Michael Putney

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Michael Putney
Michael Putney is the political and governmental reporter for Miami's ABC affiliate, WPLG-Channel 10, where he also hosts This Week in South Florida with Michael Putney. A native New Yorker, he is a graduate of the University of Missouri. He worked as a reporter for the Dow Jones weekly The National Observer, was a writer for Time Inc. and came to Miami in 1977 to work for The Miami Herald. He joined WTVJ in 1981 and in 1989 moved to WPLG. He has won numerous awards in his career, including two Emmys for reporting and commentary.

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DEMOCRATS

Is there an end to this race?

I suspect a lot of people woke up this morning, looked at the results of the Pennsylvania primary (unknown as this column is being written) and said to themselves: Jeez, this thing isn't over yet? This thing being, of course, the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

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MIAMI-DADE

Who will challenge Alvarez for mayor?

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez is vulnerable. Just 42 percent of county voters say they'd give him another term while 40 percent say they'd prefer someone new. And if that someone were Rep. Marco Rubio, then all bets are off. The two are locked in a dead heat -- and Rubio hasn't even said he's running.
DELEGATES

Democrats' dilemma

F or those of us who've been kvetching for months about what a colossal mistake it was to leapfrog Florida's primary ahead to Jan. 29, the current furor over how or whether to seat the state's Democratic convention delegates feels like vindication.
CUBA

Fidel now the consultant in chief

There are no statues of Fidel Castro in Cuba. Photos and paintings, yes; statues, no. Long ago Castro ordered that none be erected, presumably because having the revolution's maximum leader cast in bronze or marble would signify that he -- and it -- was over. Se va la guagua.