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• Cannon takes shot at Saunders for calling for a special session

  Incoming House Speaker Dean Cannon continues to resist the Gov. Charlie Crist's renewed call for a special session to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot, and this time takes aim at incoming House Democratic Leader, Ron Saunders of Key West, who was traveling with the governor today. 

   "Speaker Cretul has clearly stated [...]

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• Lawmakers send Crist the abortion bill

  Lawmakers have finally sent Gov. Charlie Crist the abortion bill, HB 1143. It's the last bill from the legislative session. Crist has expressed concerns about the legislation, which would require most women to have an ultrasound before getting an abortion. Although they would still have to pay for it, [...]

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• Bill Nelson offers qualified support for President Obama's oil efforts

  Asked on MSNBC to rate the White House's response to the Gulf spill, the Florida Democrat said "the president is doing what he can in an impossible situation. But this thing is going to go on ... it's going to change our way of life. The administration has got to do better.."

  Obama in remarks after [...]

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• Crist calls (again) for special session on oil

  Although no consensus among legislative leaders has yet emerged, Gov. Charlie Crist is again calling for a special session to consider a constitutional ban on oil drilling in Florida waters. He said a session could occur "as early as July. I think that is feasible and simply the right thing [...]

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• Sink doesn't get BP's Hayward, but another BP exec to appear at Cabinet

  Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink last week demanded that BP's CEO Tony Hayward appear before tomorrow's Florida Cabinet meeting to discuss what plans they have to protect Florida's coastline from the oil disaster.

  Hayward will be a no show but BP has confirmed that Bob Fryar, a BP senior VP, [...]

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• Crist on claim knew about Greer's contract: 'It is just wrong'

  At his first public event this morning near St. Petersburg, Gov. Charlie Crist denied the charge by Jim Greer's lawyer that he personally signed off on the Victory Strategies fundraising contract: "It is just wrong. It is sad when people in a desperate situation say desperate things, but that's [...]

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• Rothstein, in protective custody, now talking to feds and seeking mercy

  As convicted Ponzi Schemer Scott Rothstein returned on a private jet to Fort Lauderdale in November, he vowed to spill his guts to the FBI and federal prosecutors. Now in protective custody, he has helped the feds target a reputed Italian mafioso in an undercover sting and is seeking mercy [...]

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• Charlie Crist on Jim Greer: "Some times desperate people say desperate things"

  Gov. Charlie Crist insisted on CNN today that he knew nothing about Jim Greer's secret fundraising deal until he read it in the newspaper.

  "It is an unfortunate situation. It is very disappointing and sometimes people disappoint you. And that's what has happened here," Crist told host Candy Crowley.

  But what about the [...]

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• Crist said to know about Greer's secret deal

  Gov. Charlie Crist personally signed off on his former Republican party chairman's confidential fundraising gig with the state party -- according to Jim Greer's attorney, whose allegation contradicts the governor's statement that he "didn't know anything'' about the deal now part of a criminal investigation.

  State investigators say Greer and the party's [...]

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• Charlie Crist and the politics of oil drilling

  As oil seeped toward Florida's coast Friday, endangering the livelihoods of God-knows-how-many people in an already shattered economy, as well as God-knows-how-many turtles and dolphins and birds and all manner of wildlife, Gov. Charlie Crist took time out to hustle for cash.

  "I have and will continue to do all that [...]

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