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  • Rubio and "Jeb!" fail to impress in GOPer 2016 sweepstakes

    "PPP's monthly look at the 2016 Republican field for President finds essentially a 4 way tie at the top- Marco Rubio has 16%, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie 15% each, and Rand Paul 14%. Paul Ryan at 9%, Ted Cruz at 7%, Rick Santorum at 5%, Bobby Jindal at 3%," [...]
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  • Nelson won't rule out run for Governor

    Scott Powers: "For weeks Florida Democrats have been buzzing about the idea of getting U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to run for governor in 2014 to challenge the re-election bid of Republican Gov. Rick Scott. And for weeks,Nelson has been saying he has no intention of running for governor."

    Yet at the [...]

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  • Nelson won't rule out run for Governor

    Scott Powers: "For weeks Florida Democrats have been buzzing about the idea of getting U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to run for governor in 2014 to challenge the re-election bid of Republican Gov. Rick Scott. And for weeks,Nelson has been saying he has no intention of running for governor."

    Yet at the [...]

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  • Rubio humiliates himself yet again

    Here he goes again:

    "It is clear the IRS cannot operate with even a shred of the American people’s confidence under the current leadership," Rubio wrote in a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. "Therefore, I strongly urge that you and President Obama demand the IRS Commissioner’s resignation, effectively [sic] immediately.

    "[...]
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  • Rubio humiliates himself yet again

    Here he goes again:

    "It is clear the IRS cannot operate with even a shred of the American people’s confidence under the current leadership," Rubio wrote in a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. "Therefore, I strongly urge that you and President Obama demand the IRS Commissioner’s resignation, effectively [sic] immediately.

    "[...]
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  • "Way too early to count out Rick Scott"

    "It’s way too early to count out Rick Scott for a second term."

    His poll numbers are stubbornly bleak — only one in three voters say he deserves a second term — and despite plenty of coaching, he still displays the natural charm and warmth of an automaton.

    "But 77 weeks before" [...]
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  • FlaDem's "cast of candidates look like the pledges from Animal House"

    John Romano: "Florida hasn't elected a Democratic governor since 1994. If it fails to this time, do not blame the voters. The fault will lie with party leaders who allowed it to happen." "Florida Democrats' gubernatorial hopefuls old and obvious".


    "Bringing even more pain to unemployed Floridians"

    The Tampa [...]

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  • Koch Bros. Latest Move: Extremists On Verge of Controlling I-4 Corridor Papers

    The intrepid Matt Taibbi wrote yesterday about "the much-talked-about, much-dreaded potential sale of the Tribune newspaper group to the odious Koch brothers. As first reported in the Times a few weeks ago, the Kochs, after years of working through the media with relentless lobbying and messaging, are exploring" [...]
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  • Fed policies, not Rick Scott, hastening Florida's economic recovery

    "An economic forecast from Wells Fargo released Wednesday says Florida's economic recovery is for real, but it's just not very exciting."

    The report says the state's convalescence is moving along two separate – but ultimately connected – paths. One is being driven by Federal Reserve policies that have kept interest rates [...]

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  • "The Greta Garbo of the Governor's Mansion"

    Daniel Ruth writes that, "Only in political life do we stumble across people who aspire, yearn, crave to hold high and powerful offices without the slightest clue about what the job requires."

    Scott spent $73 million of his personal fortune to buy the governorship without ever comprehending what a governor is [...]

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