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 [...]
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 [...]
Some rivalries never die. Professional wrestler Jimmy Hart, who in the past has faced Brian Blair in the ring, is now backing his opponent in another contest. Hart said he's throwing his weight behind Irene Guy in the 2010 Republican primary for Florida's District [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist gets a rare Pants On Fire from PolitiFact for saying he didn't endorse the stimulus. From PolitiFact.com:
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, facing a potentially bruising Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, continues to run from any assertion that he is linked to President [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday renewed his call for a special legislative session next month to consider the SunRail commuter rail project in Central Florida, which he said would produce a lot of jobs.
But House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, still is not yet on board, and he's challenging Senate President Jeff Atwater [...]
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 [...]
UPDATE: Greer's lengthy response is at bottom
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. A group of local Republican leaders sent this hard-hitting letter, which a Republican forwarded to us, to Greer telling him [...]
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite's support for New York Republican Dede Scozzafava's doomed campaign is emerging as an issue in the Brooksville Republican's re-election.
Republican Jason Sager, a political neophyte from Brooksville, filed to run against Brown-Waite in 2010, telling the Times' Tony Marrero that he stands for conservatives concerned about a government [...]
Relaxing marijuana laws is an issue you won't see the Florida Legislature take up in 2010, but the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington has a new study out today that says the state has the harshest penalties in the nation.
"State law provides for a maximum [...]
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 [...]
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: [...]
Charlie Crist on CNN yesterday said he didn't endorse the stimulus package. A snippet:
WOLF BLITZER: Let me interrupt for a second, governor. For a second, do you have any regrets about endorsing the economic stimulus package?
CHARLIE CRIST: Well, I didn't endorse it. I — [...]
A House investigation to determine whether Rep. Ray Sansom violated legislative rules of conduct will go forward. 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 make it [...]
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 [...]
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