A housewife and Republican activist from Tampa has filed a Federal Election Complaint against the Charlie Crist for Senate campaign, alleging that it was involved in the creation of an anti-Marco Rubio web site. Republican operative Rich Heffley, a senior advisor on the last Crist campaign, helped create truthaboutrubio.com but [...]
For every lengthy letter from one Republican to another over Gov. Crist's U.S. Senate run, there's a lengthy response. Here's what Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer has to say to the Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee's cease-and-desist request:
November 5, 2009
Dear Chairman Cox-Roush,
I have reviewed your recent correspondence [...]
Just a couple days after she was booted from the Broward school district's audit committee, activist Charlotte Greenbarg was invited to return.
Board member Ann Murray asked Greenbarg to rejoin the committee as her representative. Earlier in the week, board chairwoman Maureen Dinnen informed the Hollywood resident that she would [...]
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said today he's unfamiliar with legislative efforts to block a Food and Drug Administration proposal to prohibit the consumption of raw oysters.
"I haven't the slightest idea," Gibbs said. "And I like raw oysters. But other than that, I'd have to figure out who to ask about'" [...]
Marco Rubio has been a true friend of the family and the culture of life as a state legislator in Florida. Senators who will fight to defend the family against the radical leadership in the Senate are crucial to the future of our country. Rep. Rubio has fought to protect [...]
Phil Williams, interim deputy secretary for Medicaid at AHCA, just got an earful from senators on the health care appropriations committee who learned that the company hired last year to collect an estimated $120-million in Medicaid overpayments has so far collected zilch. Zip. Nada.
And that leaves the state's Medicaid budget [...]
Asked at today's press briefing whether the White House considered Gov. Charlie Crist's appearance with President Barack Obama in February an endorsement of the stimulus bill, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Crist's words at the event "speak for themselves.
"I think he was very supportive of the legislation and supportive of the benefits that it' [...]
Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer's involvement in Gov. Charlie Crist's U.S. Senate race against Marco Rubio is proving more divisive than ever. The Hillsborough County REC just sent this hard-hitting letter, which a Republican forwarded to us, to Greer telling him to cut it out. Here it is
November 5, [...]
Let there be no doubt that Gov. Charlie Crist will be a top target of the Club for Growth in 2010. Here's the ad the anti-tax-and-spend group says it will air in Florida:
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From a press gaggle with Gov. Charlie Crist over the stimulus package. Did he endorse it?
Crist: "I don’t think so. I don’t think so. The bill that passed wasn’t exactly what I would want to vote for. But it’s what passed. And once that happened, you need to realize you" [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist is really stretching the bounds of credulity these days. First he expects us to believe he didn't know President Barack Obama was in his own state last week. And now he claims not to have endorsed the administration's federal stimulus package. Here's an excerpt from his interview' [...]
As a Democratic Congress looks more and more likely to expand Medicaid eligibility – and therefore increase costs for states (more here on the $1 billion estimate) – the Republicans who control the state Legislature are chafing and talking behind closed doors about how to manage costs.
The Republican solution: [...]
When the FBI and IRS showed up at Scott Rothstein's law firm last night, Stuart Rosenfeldt said that he provided full access to the offices -- including the office of former Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne, who joined the firm after his release from prison last year.
Even though Jenne's office wasn't' [...]
A House investigation to determine whether Rep. Ray Sansom violated legislative rules of conduct will go forward. A a select committee took that step Thursday over the opposition of Sansom's attorneys, who had requested a delay until Sansom's criminal trial is complete, citing the possibility that media coverage of the House probe could [...]
On Nov. 5, 2008, Ray Sansom pulled up a chair before a swarm of reporters and essentially began his term as speaker of the Florida House, exulting in Republican success at the polls the night before and staring down a $2 billion budget deficit.
"It's going to be a tough one," [...]
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