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• Huntsman in single digits, while advisor John Weaver rakes in $217k and counting

  While Jon Huntsman trumpeted a big jobs plan today, his homestate newspaper, the Salt Lake Tribune, reported on even more lucrative work: For his campaign consultants. (Story is here).

  Tops on the list is Jon Weaver, who took in nearly $217,000 from Huntsman's political action committee. That doesn't include the [...]

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• Wife of Jim Greer touts TV report, says it will expose GOP "corruption, lies, crimes"

  Last week, former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer's lawyers went on offense in his criminal case by deposing some top Republicans. Now, Greer's wife, Lisa Greer, is getting her shots in by promoting a show that she says will expose how her husband was set up (he'saccused of' [...]

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• Union pits Rick Perry vs. Rick Scott in Worst Governor Ever contest

  The friendly rivalry between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Florida Gov. Rick Scott is well-known. But the Transport Workers Union of America is taking the competition to an extreme, pitting the two against each other in their contest for the title of Worst Governor Ever in this YouTube video, [...]

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• "Heartbreaking"

  Alan Levine, one of Gov. Rick Scott’s appointees to the Republican Executive Committee of the state party, listened in to the conference call where party Chairman Dave Bitner describe his struggles with ALS and his decision to quit his post later next month.

  Levine described it in one word: “Heartbreaking.”

  Levine said [...]

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• Fla. Dems react to RPOF chair's resignation

  After Republican Party of Florida Chairman David Bitner announced his resignation Wednesday morning, his Democratic counterpart, Rod Smith, issued this statement:

  "I have known Chairman Bitner for a number of years. While we often differ on our views, I have always respected him as a talented andable spokesman on behalf [...]

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• RPOF chair to resign Sept. 23

  A letter from Dave Bitner to Republican Party of Florida members. Bitner, suffering from ALS, is stepping down as chairman and wants vice-chair Lenny Curry to succeed him.

  My fellow Republicans,

  When I disclosed a medical diagnosis that comes with tremendous challenges, you opened your hearts and have never wavered in your [...]

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• In Hialeah, a mystery over campaign mirrors

  It began as a classic Hialeah politics whodunit: Little mirrors were glued on some of Acting Mayor Carlos Hernandez’s campaign yard signs.

  The mirrors prompted a rumor in the no-love-lost mayor’s race that Hernandez was trying to appeal to voters who practice Santería.

  Or spiritism. Or some other potentially politically embarrassing sect.

  Turns [...]

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• RPOF chairman to address health issues in conference call, announce plans

  State GOP spokesman Brian Hughes confirms that chairman Dave Bitner this afternoon will hold a conference call with the party's executive committee to discuss rumors and speculation about his health and status as chairman.

  Hughes didn't say so, but this could be the first step toward a resignation by Bitner, who has [...]

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• Q Poll: Rick Perry tied with Barack Obama, who's in trouble

  From a new Quinnipiac poll of the nation's voters:

  Texas Gov. Rick Perry has zoomed to the front of the line of GOP presidential candidates with a 24 - 18 percent lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney among Republican voters, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. Romney [...]
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