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Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. Today’s Rise and Shine Fact-iversary is brought to you by Sachs Media Group, the firm best known for smart, strong and strategic counsel across the diverse and ever-changing media landscape: October 20 is a prominent day for popular music-related events associated with Florida. On this date in 1977, three members of legendary Jacksonville-based Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed when their airplane crashed in Mississippi during a failed emergency…

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The next day, Brian Kelly’s biggest regret was Notre Dame let a game with Florida State come down to a point where a penalty he still insisted should not have been called could have so much to do with the outcome. “I mean, you got to take the belt from the champion,” the Fighting Irish coach said Sunday, a little more than 12 hours after Notre Dame lost 31-27 in Tallahassee, Florida. “You can’t leave it up to a decision…

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In case you missed it, Sun Sentinel editorial page editor Rosemary Goudreau, who served as one of the moderators during last Wednesday’s debate between Rick Scott and Charlie Crist, offers her account of what transpired during “Fangate.” The start of the second debate was delayed by about five minutes as confused panelists pointed out that neither candidate was on stage. At that moment, Crist walked out and the audience was told Scott was refusing to join him because Crist had…

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Was Florida Governor Rick Scott rooting for Notre Dame over Florida State during yesterday’s clash of Top 5 football teams? Of course he wasn’t! But that didn’t stop one Scott-hater from flying the banner pictured to the right over Doak Campbell Stadium. “RICK SCOTT FOR THE GREEN AND BLUE,” reads the banner, a message designed to antagonize the tens of thousands of FSU fans/undecided voters. No word on who was responsible for the banner. For the record, FSU bounced back…

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Many pundits have suggested that America is now a 50-50 nation politically, and a look at how voters react to political labels suggests that may be true. Being linked to the Tea Party is still the worst thing you can say about a candidate, but Republicans don’t agree. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that roughly the same number of Likely U.S. Voters consider it a positive description if a candidate is called a conservative (31 percent), a…

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The U.S. Supreme Court gave Texas the green light Saturday to enforce its controversial voter ID law two days before the start of early voting. Without explanation, the justices upheld a federal appeals court ruling Tuesday saying that election procedures shouldn’t be changed so close to the election. The Obama administration and civil rights groups oppose the voter ID law that requires voters present a photo ID at the polls. Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, quickly…

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The Golf Channel is actually pulling in more Republican advertising than Fox News — 93 percent vs. 84 percent. The History Channel comes in third with 64 percent. Democrats favor E! (95 percent), MSNBC (87 percent) and Comedy Central (86 percent). This according to a fascinating new study by the Republican firm Echelon Insights that breaks down political ad buys on cable channels. The data is only a glimpse. Unlike networks, cable channels aren’t required to report their political advertising.…

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