Is the Obama campaign ready for a recount?
Bill Daley, who was intimately involved in the rancorous 2000 presidential recount inĀ Florida, has already raised the question with the Obama campaign, theĀ Daily BeastĀ reports.
Personnel note: Hollard & Knight adds Kimberly Case and Beth Vecchioli to governmental advocacy team
Holland & Knight announced the expansion of the firm’s Florida Government Advocacy Team with the addition of Kimberly Case and Beth Vecchioli. Case and Vecchioli will be senior policy advisors and work in the firm’s Tallahassee office. “We are thrilled that Kim and Beth will be joining our state-wide team,” said Governor Bob Martinez, Chair of the firm’s Florida Government Advocacy Team.”Both of these women have long careers of public service and are widely admired for their work on legislative…
Latest poll shows Bob Gualtieri now leading Everett Rice, 43% to 39%
St. Pete Polls has released the results of general survey ofĀ likely Republican primary voters within Pinellas County and the results show that the race for Sheriff is now moving decidedly in Bob Gualtieri’s direction. Gualtieri is ahead of Rice 43 to 39 percent, according to the latest poll. That’s a marked improvement from the last survey from St. Pete Polls which showed Rice leading Gualtieri 51 to 48 percent. Both of these polls areĀ a dramatic shift since the race first…
GOP truth squads to dig into political leanings of PolitiFact editors and writers
Spurred by the Republican Party’s documentedĀ claimĀ that PolitiFact Virginia is biased, Republicans are dispatching truth squads nationwide to question “rulings” from other state PolitiFacts units and dig into the political leanings of reporters and editors of the Pulitzer Prize winning operation, reports the Washington Examiner. “We’re frustrated with the demonstrated level of bias from not just PolitiFact Virginia, but other PolitiFact units across the country,” said a top GOP official on background. As they did in Virginia, the Republican strategists are…
President Obama's approval better than Carter's or Bush's
GallupĀ finds that President Obama averaged 46.8% job approval during his 14th quarter in office. “The recent and continuing improvement in his approval rating, though, is a positive sign for his re-election prospects, but it remains below the 50% level that virtually assures a president of a second term in office. Obama appears in much better shape now than the two recently elected presidents who were denied a second term — Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush — both of whom…
Miami Herald endorses Ron Saunders in competitive Democrat primary for Senate District 39
Via The Miami Herald: Voters have two strong choices. Mr. (Dwight) Bullard, a school teacher, has been a passionate advocate of revamping the FCAT. But Mr. (Ron) Saundersā years of experience in Tallahassee, both now and back in the 1980s and early ā90s when Democrats were the majority in the House, give him the edge. Mr. Saunders, who returned to the House in 2006, would be well-suited for the more collegial Senate. As a former chairman of the House Appropriations…
Direct mail round-up: Pro-voucher group attacks State Senate candidate Jack Myers
The way I hear it, Kelli Stargel is well on her way to defeating Jack Myers for the District 15 seat in the Florida Senate. But that isn’t stopping outside groups fromĀ pummeling Myers with negative attacks. The latest is a mailpiece from the Florida Federation for Children, which specifically supports school voucher programs and backsĀ candidates āsolely on their views on parental choice for low-income families.ā Evidently, Myers did not meet its criteria. By the way, kudos to Myers’ other opponent,…