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• Florida reacts to mosque plans in NYC

  Bill McCollum joins critics of President Obama, who said yesterday that, for religious freedom reasons, he supports the right of those wanting to build a mosque near Ground Zero.

  "The president of the United States giving credibility to this or even offering some semblance of support to building a mosque that [...]

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• Rich Men Behaving Badly: The Sequel

  

  Last week I told you how Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, and Naples multi-millionaire Rick Scott, Republican for governor, were bumbling their way through the minefield that is ethnic politics in Florida.

  Today is about them fumbling another [...]

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• Rick Scott's sexy, superficial ad buy

  Lady Gaga crotch shots. Audrina Partridge's ample breasts. Mischa Barton getting high in a bikini top.

  And, of course, the Republican race for governor.

  Regardless of who wins the Aug. 24, we'd like to thank the Rick Scott campaign for advertising on The Superficial.... Because you're ugly and we'd like to thank a [...]

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• Miguel DLP bringing in the big guns

  Thursday, it was former Gov. Jeb Bush backing former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Miguel Diaz de la Portilla for Florida Senate.

  Friday -- in a clear sign that DLP is bringing in the Republican heavyweights in his race against state Rep. Julio Robaina -- the endorsement for DLP comes from GOP [...]

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• Chamber Poll: Bill McCollum by 12 (?!)

  So the Herald/Times has a poll showing Rick Scott's up by 10 percentage points over Bill McCollum. Comes now the Chamber of Commerce, which shows quite the opposite: McCollum by 12. Sure, the pollster works for McCollum and the chamber has endorsed McCollum. But numbers are numbers. Methodologies vary (like [...]

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• More secret cash for Bill McCollum

  UPDATED: Bill McCollum's affiliated political committee, Florida First Initiative, just received an infusion of laundered political cash totaling a half-million bucks. The money came Thursday from League of American Voters, a 501(c)4 nonprofit that doesn't have to disclose its donors under IRS rules.

  The same group ran ads for [...]

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• Ausley wants Crist to set oil session date

  Democratic CFO candidate Loranne Ausley -- looking to score political points -- called on Gov. Charlie Crist to set a date for a special session to provide relief to businesses hurt by the oil spill.

  Ausley is trying to make it look like Republican Senate President Jeff Atwater is dragging his [...]

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• New Herald/Times poll: Scott tops McCollum by 10%

  Rick Scott leads the Republican primary for governor thanks to his tens of millions and an old political maxim: It's the economy, stupid.

  Despite lingering questions and a scandal in his business background, the health care executive has a 10 percentage-point lead over rival Bill McCollum, according to a new [...]

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• Jeff Greene threatens Times with libel suit

  UPDATED: It didn't match Rick Scott's now-famous outrage but Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene is livid at the St. Petersburg Times. In a Friday press conference at the Florida Press Center, Greene said he is threatening to file a libel lawsuit after this article tying him to [...]

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• Scott hits Tallahassee in new ad

  Rick Scott's latest TV ad is positive -- sort of. It stays away from rival Bill McCollum but blasts the "rigged" political game and special interests in Tallahassee. What it doesn't mention: Scott is getting money from special interests. (Sure, far less than McCollum, whose political committees are taking millions' [...]

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