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• Tea party group joins George LeMieux to Charlie Crist's hip. Again.

  FreedomWorks For America, a PAC supporting Adam Hasner in Florida's U.S. Senate race, has produced palm cards linking George LeMieux to Charlie Crist and unpopular policies among Republicans, such as the stimulus. Distribution will begin during a tea party convention early next month in Daytona Beach, an official said.

  As an [...]

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• The Florida Democratic Party's $600,000 'discrepancies'

  Back in the day (less than two years ago, actually) the Florida Democratic Party delighted in all the stories of the financial improprieties and irregularities at the Republican Party of Florida. Meantime, RPOF kept winning more elections than it lost and FDP did the opposite.

  Now, after the worst drubbing it [...]

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• Scott on signing Oba Chandler's death warrant: "It was the right case."

  Gov. Rick Scott says there was no specific reason he chose Oba Chandler as the next Death Row inmate to be executed.

  "(He) killed three women, so I looked through different cases, and it made sense to do that one," Scott told reporters Tuesday. "There's never one thing. It was the right case."

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• Another year beings another budget shortfall

  State economists on Tuesday pegged the next revenue shortfall at between $1.3-billion and $1.7-billion over a two-year period, as tax collections continue to lag behind projections, The Associated Press reported.

  That projection is likely going to force Gov. Rick Scott and state legislators to cut programs and services when they go back [...]

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• Another year means another budget shortfall

  State economists on Tuesday pegged the next revenue shortfall at between $1.3-billion and $1.7-billion over a two-year period, as tax collections continue to lag behind projections, The Associated Press reported.

  That projection is likely going to force Gov. Rick Scott and state legislators to cut programs and services when they go back [...]

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• Obama to meet unemployed construction workers in Orlando, before fat cats

  President Barack Obama plans to meet briefly this evening with three or four unemployed construction workers in Orlando, before heading to two fundraising events with contributors to his campaign.

  "In addition to those campaign events, he's also going to take a little time out to visit with a handful, like three [...]

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• Bondi joins multi-state lawsuit against EPA, calls for delay in emissions rule

  Attorney General Pam Bondi joined a multi-state lawsuit asking for a delay in the implementation of a new rule set by the Environmental Protection Agency over hazardous emissions from coal-fired power plants, a continuation in her legal fight against the agency's clean-air regulations.

  The publishing deadline for the rule setting [...]

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• Drug testing of welfare applicants is costing state money, but applications drop

  The New York Times  reports today on the trend to drug test welfare recipients, and notes that since July, 7,030 passed, 32 failed and 1,597 did not provide results, according to the state records. The tests have had a net cost to the state but the state has also [...]

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• Scott calls casino bill the 'lobbyist full employment act'

  Asked about a bill that would allow three resort casinos to operate in south Florida, Gov. Rick Scott joked that it's the "lobbyist full employment act."

  Scott is not opposed to increasing gambling up to a point. "I don't want to make this state so dependent on gaming that we [...]

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• Tuesday's debate presents new test for Herman Cain

  Can Rick Perry rebound from a troubled September? How will Herman Cain endure his first test as a heavily-scrutinized candidate? And will Mitt Romney, debating in a state where he's a strong favorite, stay on his cool, steady course?

  Those are the key questions as the Republican presidential candidates meet again [...]

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