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• Flip-flop alert: McCollum says FL should copy AZ immigration law

  Following in the footsteps of U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio, Attorney General Bill McCollum has had a dramatic change of heart on Arizona's new immigration law. Here's what he said on April 27: "I think Arizona has its own unique problems. I don't think Florida should enact laws like this -- [...]

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• Orlando Sentinel's ed board on Bill McCollum's hiring of Rekers: "Indefensible"

  From the newspaper's editorial board: "The deal between Florida and Mr. Rekers would be scandalous even if the psychologist weren't a world-class hypocrite.

  "The state paid Mr. Rekers more than $120,000 to testify against a challenge to the adoption ban from a gay man seeking to adopt two young brothers he [...]

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• Name switcheroo spat in judicial race headed to FEC

  The name brouhaha is headed to the Florida Election Commission which will hear the case of judicial candidate Mardi Anne Levey Cohen vs. Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes Wednesday.

  Cohen is the judicial candidate embroiled in a fight in 2008 about how her name appeared on the ballot. Former [...]

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• The story of Delmar Johnson and the $20k 'Resolute' desk scheme

  

  The word that Tampa will host the Republican National Convention in 2012 is a perfect newshook for a never-reported embarrassment averted at the last GOP convention in Minnesota.

  It involved Delmar Johnson, Charlie Crist, the Disney flick National Treasure and a $20,000 scheme to [...]

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• NRSC chair Cornyn tells Crist to return the cash

  Letter from U.S. Sen. John Cornyn to Charlie Crist, former darling of national Republicans like Cornyn:
  

  "You claim that your political decisions are based on “listening to the people.” Hopefully, you will do so in this case and return the contributions that you received from the NRSC, members of the Republican [...]

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• GOP leaders blast Crist for keeping the money

  Once again, Republican party leaders don't hold back in bashing Gov. Charlie Crist, who switched his voter registration to independent today and said he would not heed any requests for refunds from his U.S. Senate campaign.

  Texas Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee: "Breaking this promise demonstrates an enormous lack [...]

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• The Wexler Factor in U.S. Senate race

  Where does former Congressman Robert Wexler stand with respect to the U.S. Senate race?

  At this point, nobody knows. We couldn't reach Wexler today at his Middle East peace thinktank. Wexler is a Democrat but also worked along side Crist for many years.

  Democratic State Sen. Jeremy Ring -- who said he hasn't [...]

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• Rothstein and pals had $20 million credit card tab

  Jailed ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, along with some coworkers and family members, put some $20 million on their American Express account.

  The Berger Singerman lawfirm, which is working on behalf of the trustee in the bankruptcy case, filed a complaint against American Express trying to recoup that money Tuesday arguing that [...]

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• Joe Garcia: David Rivera's "political stunt" cost Florida taxpayers $364,500

  Democrat Joe Garcia is seizing on news that the state last week paid $364,500 to 13 travel agencies that provide charter flights to Cuba to bash his likely Republican congressional rival, state Rep. David Rivera.

  Federal judge Alan S. Gold ordered the payment after finding amendments to the law that regulates flights to Cuba were [...]

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• Sanford visits Keys for tryst, Florida pays for protection

  South Carolina media is reporting disgraced Gov. Mark Sanford visited the Florida Keys last weekend for a tryst with his Argentinian mistress. And he told reporters Florida law enforcement agents (paid by Florida tax dollars) accompanied him for protection.

  As the St. Petersburg Times previously reported, the Florida Department [...]
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