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• Pro-Cuba travel sentiment at the Democratic National Convention

  Here's something you don't see at the Republican National Convention: An activist holding up a sign calling for more travel to Cuba. President Obama loosened travel and monetary-remittance restrictions to Cuba. But under Helms-Burton, travel to Cuba isn't free and easy (and, of course, once you're in Cuba you're [...]

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• Debbie Wasserman Schultz opens the DNC convention, supporters swoon

  Plenty of high-wattage political stars will speak this week at the Democratic National Convention. But for some South Florida Democrats, the biggest of them all was Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Weston congresswoman who heads the DNC.

  "I got chills," said 53-year-old Ella Phillips, after Wasserman Schultz gaveled open the convention [...]

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• Lawsuit contesting results in Miami-Dade mayor's race won't be heard until October

  The lawsuit filed by a defeated candidate contesting last month's results in the Miami-Dade mayor's race won't be heard until October -- after the deadline to set the ballot for the Nov. 6 general election.

  That preliminary timeline means that even if County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez, the plaintiff, were to get [...]

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• Sorry, Charlie? Kendrick Meek (gov. candidate in 14?) won't tamp down talk of a rematch.

  Former Congressman Kendrick Meek is no Charlie Crist fan.

  When the former governor decided to run for Senate, he ultimately left the Republican Party but stayed in the race, all but ensuring a win for Marco Rubio in 2010. That helped syphon votes from the Democrat in the race, Miami Congressman [...]

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• Rick Scott gets Bobby Jindal's spox, Melissa Sellers; Brian Burgess to RPOF

  A whole lotta switching around in Gov. Rick Scott's administration, where Melissa Sellers becomes his new spokesperson. It's a good hire. Having been by Gov. Bobby Jindal's side in Louisiana through hurricanes and the oil spill, Sellers knows how to handle disaster, which is a constant state of affairs in [...]

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• FL Poll: Bill Nelson lead's growing in 'strangest race,' but Charlie Crist getting less popular

  From Public Policy Polling, a firm that typically surveys for Democrats:

  The Florida Senate race is one of the strangest in the country this year. Bill Nelson has middling approval numbers, with only 35% of voters approving of him to 42% who disapprove. Usually an incumbent in that kind of position [...]

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• Charlie Crist’s DNC role makes some FL Democrats want “to go to the bathroom”

  To President Obama’s reelection team, former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist’s high-profile speaking role at the Democratic National Convention is a coup.
  
  But to many longtime Florida Democrats, it’s revolting.

  "If he gets up to speak at the convention, it'll be a good time to go to the bathroom," said [...]

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• Charlie Crist’s DNC role disappoints some FL Democrats

  To President Obama’s reelection team, former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist’s high-profile speaking role at the Democratic National Convention is a coup.
  
  But to many longtime Florida Democrats, it’s revolting.

  "If he gets up to speak at the convention, it'll be a good time to go to the bathroom," said [...]

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