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Economic woes in Europe will trickle across the Atlantic over the next few years as potential international guests stay home or see their native currency buy less once they arrive, a panel of economists estimated Monday, reports Michael Peltier of the News Service of Florida. Meeting to recalibrate earlier estimates on a host of indices from housing starts to unemployment, economists from the Legislature and the governor’s office made only minor changes to a forecast last revised in December. The…

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In an address to police officers Monday, Vice President Joe Biden focused almost exclusively on the heroism displayed in the aftermath of last week’s deadly shooting in Colorado, saying law enforcement officers and ordinary citizens who rushed to help victims of the massacre “define who we are as a nation.” “They make us proud of our country, and maybe more important at this moment, they make us confident that this country is made of that sterner stuff and there is…

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A Jacksonville lawyer has filed an FEC complaint against Connie Mack’s campaign for allegedly violating federal election law through the purchase of Brooks Brothers clothing. Mack’s Senate campaign charged nearly $470 for clothing at a Brooks Brothers in Jacksonville, FEC records show. Asked about the charges last week, Mack spokesperson David James said that the Brookes Brothers charges “were mistakes, inappropriate charges made by travel staff.” Attorney Clyde Collins — former Duval County Democratic chairman — said in a news…

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A morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. ***Campaign Contribution reports are in!  Go to www.purplepagesonline.com today for your free trial subscription and get access to Florida’s one-stop portal for consultants, lobbyists and political junkies to learn about each and every candidate running for the Florida Legislature.*** IS THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN READY FOR A FLORIDA RECOUNT? Bill Daley, who was intimately involved in the rancorous 2000 presidential recount in Florida, has already raised the question with the Obama campaign, the Daily Beast reports. IN FLORIDA, VP…

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The Florida Democratic Party released tracking data on Thursday that showed how many voters the parties registered last month and Democrats outpaced Republicans for the fifth straight months. In fact, Democrats out-registered the GOP in Florida by a factor of about 10 percent in June, the party figures show. Currently, Florida Democrats have a registration advantage of about 4 percentage points over Republicans. To close this gap, the the Republicans apparently have taken to paying to register voters, at least in…

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State Attorney Willie Meggs has filed a motion in Leon County Circuit Court to bar Carletha Cole and her attorneys from discussing details of Cole’s case with the press, reports the News Service of Florida. The gag order request, filed on Friday, comes in response to allegations by Cole that she walked in on Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll and another female aid in a sexually compromising position. Meggs said recent actions by Cole and her lawyers is making it difficult…

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Over the weekend, I blogged about the back-handed endorsements being made by the Tampa Bay Times in Florida’s legisaltive races, such as its recommendation of Rep. Peter Nehr because of his possession of a “modicum of common sense.” Well, the Times has nothing on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  That newspaper endorsed Rep. Russ Carnahan over Rep. Lacy Clay in their Democratic primary, but don’t look for the endorsement to make its way into either candidates’ campaign commercials. “Mr. Carnahan is a plodder,…

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