Jack Latvala up with first TV ad: It’s jobs, jobs, jobs!
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09:00 pm | Received an e-mail from the ultra-talented Sarah Bascom regarding claims that David Rivera is working with a 527 to attack Joe Garcia and I thought it appropriate to...
08:36 pm | Cross-post from Joy Reid who is in charge of joint bureau of The Reid Report and Saint Petersblog: Immigrant … check … Tallahassee experience … check … military...
12:00 pm | Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Alex Sink are about as close as they can be in the first Rasmussen Reports survey since Independent Bud Chiles announced his intention...
11:28 am | (While I am on the road, I will be cross-posting from The Reid Report.) From the in-box: a man calling himself a former donor and supporter of Congressional...
06:42 am | (While I am out of town, I will be relying on some cross-posting from Joy Reid): After being turned down by every Hispanic politician he asked, plus reportedly...
08:05 am | Jeb Bush says political novice Rick Scott is prepared to be Florida’s next governor — and a good one. Bush told roughly 200 people today that their biggest...
07:58 am | Incoming Senate President Mike Haridopolos is not too happy about the Florida Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that three proposed amendments forwarded by the Legislature to the November...
06:30 am | On Monday, Bud Chiles posted the following on his Facebook page, “When the world says, ‘Give up,’ Hope whispers, ‘Don’t give up, try it one more time.’ —...
07:21 pm | Steve Schale’s eulogy for the Crist for Senate campaign, which he elaborated on in this post yesterday, bringing in...
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07:10 pm | Republicans are making a multimillion-dollar investment in Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio. The National Republican Senatorial Committee...
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09:35 am | The Tampa Tribune editorial board is all over Charlie Crist, who seems to have become a campaign chameleon,...
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09:05 am | Monday’s Pasco County blitz never was meant to provide much more than the flavor of the Republican Party’s...
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05:34 pm | Univision will air the first debate among Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek and Marco Rubio on Friday, September...
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04:27 pm | I know, I know, Steve Schale is a frekin’ genius. Dude helped win Florida for Barack Obama...
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09:00 am | From the Juice: Kenrick Meek lost in rural counties that are predominantly white, where the Democratic Party is...
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06:00 am | Marco Rubio met an adoring crowd Monday as he traveled through Hernando County asking supporters to get...
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10:25 pm | My partner in blogging, Joy Reid, spoke to Jeff Greene Thursday, to find out what he thinks went...
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09:45 am | Marco Rubio will campaign in the Tampa Bay area on Monday, August 30. Rubio will attend meet...
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Say prayers for City Councilwoman Leslie Curran — and the hell with anyone who suggest this is some sort of karma
Say prayers for City Councilwoman Leslie Curran —...
Breakfast with the Mayor...
“Jewels of the Past” walking tour this Saturday...
City of St. Petersburg a finalist in National...
I Love the ‘burg knows where Grattzi is...
02:08 pm | You and your members / friends are invited to join Rick Scott for a Unity Event on Monday, August 30 Tampa Jet Center (behind International Mall) 4751 Jim Walter Boulevard Tampa, Florida 33607 RSVP email: Andrew@RickScottforFlorida.com...
August 29 2010 / No comment / Read More »08:33 am | State Rep. Kevin Ambler, who lost a bitter Republican primary election to Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman for the state Senate District 12 seat, has named his opponent in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Ambler filed the suit in Leon County challenging the state Elections Canvassing Commission. In addition, the lawsuit names Norman,Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Earl...
September 1 2010 / No comment / Read More »10:35 am | In a race where he’s the favorite, Nehr raised $16,500, plus got $5,200 worth of in-kind consulting from the Republican Party of Florida, for the past three weeks, according to reports due today. He’s raised $127,000 overall. Continue reading here....
August 22 2010 / No comment / Read More »08:45 am | From March on Politics: State Rep. Baxter Troutman of Winter Haven—a Republican ally of Rick Scott’s who was supporting him even before the primary—says he likes the talk he’s hearing about Kim Berfield being a possible choice for lieutenant governor. Troutman, who is leaving the Legislature due to term limits, said he’s ready to depart from...
September 1 2010 / No comment / Read More »01:00 pm | In its latest analysis of NFL franchises financial data, Forbes finds: that the Buccaneers are no longer among the elite franchises in the NFL. For the first time in several years the team fell out of the top 10 in league revenue last season. This season the Bucs expect to have some of their games...
August 31 2010 / No comment / Read More »07:00 am | Hillsborough County Commissioner Rose Ferlita has picked up a coveted endorsement from the union representing the county’s firefighters. In a statement released Wednesday by Ferlita’s campaign, George Sucarichi, President of the Hillsborough County Fire Fighters local 2294, said the endorsement was based on her strong record as a public safety advocate, both as a county...
September 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »07:00 am | Hillsborough County Commissioner Rose Ferlita has picked up a coveted endorsement from the union representing the county’s firefighters. In a statement released Wednesday by Ferlita’s campaign, George Sucarichi, President of the Hillsborough County Fire Fighters local 2294, said the endorsement was based on her strong record as a public safety advocate, both as a county...
September 2 2010 / No comment / Read More »05:52 pm | From Huffington Post’s Top 10 Richest Members of Congress: Rep. Vern Buchanan had a few successes and failures in his career, but most of his money comes from his successful...
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11:30 pm | An experienced crowd counter weighs in on how many people were at Glenn Beck’s rally in Washington, D.C. “My estimate is that about...
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10:00 pm | Republicans lead by 51% to 41% among registered voters in Gallup weekly tracking of 2010 congressional voting preferences. The 10-percentage-point lead is...
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11:51 am | Much to the chagrin of several other restaurants who have been blessed with an up-tick in business during the time it has been closed,...
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08:51 am | One of my best friends, and certainly one of the best bartenders in Tampa Bay, Miss Carolyn Nizny tells me that the...
August 25 2010 / No comment / Read More »02:00 pm | One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don’t drink actually tend to die sooner than those...
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