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• On the trail with Crist: bikinis, beer, boxing and boos

  One more thought from Charlie Crist's campaign swing through Jacksonville on Saturday: the Guns N' Hoses boxing match is not a typical campaign stop.

  The charity event -- featuring knock-down fights between local cops and firefighters -- provided an appropriate comparison for the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, where Crist [...]

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• Crist to Legislature: 'Who is running the asylum?'

  On the U.S. Senate campaign trail in Jacksonville, Gov. Charlie Crist continued to berate the Legislature for how it passed Senate Bill 6. His veto message last week compared the lawmakers to those in charge in Washington (Democrats) who rammed through the health care bill.

  But in a speech to [...]

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• Budget meltdown? Conference cancelled all weekend.

  One of the first rules of going into conference is make sure everyone's on the same page when it comes to the bottom line. But it looks like lawmakers decided to call budget conferences this weekend even though the House and Senate are about $880m apart when it comes to [...]
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• Bill Clinton in Miami

  Straight from Haiti, former President Bill Clinton is in Miami this weekend to inspire socially conscious students and raise money for his save-the-world foundation.

  Yesterday, the United Nation's special envoy for Haiti was at the University of Miami for a conference with students from around the globe. Tomorrow night, he'll [...]

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• Alex Sink tries on the politics of anger

  On a day when thousands of protesters took to the streets in anti-government "tea parties'' around Florida, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink tried on the politics of anger.

  It's not a natural fit for the leading Democratic candidate for governor. True to her banking background, the ever-cautious Sink is no firebrand.

  But [...]

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• The return of the Whig Party? In Miami?

  Fox News just interviewed Craig Porter, a member of the Whig party who says he's running for the congressional seat being vacated by Mario Diaz-Balart. Fox notes he'd be the "first Whig running for Congress since the 1850s."

  Porter told the Fox host the party supports "smaller government, reduced spending and [...]

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• Post-veto happy hour on tap

  A Coral Gables restaurant is offering teachers and school administrators congratulatory - and complimentary - drinks at a happy hour Friday night.

  The event is billed as a commemoration of Gov. Charlie Crist's Thursday veto of the bill that would have eliminated tenure for new teachers and tied teacher pay to [...]

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• Romney for Rubio

  From CNN: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is no longer staying on the sidelines in Florida's closely-watched Senate Republican primary. A Romney adviser told CNN Friday that he will endorse former House Speaker Marco Rubio over Gov. Charlie Crist, a decision made considerably easier following Crist's decision to veto an education [...]

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• Will Broward's GOP be led by Hispanic woman?

  Cindy Guerra, who works as a regional deputy for Attorney General Bill McCollum, announced today that she will run for Broward GOP party chair April 26.

  The current chair, Chip LaMarca, announced today that he was stepping down as he considers running against Democratic Broward County Mayor Ken Keechl.

  Guerra, of [...]

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• Once silent Republicans now speak out against Crist ad; he responds

  Some prominent Republicans (and Marco Rubio supporters) are calling on Charlie Crist to halt his TV ad attacking Rubio.

  UPDATE: Here's the Crist campaign response: Our ad (you can view it HERE) is based on fact.  Just because Speaker Rubio wishes something not to be true, it doesn’t mean it isn’t.  [...]

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