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• Flush with Sheldon Adelson cash, it's Giuliani (and Pataki) time for pro-Connie Mack super PAC

  Freedom PAC, the pro-Connie Mack political committee, isn't resting on the $1 million contribution that casino magnate Sheldon Adelson gave or the $50,000 chipped in from The Villages last month. It plans to hold what could be a high-dollar fundraising reception Aug. 11 headlined by former New York Mayor [...]

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• Carroll's accuser denied arson probe, Meggs says he may drop more charges

  The bitter feud between Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll and a disgruntled aide escalated Monday as the aide’s attorney called for a state arson investigation into a trash can fire in Carroll’s office and the state attorney said he may expand the charges against the aide, Carletha Cole.

  Leon [...]

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• Carroll's accuser denied arson probe, Meggs says he may file more charges

   

  The bitter feud between Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll and a disgruntled aide escalated Monday as the aide’s attorney called for a state arson investigation into a trash can fire in Carroll’s office and the state attorney said he may expand the charges against the aide, Carletha Cole.

  Leon County [...]

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• For Miami-Dade commission challengers, Norman Braman's political groups provide financial boost

  Newly released campaign finance reports show long-entrenched Miami-Dade commissioners in auto magnate Norman Braman’s crosshairs are facing unprecedented fundraising pressure, and County Mayor Carlos Gimenez enjoys an enormous financial edge over chief rival Joe Martinez for the August election.

  The four incumbent commissioners up for reelection — Bruno Barreiro, Audrey Edmonson, [...]

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• Purple poll: Romney 48%, Obama 45% in FL

  Purple Strategies, the bi-partisan consulting group, released several swing states polls today, and they have Mitt Romney leading Barack Obama in Florida 48 percent to 45 percent.

  **Forty six percent say the economy is growing worse and 29 percent said it's getting better.

  **Fifty percent said Obama has been a failure as [...]

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• Pete Mitchell to head up Sen. Nelson's re-election campaign

  From a press release:

  ORLANDO - Gearing up for the general election in a little less than four months, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has named his campaign manager.

  Pete Mitchell, 60, assumes the job today after going on reduced status in the Senate as provided by Ethics Committee rules.  Recently, Nelson named [...]

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• Poll: Most Floridians want no changes to Stand Your Ground law

  Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law continues to enjoy widespread support among likely voters, even as a state task force considers rewriting the law, according to a new Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll.

  Nearly 65 percent say the 2005 law — which allows people who believe they are in [...]

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