Kendrick Meek Has A Shiny New Website

More interesting Senate ’10 internet developments have unfolded since we posted our “Battle of the Net Roots All-Stars” (or whatever we end up calling it). Kendrick Meek has relaunched his outdated, old website as KendrickMeek.com. The whole thing isn’t live yet, but it’s being developed by Blue State Digital, the…

Manny Diaz is Deeply Disappointed by Bobby Jindal, Too

Poor Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal can not catch a break. Everyone from freebase-Twitter addict Rick Sanchez to semi-Conservative Columnist David Brooks is criticizing his speech on Tuesday night, in which he tried to channel Ronald Reagan, but ended up coming off more like Kenneth the Page. Now Miami Mayor Manny…

Charlie Crist’s Mug Suspiciously Missing On RGA’s New Website

Completely embarrassed by the state of the national party it seems that the Republican Governors Association are engineering a takeover of the Bland Ol’ Party. They have a nice new website asking for your money called The GOP Comeback with lots of pretty glamour shots of your favorite Republican Guv All-Stars. There’s Palin in all…

Obama Inspires; Bobby Jindal, the Anti-Crist, Offers Nothing

It’s been said so many times the economic problem is as much psychological as monetary that it must be true. Conveniently, we’ve just elected a president in part on the basis of how much he’s inspired us and given us hope. Last night, in his biggest speech since the inauguration,…

Senate 2010: Who Is Winning The Netroots So Far?

Oh, we know, we know, it’s so early in the campaign, but with State Senator and US Senate Candidate Dan Gelber’s announcement today that he’ll Twitter his way through the 60 day legislative session up in Tallahassee, we decided to role out a feature we’ve been toying with for a…

Vern Buchanan Not a Big Fan of Español

Possible Republican Senate Candidate Rep. Vern Buchanan took his speaking spot at the  Lincoln Day Dinner in Manatee County this weekend to rile up the base, declaring, “We need to make English the official language of America.” It’s apparently nothing new for him, but we’re thinking his Senate campaign might…

The Stain of Gitmo: “We Destroyed People’s Lives.”

Tomorrow on newsstands, we tell the story of Omar Khadr, who is the youngest detainee at Guantanamo, the only Westerner, and a symbol of sorts. To some, he is exhibit A for all that is wrong with America’s War on Terror. For others, he’s an example of why the camp…

Every Wingnut Hates Crist

Charlie Crist, our new official Republican Boyfriend, was on Meet The Press this weekend carrying on his love affair with the stimulus package. Meanwhile, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, also known as 1/3 of Ronald Reagan’s soul-equivalent (Reagan, as most historians agrees, was indeed soulless) reincarnated in the body of a…

Kevin Burns Has a Campaign Gimmick Too

With a field for the 2010 Senate Race filled with a bunch of long shot candidates, everyone has to have a gimmick, because, hey, it worked for Walkin’ Lawton Chiles and Bob “Work Days” Graham. Dan Gelber promises to complete 100 days of public service and buy up a million…

This Time Around LULAC Puts No Locals On Their Commerce Wish List

Last time President Obama had a surprise opening for Commerce Secretary The League of United Latin American Citizens sent a him a list of ten possible candidates including Mayor Manny Diaz. Well, here we are again with another opening for Commerce, and LULAC again sent their list. Missing this time? Manny…

Rep. Zapata Calls for Mayor Bower to Resign. Oh Wait, Just Kidding

So, last month, during one of those long, drawn-out, often-surreal meetings that local political bodies tend to have, Miami Beach Mayor Matti Herrera Bower said something that could be construed as anti-Colombian: ”The drug dealers have a lot of money too.They’re from Colombia; they’re making all the money. They can come…

Nelson Campaign Cash Caught up in Stanford Saga Too

Robert Allen Stanford is the latest money manager accused of defrauding his investors out of billions. He is also the latest major Bill Nelson donor caught up in controversy. Yesterday, we told you about the tens of thousands of dollars Sen. Bill Nelson accepted from embattled lobbying firm PMA. Now we’re…

Bill Nelson Caught up in PMA Mess

Last week, ABC News broke news that the FBI had raided PMA Group, a lobbying firm, this past November. PMA, which specialized in lobbying for earmarks for defense contracts, had close ties to Democratic Rep. John Murtha, but also donated heavily to other politicians — many of them Democrats, but…

Florida Lawmakers Argue over Novelty Lighters Ban

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re in the middle of some serious stuff right now, politically speaking. Oh, you know, greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression, underfunded schools, a failing health-care system — that kind of stuff. Which is why we’re just so glad the Florida House spent a…

Jeb Bush Loves Sweden’s “Voucherized” Education System

Former Gov. Jeb Bush sat down with the Wall Street Journal for a lil chitchat, and after getting it out of the way that he would never, ever want to be honored on President’s Day, he starts getting hyper-excited about the Swedish education system. “The idea that somehow Sweden would…