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• PPP: Obama 48%-Romney 47%. Add Rubio as VP: Romney 49%-Obama 47% in FL

  From Public Policy Polling:

  PPP's first likely voters poll of Florida finds that it's likely to take its customary place as one of the most closely contested states in the country this year. Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by the slightest of margins, 48-47, but Romney would take a small advantage [...]

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• Crossroads announces $2.3 million stimulus-Obama basher FL ad-buy

  Crossroads GPS announced it'll spend $2.3 million in Florida as part of its multi-state $25 million effort to defeat President Obama. The spot, which will run for about 10 days starting today, takes aim at the stimulus.

  Note: The Congressional Budget Office and many economists don't view the stimulus as [...]

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• Miguel Diaz de la Portilla pays for radio time, talks about brothers in contested primaries

  We've already told you about state Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla's thank you ad ("Gracias, Diaz de la Portilla!") on Spanish-language radio. He was automatically reelected, but that ad could help his two younger brothers, Alex and Renier, in contested primaries. Alex is facing former state Rep. Gus [...]

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• Group of Miami-Dade politicians holds private political huddle, raise Sunshine Law questions

  By the standards of Northwest Miami-Dade, it amounted to a political summit.

  State lawmakers, a county commissioner, and current and former mayors and city council members of Hialeah, Miami Lakes and Hialeah Gardens gathered on a Saturday morning over coffee at a La Carreta restaurant in Hialeah.

  Everybody was there — except [...]

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• Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll's brother-in-law busted in Pasco oxycontin pharmacy case

  Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll's brother-in-law was charged Monday in connection with a large Pasco County oxycontin-distribution ring targeted by the local sheriff's office and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency.
  
  Authorities say Edward Beckles, the 59-year-old owner and operator of Ed's Family Friendly Pharmacy, was providing prescription pain medication to [...]

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• Local vs. D.C. endorsement war in Dem race to challenge Rep. David Rivera

  Emily's List, the abortion-rights group that backs female candidates, this morning said it was endoring District 26 Congressional candidate Gloria Romero Roses, which could be a big deal if it spends some hard-to-come-by dollars to advertise the little-known Democrat.

  Romero Roses could use the help. She's in a three-way race with [...]

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• Endorsement war in Dem race to challenge Rep. David Rivera

  Emily's List, which supports aborton-rights women candidates, this morning said it was endoring District 26 Congressional candidate Gloria Romero Roses, which could be a big deal if it spends some hard-to-come-by dollars to advertise the little-known Democrat.

  Romero Roses could use the help. She's in a three-way race with Gus Marin [...]

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• Mitt Romney's V.P. pick? There's an app for that

  From a press release:

  Romney for President today launched a new mobile app that will allow users to sign up to be the first to learn the identity of the 2012 Republican Vice Presidential candidate.

  The new app, called “Mitt's VP,” will serve as the campaign's first official distribution channel for [...]

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• "Kiss my ass" moment erupts between Mitt Romney camp and traveling press corps

  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's overseas trip to England, Israel and now Poland hasn't been the foreign-policy showcase many supporters had hoped for. In London, politicians and the press were offended by comments that seemed to criticize their management of the Olympics. Then, in Jerusalem, he made comments about Jewish [...]

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• Gov. Scott leaves his official email account off state transparency website

  Gov. Rick Scott said he was championing transparency in May when he gave the public access to his emails by posting them online for anyone to see.

  But what he failed to say at his May 3 news conference launching Project Sunburst was that the emails he made public were [...]

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