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• Bill McCollum's growing Rick Scott problem

  

  Of course he can, but it's no longer remotely certain he will. Sure Scott will have to spend the next 12 weeks explaining how his company wound up having to pay $1.7-BILLION in fines and settlements for allegedly ripping off Medicare, but the McCollum campaign (much as Charlie Crist did [...]

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• George LeMieux less than impressed with the prez?

  Here's what the Florida Republican tweeted about POTUS's visit to the Senate today:

  "Republican Senate Caucus just hosted President. President said he's willing to meet us half way on issues. That would be a good change."

  Retorts Florida Dems spokesman Eric Jotkoff:  "Name 1 issue you're willing to meet 1/2 way? You say [...]

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• Extra BP cash in hand; expanded TV ads coming

  At an impromptu press conference, Gov. Charlie Crist has announced that the extra $25 million is in the bank, and was received via wire transfer. It's ready to be spent on more TV spots promoting Florida's sugar-sand beaches. (The money, of course, was the subject of sharp criticism this [...]

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• A Panhandle divided: Sen. Peaden stands up for Crist

  Sen. Durell Peaden, R-Crestview, just sent out this release, commenting on fellow Panhandle Sen. Don Gaetz's criticisms of the response to the oil spill: (Worth noting that Peaden still supports Crist's run for Senate.)
  

  “I am disappointed in my friend and colleague Senator Gaetz. I have been with the [...]

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• Reps Diaz-Balart, Brown sue to block Fair Districts amendments

  Democrat Corrine Brown of Jacksonville and Republican Mario Diaz-Balart of Miami, both U.S. reps., have filed suit to halt the redistricting Constitutional amendment placed on the ballot by the liberal-leaning Fair Districts Florida group. Allies of Fair Districts last week sued to block the Legislature's response to their amendments. More [...]

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• Bill Nelson: Send in the Marines

  From Talking Points Memo via Nelson's office: " 'The President ought to take charge, the military ought to take charge,' Nelson told reporters...

  " 'The military can organize it and be the head of the rescue operation, otherwise we have a situation that's going out of control, with BP doing [...]

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• Is Gaetz right about the oil spill response ads?

  There's no oil on Florida's beaches. And the state's tourism department wants you to know that. How are they going to tell you? With these two TV ads. One, embedded below, began running in major southeast markets such as Atlanta, Houston and Raleigh on Saturday. A second spot [...]

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• Sen. Don Gaetz blasts Crist's reaction to oil spill

  Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, opened Tuesday's meeting of the governor and Cabinet with an all-out blast against Gov. Charlie Crist for what the lawmaker considers a weak response to help the Panhandle economy deal with the effects of the oil spill. Gaetz, who has criticized Crist for abandoning the Republican Party [...]

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• Poll: Americans not thrilled with oil spill response

  From the Pew Research Center: "Public evaluations of the response to the crisis are largely negative. Americans are particularly critical of the way BP ...has handled the leak. More than four-in-ten (44%) say BP has done a poor job....An additional 26% rate BP’s performance as “only fair” while just [...]

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• Bill McCollum's fraud-attack blowback from Rick Scott

  Bill McCollum's campaign for governor recently began bashing his Republican rival for heading a hospital company that paid a record $1.7 billion fraud fine for bilking Medicare and Medicaid.

  But McCollum seemed to have a different perspective 12 years ago when he was a congressman and pushed legislation that, critics said, [...]

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