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• Dems rally around Kendrick Meek

  Two other Democrats may have jumped into the Senate race -- and a third is making noise -- but Democrats from Tallahassee to DC are rallying around Kendrick Meek, saying Gov. Charlie Crist's expected indie run is good news for the Miami Democrat.

  Meek's campaign is sending out releases by [...]

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• Trail of Dreams hits the U.S. Capitol

  Miami Republican Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln Diaz-Balart met with Felipe Matos, Gaby Pacheco, Carlos Roa and Juan Rodriguez, young activists who arrived in Washington this week after a 1,500-mile trek from Miami to ask President Obama and Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform and the DREAM Act. 

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• Haridopolos: Crist more of a flip flopper than John Kerry

  Future Senate President Mike Haridopolos just ate Gov. Charlie Crist for lunch on MSNBC, bashing the gov for leaving the Republican U.S. Senate primary. The Indialantic Republican pointed out that Crist and his campaign repeatedly said he'd remain in the GOP race. Now that Crist is leaving, Haridopolos said, "he's [...]
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• Bill Nelson -- in letter to Barack Obama -- says he's filing legislation to block oil drilling

  In a letter to the president, Nelson asks Obama to call for an "immediate halt to test wells and all other exploratory operations in coastal waters." And Nelson says he's filing legislation that would -- for the time being -- prevent the Interior Department from acting on the administration's plans to expand offshore [...]

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• Applications now being accepted for PSC job -- any takers now?

  The Public Service Commission Nominating Council just released the following call for applications for the two positions recently opened by the Senate's rejection of Gov. Charlie Crist's two picks.Download Press Release 2010 KS PSC vacancy

  The deadline is May 17. What the application doesn't say is that the applicants must [...]

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• Cretul honored in House ceremony

  The “accidental” (or providential, according to Adam Hasner) speaker was honored in the House today. Larry Cretul, of Ocala, took over just before session last year ex-Speaker Ray Sansom stepped down.

  “Your leadership last session literally kept the wheels from coming off the bus,” said Rep. Dean Cannon, who is [...]

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• Rep. Rivera likens Gov. Crist to Benedict Arnold

  Rep. David Rivera of Miami is a candidate for Congress, an ally of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio and the House's chief budget-writer.

  Is he rooting for Gov. Charlie Crist to veto the entire state budget? It's an obvious question after what Rivera said Thursday about Crist's decision to [...]

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• Crist campaign giving pro-rated refunds

  The Charlie Crist campaign is already hearing from donors asking for their money back, and the campaign is giving donors pro-rated refunds.

  Beth Reinhard

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• Will there be a Sine Die ceremony?

  The final hanky drop at the Sine Die ceremony is a time-honored tradition between the House and Senate and attended by the governor at the end of each legislative session.

  But top GOP lawmakers are considering not participating this year for one reason: Charlie Crist.

  He takes the air from the room, [...]

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• President Obama gets an oil spill update -- and pledges a kicked up response

  With Florida lawmakers hoping the spill in the Gulf of Mexico will convince administration officials to back off from plans to lift an oil drilling ban, the White House released this photo of President Barack Obama starting his daily intelligence briefing with an update on the spill.

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