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• Greene touts backing of Dem who bailed in Congressional race

  Jeff Greene's U.S. Senate campaign sent a press release today announcing that former Wilton Manors Mayor Jim Stork -- once a wellknown openly gay politician in Broward -- had endorsed the Democrat.

  The press release omits that Stork angered Democrats when citing a health ailment he abruptly dropped out of his [...]

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• McCollum hits Scott, slaps Crist in robo call

  A new robo call from the Bill McCollum campaign:

  "Meet Mr. Slick - Rick Scott.

  "He's been busted twice this week by Florida newspapers for telling whoppers about Bill McCollum.  According to the experts, Mr. Slick - Rick Scott, and his campaign have been lying about Bill McCollum's position on the issues of abortion and immigration.

  "Between [...]

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• Former 'Apprentice,' tea partiers vie for Tallahassee

  This year's state legislative races in South Florida includes a feisty contest that could divide Broward's gay and black communities, former state legislators attempting a comeback, and a handful of tea party activists hoping to make their way to Tallahassee.

  The candidates have about two months before the Aug. 24 primary [...]

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• Rick Scott's role in Columbia/HCA scandal

  The Miami Herald looks today at Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott's role in the Medicaid fraud case at his former company.

  ``As I have said repeatedly, Columbia/HCA made mistakes, and I take responsibility for what happened on my watch as CEO,'' Scott said in a written statement Friday. He has denied [...]

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• Greene claims quotes taken out of context

  Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene says he was unfairly quoted talking about the Koran in a Washington Post story. Here's a transcript provided by the campaign:

  Question: I don't know what's going on in the Muslim world. They are scaring me very much. Over in Europe, there are Muslims taking [...]

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• The politically incorrect Jeff Greene

  You wouldn't necessarily expect political correctness from a political rookie like Jeff Greene, who hangs out with the likes of convicted rapist Mike Tyson and prostitution ringleader Heidi Fleiss, and Democratic Senate rival Kendrick Meek is drawing attention to some cringe-worthy quotes.

  In a profile in The Washington Post, Greene said "I'm [...]

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• Florida looks to follow Arizona on immigration

  Florida Republican leaders have begun crafting anti-illegal-immigrant legislation modeled after an Arizona law that has incited widespread protests and fueled national and international debate over U.S. immigration policies.

  Under the proposed bill, police would have broad power under state law to ask suspects for proof of legal residency, said Rep. William [...]

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• Candidates hit the trail in North Florida

  

  At the Brokaw-McDougall House in Tallahassee early this morning, Republican candidates served partisan (red meat) speeches for breakfast at the kick off for the whistle stop tour through North Florida.

  Holly Benson, an attorney general candidate (pictured), took on President Barack Obama, calling his pledge [...]

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• Scott fibs in tying McCollum to Planned Parenthood

  

  Rick Scott's new campaign mailer is blasting his Republican primary opponent for governor, Bill McCollum, as being in the pocket of the pro-choice group Planned Parenthood. "Bill McCollum has accepted thousands from lobbyists for Planned Parenthood," says the outside of the mailer.

  Read Politifact's ruling [...]

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• Condo power in the 2010 election?

  

  The road into Century Village in Deerfield Beach is called Amadeo Trinchitella Boulevard, named for the larger-than-life Democratic club leader whom even presidents and governors knew as "Trinchi.''

  His death in 2005 marked the end of an era. The bastion of Northeastern transplants who would [...]

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