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Time’s Mark Halperin calls President Obam ‘a dick’ on Morning Joe

Time’s Mark Halperin calls President Obam ‘a dick’ on Morning Joe

Mark Halperin, editor-at-large for TIME, [referred to] President Obama [as] ‘a dick’ on ['Morning Joe'] and then quickly apologized, writes Mike Allen in the Politco Playbook. ‘I thought he was a dick yesterday,’ said Halperin,… referring to the President’s conduct during his press conference. Host Joe Scarborough hoped to prevent the comment from being broadcast, [...]

June 30 2011 | Posted in Headlines, Media & Tech | Read More »

New Romney web video: “Obama isn’t working”

June 30 2011 | Posted in Headlines, Videos | Read More »

More advice for Brian Burgess, Rick Scott’s communications director

More advice for Brian Burgess, Rick Scott’s communications director

Editor’s note: Over at the Spencerian, my friend and colleague Ben Kirby offers some advice for Rick Scott’s communications director Brian Burgess, who may or may not be on his way out of the administration.  If he is sticking around, he’d do well to heed Ben’s advice… Being in the communications business myself, I’m always surprised to [...]

June 30 2011 | Posted in Headlines, Statewide | Read More »

DCF scurries to ramp up drug testing by Friday

DCF scurries to ramp up drug testing by Friday

Hustling to make a Friday deadline, state social service officials met Wednesday to map out and get last-minute public input on broad policy guidelines as Florida begins drug testing new applicants for welfare benefits, reports Michael Peltier of the News Service of Florida. Following up on legislation passed by lawmakers only a few months ago [...]

June 30 2011 | Posted in GOP, Headlines | Read More »

Florida not as business friendly as some, analysis shows

Florida not as business friendly as some, analysis shows

Florida — tied with Tennessee — ranks as the 18th best state in which to do business according a new CNBC analysis. The state advanced 10 spots from the 2010 analysis, making it one of the most improved states, writes Christine Jordan Sexton of the Florida Current. Virginia was ranked the best state in which to [...]

June 30 2011 | Posted in Headlines, Politix | Read More »

Thanks Charlie (and Marc Caputo?) for the 44,000 viewers yesterday

Thanks Charlie (and Marc Caputo?) for the 44,000 viewers yesterday

Thanks to a story about Charlie Crist, generously linked to by the Miami Herald‘s Marc Caputo, among others, SaintPetersblog.com welcomed more than 44,000 unique viewers yesterday, according to this report from Google Analytics.

June 30 2011 | Posted in Headlines, Media & Tech | Read More »

Cost of post-9/11 wars: $4 trillion

Cost of post-9/11 wars: $4 trillion

A research group at Brown including “economists, anthropologists, political scientists, legal experts, and a physician” has tackled the always complex question of the costs of America’s post-9/11 wars — economic, human, and politica, writes Justin Elliott. On the economic front, the team found that the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan have cost $2.8 trillion [...]

June 30 2011 | Posted in Headlines, The Bay and the 'Burg | Read More »

Report: The bell may be tooling for ‘Ma Bell’

Report: The bell may be tooling for ‘Ma Bell’

Remember Ma Bell’s good old days? You know, the days before 11-year-olds carried cell phones and Skype was a verb. Well, a new report shows those days are long gone. The Florida Public Service Commission signed off Wednesday on a draft report that reflects the continued transformation of the telecommunications industry, as residents ditch their [...]

June 30 2011 | Posted in Headlines, Politix | Read More »

Talks about Medicaid pilot get 30 more days

Talks about Medicaid pilot get 30 more days

Federal officials this week granted a 30-day extension of Florida’s Medicaid pilot program, amid discussions about continuing the program for three more years. The state Agency for Health Care Administration requested the extension last week, as the pilot was scheduled to expire June 30. AHCA and federal Medicaid officials have been in long-running talks about [...]

June 30 2011 | Posted in Headlines, The Bay and the 'Burg | Read More »

PSC to whittle list of director applicants

PSC to whittle list of director applicants

Florida Public Service Commission members will dig through a stack of 120 applications and recommend top picks next month for the agency’s executive-director job, reports the News Service of Florida. Commissioner Julie Brown, who is spearheading the search to replace former Executive Director Tim Devlin, asked other PSC members Wednesday to come back next month [...]

June 30 2011 | Posted in Headlines, Statewide | Read More »

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