Charlie Crist has picked up another endorsement from a high-profile Cuban-American politician in Marco Rubio’s back yard. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez today officially announced he’s backing Crist. “I am pleased to support Governor Crist in his bid to represent the people of Florida in the United States Senate,” Mayor Alvarez said in a statement…
Republican Party of Florida chair Jim Greer has unabashedly hitched his ship to the HMS Charlie Crist. More conservative party leaders in the state are not too happy with the RPOF’s early support of their chosen candidates, and now Brevard County Republican leader Jason Steele is accusing the party of…
Alex Sink waited to release her fundraising total for the second quarter until Friday afternoon. Not that she necessarily wouldn’t want anyone talking about it. She pulled in about $1.28 million last quarter, bringing her total take to $2.4 million, with $2.1 million on hand.The $1.28 million figure is quite similar…
Dan Gelber’s plan to win the netroots in the Senate primary wasn’t really given much of a chance to work, but he does seem to be winning some early progressive blog buzz in the Democratic primary for attorney general. Unfortunately for him, he’s trailing opponent Dave Aronberg in campaign cash. Gelber has collected $150,000, while…
seems to be one of the few American media organizations that is actually growing. The Beltway website and newspaper now puts out a glossy magazine a few times a year, and the latest edition focuses on its “Top 50 Politicos to Watch.” But it’s not as much a congratulatory honor…
Hot damn, Charlie Crist has smashed that purported $3 million fundraising figure, and hauled in $4.3 million dollars for his senate campaign in only seven weeks as a candidate. As his press release points out, that’s $86,000 a day. Marco Rubio has raised less than 8% of that. Eight percent. Potential Democratic…
To hear some tell it, the Republican senate primary between Charlie Crist an Marco Rubio isn’t just about Florida Republicans deciding which candidate is better suited to represent Florida in the highest legislative body in the land, but rather an epic battle for the very heart and soul of the…
For all his annoying bow-tied smarm and often embarrassing behavior (Dancing With the Stars, anyone?) Tucker Carlson has emerged as one of the few high-profile conservative journalists who seems unafraid — or able — to get to the root of the Republican party’s dire problems. It’s through Carlson’s eyes that the latest…
So apparently Victoria Jackson’s heartfelt column about breaking into tears over Year One’s sheep-fucking jokes was the first in what we can only hope is a long line of columns for (former Drudge collaborator) Andrew Breitbart’s conservative site Big Hollywood.Unfortunately, the SNL alum and Miami native’s screeds seem to have gotten…
Joe Garcia put up a good fight against Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart in last year’s election but came up just a few percentage points shy. No matter, because he’s headed to D.C. anyway. Garcia landed a job in the Obama administration as director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity in the…
Miami-are business woman and former House candidate Annette Taddeo announced today she won’t run for CFO, despite mentioning interest back in May. The Democrats are currently with out a CFO candidate, and considering CFO is the only state wide elected office the party currently holds aside from Bill Nelson’s senate seat…
Could Charlie Crist have been tempting Sarah Palin to through her two cents into the Republican primary for senate? Records show that the two tried to speak on the phone a few days before Crist announced his Senate bid, and ABC seems to think Charlie might have been seeking an…
Campaign fundraising filings for the quarter that ended last week are due to the FEC next week. No candidate in the race to replace Sen. Mel Martinez has officially released numbers, but a report by the Hill claims Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek are each expected to…
Last week, a 12-foot-long pet Burmese python snuck into the crib of a 2-year-old Florida girl and killed her. Now, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson has taken to the Senate floor to push a ban on importing the potentially dangerous snakes. “Sooner or later, a Burmese python will get the endangered Florida panther…
Once apon a time, Jon & Kate Gosselin were folk heroes in the pro-life movement for refusing to selectively reduce a few embryos after Kate’s in vitro fertilization resulted in six fertilized eggs. Instead, they chose to take their chances with having sextuplets, which they promptly exploited on national television for fame, fortune, and the right…
Marco Rubio can collect all the endorsements of the Mike Huckabees and Jim DeMints of the world he wants, but Charlie Crist seems to be wracking up support from politicians who have been actually voted into office the Florida electorate. Today, Crist’s campaign announced the backing of Miami-area Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart. The…
Gov. Charlie Crist certainly put himself on the political line by appearing with President Obama in Fort Myers during the latter’s tour in support of his stimulus package. Meanwhile, Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, met numerous times with administration officials to discuss the package. A lot of…
A new anti-Alex Sink political group — cleverly named Don’t Bank on Sink — has hired the worst Robin Leach impersonator for a new YouTube ad that hits the state’s CFO and Democratic candidate for governor for her questionable private plane use. The only thing funny about the ad: It fails to…
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 they who would bring their party back on track, emerge as the leadership…
When Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtnin got the call that she was invited to the Oval Office for the signing of a bill she apparently didn’t hang up this time. Yesterday, President Obama signed legislation that would award Congressional Gold Medals to the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II. Ros-Lehtinen…
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, Rubio is calling upon the dark forces of the right…
The Palm Beach Post decided to check the time sheets of gubernatorial candidates and current cabinet members Republican Bill McCollum and Democrat Alex Sink. Turns out, in the past two months neither has been working that hard. McCollum averages about 22 hours of work a week as attorney general — a job…
