The St. Pete Times reports that U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio’s rise is linked to the Tea Party, beginning as far back as 2007 when campaigned to be speaker of the Florida…
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News: Has BP disaster saved Crist?
The Daily Beast also reports: Once left for dead in his Senate campaign against Marco Rubio, Florida governor Charlie Crist has used the BP spill to show leadership and rise in the…
Buzz: Crist moves TDC meeting
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has moved the meeting with tourism officials from Northwest Florida from today to Sunday. It’s anticipated that he will announce his plan to split the $25M that Tony…
Crist withholds funds for Panhandle
Gov. Charlie Crist will be on Pensacola Beach tomorrow for an appearance on Fox & Friends around 7:15 a.m. Shortly after that national TV appearance, Crist will announce that none of the…
Scarborough thinks Crist can win as I
On Morning Joe today, Joe Scarborough said that Florida is a state where an Independent can win a statewide race if he has the money and name recognition to mount a strong…
Tallahassee Tea Party: We the People Rally 2010 (video)
Our video from the Tax Day Protest on Florida Capitol steps
Bud Day’s remarks fire up media
What did he say? “You know, we just got through (electing) a politician who can run his mouth at Mach 1, a black one, and now we have a Hispanic who can…
St. Pete Times nails Rubio
The St. Pete Times has discovered that U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio and his wife controlled two political action committees that let him raise from a nearly insolvent young lawmaker to a…
Latest poll: Rubio leads Crist in Northwest Florida 2-1
From Marketing Metrics Media: According to their most recent study of 353 voters with a 100% voting record living in Northwest Florida for the last ten years; Marco Rubio leads Florida Governor…
Buzz: Rubio may have other issues
The persistence buzz out of Tallahassee is that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio may have other issues to battle as investigative reporters dig deeper. The GOP credit card charges may only…
Rubio didn’t quite make 100 ideas law, not even 57
The St. Pete Times fact-checkers are looking U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio’s 100 Innovative Ideas For Florida’s Future. Rubio’s camp claims 57 of the 100 are now laws. The St. Pete Times…
Rubio used GOP credit card for personal use
The Miami Herald and St. Pete Times are reporting that U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio charged grocery bills, repairs to the family minivan and purchases from a wine store less than a…
Pensacola connection to Rubio
The Miami Herald and St. Pete Times are reporting on the race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate between Gov. Charlie Crist and former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio. They…
Crist: political chameleon
An interesting analysis of the Crist vs. Rubio race for the U.S. Senate: A sure sign that an election is a year away: Gov. Charlie Crist is changing again. The populist Republican…
Crist is slipping
In ten months Marco Rubio has gone from 5 percent of the GOP vote in 2010 U.S. Senate race to a whopping 37 percent. Gov. Charlie Crist has seen his margin shrink…
Crist and Meek lead Mason-Dixon poll
Among likely GOP voters, Rubio has a name recognition problem with nearly half for them not knowing who the former House Speaker is. Recognize Favorably: Charlie Crist 49% Marco Rubio 24% Unfavorably:…
Rubio picks up conservative endorsement
Miami Herald is reporting that South Florida conservatives aren’t happy Gov. Charlie Crist being described as ”GOP’s Barack Obama” and “the man who might be the answer to the GOP’s problems.” The…
Florida Political Buzz
The Sunday editions of the daily newspapers around the state are filled with political buzz. Sarasota Herald Tribune writes that many consider it a lock that Gov. Charlie Crist will run for…
Who will replace Mel Martinez
The biggest name being batted around is popular former Gov. Jeb Bush. However, I wouldn’t rule out MSNBC host and former Congressman Joe Scarborough. Yes, he’s moved to the Washington, D.C., but…
Side Two of the Mystery Postcard
From the postcard…from Miami, but not necessarily from Mr. Rubio and his pals: “Tell Mike Whitehead he has a problem…Stop picking our pockets to support your spending habit.” Damn, Mike. You sure…
