In a speech to about 300 Broward Republican activists tonight, Gov. Charlie Crist said he agreed with Sen. George LeMieux's vote Saturday to block the Democrat-backed health care legislation. Republicans failed to stop the Senate from taking up the bill for debate.
Crist said he agreed with his political appointee and former chief' [...]
A special lawmaking session over high-speed and commuter rail inched closer Monday as legislative leaders and the governor said they were ready to tap surplus money discovered in the transportation budget rather than raise taxes on rental cars.
The surplus money -- about $76 million for the current and [...]
As of Saturday, 12,144 votes had been received by the Supervisor of Elections. The over 65 voters are still the largest percentage of the voters – 4,743, 39.1 percent of votes cast. That age group has voter turnout of 59 percent. The votes are 4-to1 to the under 35 year [...]
A special lawmaking session over high-speed and commuter rail inched closer Monday as legislative leaders and the governor said they were ready to tap surplus money discovered in the transportation budget rather than raise taxes on rental cars.
The surplus money -- about $76 million for the current and next budget [...]
All ballots for the Charter Referendum must be received by the Supervisor of Election by tomorrow. If you haven’t mailed your ballot, please drop off at the Supervisor of Elections offices at 213 Palafox Pl, Suite 4. If you lost your ballot, they will give you a new one and [...]
On November 2 when the No Boss Mayor had released its challenge that both sides should tell the voters who is supporting each side of the charter issue, No Boss Mayor already had the $17,000 ICMA check in the bank. The first report was only through Oct. 30. The No [...]
The U.S. Senate just voted 60-39 to advance the health care bill, exposing deep division that will continue to play out during debate after Thanksgiving. Florida Senators reflected the party line vote.
"This is a debate that we must have. It is a debate that we cannot afford not to have," [...]
Now that Leader Reid has gotten the 60 votes to start the lengthy health care debate in the Senate, it is imperative, in my opinion, that the Obama Administration reload and double up their leadership on the other major pending issues--war strength levels, jobs and the economy, financial reform and energy. I realize the [...]
A bevy of Republican senators -- including Florida's George LeMieux -- took to the lectern ahead of today's Senate vote to allow debate on a sweeping health care bill.
LeMieux said his office has fielded 950 calls on the matter in the last 6 days -- and at least 800 callers [...]
One day after the Tampa City Council voted to protect transgender people from discrimination, state Rep. Kelly Skidmore has filed a perennial state bill that would do the same.
Like the city’s new… [...]
UPDATE: Florida's Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson will vote to move the bill forward. Listen to his floor speech
Sen. George LeMieux said he will vote against moving the health care bill to the floor, contending it is still an unfinished product. "It's out for six weeks in Harry Reid's conference [...]The Tampa City Council on Thursday scheduled a vote on the police union contract for Dec. 2 at 1:30 p.m. Mayor Pam Iorio and the union have been at an impasse in negotiations since July, largely over raises, so the council has to settle the dispute. But even scheduling the date [...]
John McCain doesn’t even have an opponent in the 2010 U.S. Senate primary, but a new poll shows the race would be tied if he did. Conservative polling firm Rasmussen asked likely Republican voters whether they would vote for McCain or J.D. Hayworth, a former Arizona [...]
Two years ago, Charlie Crist was the rock star of the Republican Governors Association's annual meeting, having bucked the anti-GOP backlash in 2006 to win election in the nation's biggest battleground state. Crist was a populist success story who had garnered unprecedented support from black voters for a Republican running [...]
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 in the 43-point swing, according to a poll by Daily Kos.
Republican Primary – poll 11/16-11/18
Charlie Crist (R) 47%..( [...]
"Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 11/16-18. Likely voters MoE 4% (1/26-28 results)":
Charlie Crist (R) 47 (57)
Marco Rubio (R) 37 (4)
"These trendlines are bleak for Crist, and there's little chance of him surviving."
Remember, Rubio hasn't [...]
Crist in "free-fall"
Adam Smith: "Crist, 53, is in a free-fall among likely Republican voters, say Crist supporters and detractors alike, while Rubio's trajectory is heading straight up. Crist's credibility among hard-core Republicans is practically gone," [...]
The liberal Daily Kos blog has released a new poll with some intriguing results in Florida's Republican U.S. Senate race between Gov. Charlie Crist and former House Speaker Marco Rubio. Crist leads by only 10 points, 47-37, among likely Republican voters, according to the poll, which is bad for two [...]
