to Crist tell the Sun-Sentinel’s Jack Furnari…
A baker’s dozen of your favorite Florida Mayors will literally be thrown out of an airplane for what could be the most extreme political stunt ever.Of course the mayors will have parachutes and will jump with the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team at the Homestead Air Reserve Base. Once they…
Sen. Frederica Wilson has put on her anti-FCAT hat today and proposed a bill that would make schools with large populations of Haitian students exempt from many FCAT standards this year.Wilson believes the devastation in Haiti could have an adverse effect this year on students’ scores , which are used…
If there’s one defining feature of the Tea Party movement it’s that members hate freeloaders who let taxpayers, the government, or political money pick up their expenses (read: welfare, the stimulus, bailouts, etc.). Wonder how they’ll respond to the revelation that their current poster boy charged personal expenses to a…
Yesterday, Massachusetts’ sometimes-nude republican Senator Scott Brown crossed party lines to prevent a filibuster of a democratic-backed jobs bill. His supporters and Facebook “friends” were not very happy about this: “You’ve already turned out to be just as big an idiot as Obama!” wrote one.Now, Florida’s temporary Republican Senator George LeMieux has…
Because Floridians honor the age old tradition of democracy so-so much, the current race for the state’s open Senate seat now revolves around pictures of embarrassing man hugs. This truly was our founding fathers’ dream.On your left you’ll find a picture Florida Governor Charlie Crist embracing then newly elected and…
The Florida for Life Act might as well be titled the Florida for Life Imprisonment of Doctors Providing Abortions Act, because that’s essentially what it would do.The proposed bill, filed by Rep. Charles Van Zant and cosponsored by four other male Republicans, would outlaw most abortions in the state. The…
Voters don’t go to the polls until August, but Marco Rubio, once the underdog in the Republican Senate Primary, appears to have Gov. Charlie Crist down for the count.According to a new Rasmussen poll of likely Republican voters, Rubio now leads Crist 54 percent to 36 percent. By a rate…
If there was any doubt that Florida’s Republican primary has become one of the marquee elections of 2010, it ought to be eliminated as Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio are now likely to face off in not one, but two nationally televised debates.The Buzz reports that not only has Crist…
We haven’t had much love for Mitt Romney since he visited here in a guayabera, bungled a bunch of local politicians’ names, and accidentally quoted Fidel Castro, but we sure as hell don’t have love for LMFAO. The “I’m in Miami, Bitch!” hit-makers are just the absolute worst, and if we…
Does Marco Rubio love torture? The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank sure seems to think so.During Rubio’s CPAC speech yesterday, the crowd of conservative activists couldn’t get enough of shouting, “Marco! Marco! Marco!” “That Marco cheer always worries me because I’m always afraid that someone is going to starting screaming ‘Polo’ and would ruin…
It was a watershed moment for Marco Rubio today as he delivered the key note speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference to rampant cheers and a standing ovation. In the 30 minute speech he rallied against moderates in the GOP, warned that Democrats could be leading America to a…
Some have always contended that Jeb was the smarter of the Bush brothers, and when he spoke alongside his brother in Naples today he certainly proved that he is, understandably, more knowledgeable on one subject: Florida Politics.When asked about the heated Republican Senate primary between moderate Governor Charlie Crist and…
The exact reasoning for Lincoln Diaz-Balart’s retirement from congress still seems a bit of a mystery. At 55 years-old he could have sat in the seat, political dynamics willing, for at least two more decades if he wanted. If he was considering retiring, why didn’t he go out with a…
Elizabeth Edwards is scheduled to speak at Nova South Eastern University tomorrow night, in an event open to students and faculty and closed to the general public.That’s interesting in itself, considering her slime ball of an estranged-husband Sen. John Edwards fathered a child with his mistress while she was going…
Three weeks on the Miami City Commission, and already the Rev. Richard Dunn has figured out Miami politics. Contacted Tuesday to comment on a story about his driving record, the newly appointed replacement for Michelle Spence-Jones went on the offensive, attacking District 2’s Marc Sarnoff. “Does this proposed article have…
The big ol’ Conservative Political Action Conference will kick off in Washington, D.C., in two days. Thousands of conservative activists will gather to exchange ideas and hear speeches. In fact, this year’s keynote address will be given by none other than Marco Rubio. But this year, a CPAC event is reaching out…
Well, this tweet from the Republican Party of Florida’s Twitter page sure ain’t subtle: “Alex Sink is a lousy corrupt Ultra-Liberal Dem., fully-owned by banking industry and trial lawyers.”Jeez, RPOF, tell us how you really feel.The tweet linked to a RedState.com user diary titled “The Sinking of Alex Sink and…
Now that Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart is mildly carpetbagging his way over to Congressional District 21 to run for the more Republican-friendly seat his elder brother is vacating, there’s a big void in District 25. Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi will announce his candidacy, according to Eye on Miami. The blog cites…
The chocolates include FIU fudge (with a pork-filled center and sweetheart job sprinkles), licorice lobbyist, and toffee tax increases. Because this is an actual democracy we live in, Rubio’s staff responded to each and every chocolate accusation in an email entitled “Charlie Crist and the Desperation Factor.”Rubio replies he’s always hated the taste…
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart has announced he won’t seek re-election in 2010. Diaz-Balart, only 55 years old, has spent the past 17 years representing Florida’s 21st congressional district.After the 2008 election cycle, when Miami’s three Republican Cuban-American congressman faced the strongest challengers of their careers but still won re-election, the 2010…
