By Josh Hafenbrack, Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE — Eric Miller, a Republican Party state committeeman from Martin County, just sent a letter blasting state party chairman Jim Greer as the GOP “continues to erode from the inside out.”
Miller is teed off over Greer’s decision to oust RPOF Vice Chairman Allen Cox. Greer’s [...]
It's a question we hear all the time lately, and nobody seems to have an answer. "I have no idea,'' said former GOP Chairman Tom Slade. "I'd like to see the pictures Greer must have."
Gov. Crist, after all, is not a guy known to stand by pals through thick and thin. Just [...]
Within hours of us posting state GOP vice chairman Allen Cox's criticism of Chairman Jim Greer's fiscal managment, Greer expelled Cox from the budget committee he chaired for seven years. A party spokeswoman said Greer made the decision because he was told by [...]
A bitter battle is heating up to oust state GOP Chairman Jim Greer, with leading Florida Republicans accusing him serious financial mismanagement that could jeopardize Republican campaigns in 2010.
"Maybe Jim Greer would be more comfortable in congress where deficits and excessive spending don’t seem to matter, but that’s not the [...]
The corporate media's double standard on Nazi analogies: When conservatives are compared to the Third Reich, however obscurely, it's an outrageous slur, but when [...]
WASHINGTON — Add another candidate to the crowded Republican primary looking to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando. State Rep. Kurt Kelly, R-Ocala, said on Monday that he expects to announce his candidacy in the next several weeks.
“Every indicator is pointing to me jumping in the race,” said [...]
A draft Jennifer Carroll for Florida Republican Party chairwoman movement has sprung up. But organizer Armando Grundy of Gainesville stressed to the Buzz that he's talking about electing her in 2011 and this has nothing to do with the movement to oust current chairman Jim [...]
State GOP Chairman Jim Greer, a magnet for criticism from local party leaders and major donors alike, got an official and overwhelming vote of confidence from his executive committee Thursday. But don't think for a moment that means his job is secure.
Key party leaders and activists are racking up votes [...]
State GOP Chairman Jim Greer, a magnet for criticism from local party leaders and major donors alike, got an official and overwhelming vote of confidence from board of directors Thursday. But don't think for a moment that means his job is secure.
Key party leaders and activists are racking up votes to rescind [...]
The House of Representatives passed legislation Friday designed to bring the most sweeping rewrite of financial regulation since the New Deal era following the Great Depression: "We are sending a clear message to Wall Street: The party is over," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Florida Republicans joined their counterparts in [...]
Imagine the horror of uber-sports fan Jim Norman if he beats Kevin Ambler in the GOP primary for the District 12 Florida Senate seat and then has to face former Buccaneer Derrick Brooks in the general election.
Some Democrats are hoping for just that scenario. When asked if he was [...]
Paul Senft of Haines City, who made the motion Thursday for a vote of confidence in state GOP leaders including embattled party Chairman Jim Greer, is defending his motion from critics who called it “subterfuge” and out of order.
“Accordinging to our legal counsel it was in order,” Senft said.… [...]
Buzz caught up with Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele as he raised money in Tampa, Jacksonville and Orlando for our periodic 5 Questions segment. The RNC chairman expressed full confidence in state GOP chairman Jim Greer and was steadfastly neutral in the GOP Senate primary featuring Marco Rubio and [...]
By John Kennedy, The News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer drew a strong vote of confidence Thursday from the state party’s executive board, even as a former top GOP finance official reignited the fire simmering under the party’s boss by demanding that he resign.
In a [...]
Reports of Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer's demise proved greatly exaggerated Thursday.
Under fire by some in his party for his performance, Greer got a vote of confidence Thursday from the GOP's executive board, composed of the 67 county party chairs.
At a meeting at the Doubletree Hotel in Tallahassee, party leaders and more than [...]
Reports of Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer's demise proved greatly exaggerated Thursday.
Under fire by some in his party for his performance, Greer got a vote of confidence Thursday from the GOP's executive board, composed of party leaders representing each of Florida's congressional districts.
At a meeting at the Doubletree Hotel in [...]
Al Hoffman, a top fundraiser and former finance chairman for the Republican National Committee, is asking Jim Greer to resign as chairman of the Florida Republican Party. As the GOP holds its quarterly meeting this afternoon in Tallahassee (friendly, home turf for Greer) Hoffman said [...]
Fort Myers developer Al Hoffman sent this letter dated Dec. 9 to Jim Greer, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. The party is holding a quarterly meeting in Tallahassee today.
As a former finance chairman of several gubernatorial campaigns, finance co-chair of two presidential campaigns, as well as finance chair of the Republican National [...]
Charlie Crist and the Florida GOP didn't get too far trying to push Deveron Gibbons to be elected as the black Republican mayor of St. Pete. But on Tuesday Gow Field was elected mayor of Lakeland, giving the Florida GOP another prominent African-American in office.
"Across [...]
Anyone else notice how quiet state GOP Chairman Jim Greer - and his critics - have been lately? So quiet that it sounded plausible yesterday when Jordan Raynor spread the rumor via Twitter that Greer was poised to step down.
State party spokeswoman Katie Betta says [...]
